Produced by Alfred Selwyn, Mineral Surveyor for Victoria, in 1853, this map notes the vegetation types and distribution not long after white settlement. See also: http://www.fobif.org.au/2013/03/the-selwyn-map-quiet-calm-terrible-disturbing/ Click here to download the full-size map: large.selwyn_map2-3.pdf Share this…FacebookGoogle+TwitterPinterestemail … Continue reading
After our successful first Yandoit History in story event in August, the second event will be held on Saturday November 23rd 2013, 2.30pm until approx. 5.30pm. This time the theme is Yandoit Hills- stone Houses and the vineyards. This second event will take the … Continue reading
I spotted this critter scurrying out from underneath the house today. It had burrowed under the Colorbond fascia that surrounds the base of the house. It’s breeding season, I wonder if it’s a mum with a puggle? Share this…FacebookGoogle+TwitterPinterestemail … Continue reading
For Windows users, Google Picasa is the best and easiest to use photo software ever written, and it is free. It organises your photos; it can adjust exposure and colour, straighten a skewed horizon, crop and resize. It can even … Continue reading
(for the geekishly inclined!) yandoit.net uses the shared hosting service justhost.com, which is one of a number of large hosting companies owned by Endurance International Group Inc. based in Boston, Massachusetts. Hosting costs only a few dollars a month. yandoit.net … Continue reading
yandoit.net has been redeveloped on the ’WordPress’ platform. I have done this because the old platform ’WebsiteBaker’ has proved difficult to maintain and is not well supported. WordPress is the dominant platform used by many bloggers. It is well supported … Continue reading
Windows and Mac are familiar to all, but there is another: Linux. It is completely free, open source software. Linux used to be ‘just for geeks’, but today’s Linux looks and feels much like Windows. Linux is very stable and … Continue reading
A few photos of Yandoit, including our wonderful rainbows. Click on a thumbnail image and use the arrow keys to view the full-size images. Share this…FacebookGoogle+TwitterPinterestemail
The earliest reference to the name ‘Jim Crow’ that I have found was by Edward Stone Parker in his report of September 22nd 18391. In John Tully’s book of the Djadja Wurrung Language2, he states that Jim Crow is a … Continue reading
“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” Attributed to Pablo Picasso. “Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.” Doug Larson. “Spam will be a … Continue reading
Bill O’Donnell BA LlB Melb GradDipNotPrac FANZNA. The mobile Notary Public: for all your overseas document authentification, call me and we’ll arrange a common stamping ground! Mediator: why keep on with a dispute when you can talk it out with … Continue reading
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