Sunrise.

Horizon angle was a bit whacky.. but came out ok in the end.

Nice!

Butcher bird though.

A medium interaction SSH honeypot backed by a basic LLM that believes it's bash.

I'm impressed at the ability to retain limited state, and respond 'reasonably enough' that it'll probably allow first stage automated attacks to be captured.. but at the moment, it's way too easy to peer behind the curtain.

It's quite jarring when your bash terminal starts telling you a story about a happy dragon in response to some weird command.

Lizards are starting to come out in the late winter sunshine.

#teamCurlew ;)

And another on the same theme.

Related. :)

It's... not fun.

I've spent a little time around the Keppels. I remember kayaking out to Humpy island in August 2010, and being astounded by the vivid blue staghorn coral at the reef edge.

I've been back many times since, and though the coral health surges and wanes, the general trend is definitely negative. There are still small hints of colour in the reef around Humpy, but white, and white with hints of brown, predominates. In the last year or so I've started to see a few deeper water corals start to regenerate a little, and some of the more distant bays seem to be surging a little - but they're fighting a losing battle.

We're seeing less of this.

.. and more of this.

.. and fair enough, that second shot shows indications of damage unrelated to heat (maybe a boat anchor perhaps?) - but it's indicative. For better or worse, heat means that coral resilience drops through the floor. Anchor damage, tsunami, cyclone, crown-of-thorns. Things that it used to be able to shrug off in a reasonable timeframe, now cause long term issues.

I don't think you can easily get a SIM prior to travelling (unless your phone supports esim).

However, this guide provides you with info on where you can buy Sims at various incoming Aussie airports - Sydney is first on the list. Boost (as per comment from @tuff_wizard ) is in the list.

https://www.phonetravelwiz.com/buying-a-sim-card-at-sydney-airport-australia-guide/

Around 14 surrounded the boat - didn't seem too worried by us. Kinda wished I had a drone available; with the winter water clarity, it would have been interesting!

Some of my most fun trips were on a Hobie adventure island.

If it has sails, it's all good.

Butcher birds are generally smaller, have a different pattern to their colours, and are a bit different in their vocalisations. Magpies tend to warble, whereas Butcher birds generally have a distinct series of tones (that varies a bit around the country). They also tend to hop more than walk - much shorter legs. The beak is a tiny bit different to a magpie too.

The adults are black and white, but the juveniles are usually light grey and white.

The noisy mynahs tend to be a bit more paranoid around Butcher birds too. Maggie's are less likely to actively hunt them. ;)

If you hear a bunch of mynahs going off in a group, it'll most likely be a snake, an owl, or one of these guys.

Great use of black and white.

Tempting, but in order to reduce the potential attack surface, I'm likely just to create a simple simulator instead now.

If it's good enough to fool the first few interactions of an automated script, that'll probably do. That'll give me the curl/wget target they're trying to insect me with, most likely.

It means I can potentially create a single binary docker instance that can be reset practically instantly by deleting/reimporting.

Fair call, ta.

For those that are interested, here's our culprit's location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/fHD41HSa4yK6yrY18

Actually scratch that one. It just missed the 'last week' cutoff.

Rainbow, looking south towards peel island, during a brief rain squall.

I literally just got out of the water after giving the hull a de-barnacleing in the middle of winter, and I'm lucky enough to live somewhere where that's possible.

That said, pictures like this of cold water sailing fascinate me.

Good stuff. Just about everything in my garden is edible. I'm particularly fond of the midjim berries and Lilli pillis. Still waiting for my Macadamia to flower.

Soy/curry kangaroo wrapped in big blanched Warrigal greens leaves (new Zealand spinach), when you can find them, are also a favourite. Sadly, I don't live where samphire grows any more; it's a good side dish if you can get young shoots.

Yeah, they're pretty good!

Particularly if you can get them young enough before the internal 'stringy' bit gets too hard.

South coast of nsw is a pretty good option. Great as an accompaniment to snapper or flathead.

Native cherries aren't too bad either.. but it's a tough ask to get them after they lose their astringency and before the birds get them. The broad leaf variety are even harder.