Random thoughts and observations
Yesterday I visited the South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre at West Beach where significant research is undertaken to ensure the sustainable growth of the state’s aquaculture industries.
Core skills include aquaculture nutrition, genetics and propagation, micro-algal production, marine and freshwater ecological research, environmental assessment, oceanography, aquatic biosecurity and fisheries biology, assessment and modelling.
Young Michael and I went to the World Tennis Challenge in Adelaide tonight. The challenge is a three-day exhibition tournament featuring ad-hoc teams from Europe, the Americas, Australasia and Rest of the World.
The players are a mix of current stars and yesterday’s heroes. Tonight we saw Frenchman Michael Llodra, ranked 45 in the world, play Stan Wawrinka from Poland, ranked 23.
A rare collection of medals documenting the history of agricultural shows and rural industries across Australia is now part of the National Museum of Australia’s collection.
The museum acquired 111 medals from the David Allen collection at auction in November 2011.
They range in date from the mid-19th to the early 20th centuries.
The European wasp is a scourge on the Australian landscape.
Native to Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia, but not Australia, the stinging pest made its way to Tasmania in 1959. It reached Melbourne in 1977 and the first nest destroyed in South Australia was in Port Adelaide in 1978.
The European wasp can be serious pests. They aggressively defend their nest, swarming out to attack if disturbed.
Not that anyone would have noticed, because it was all behind the scenes, I have been undertaking some maintenance tasks on this website over the past few weeks.
Firstly, I switched theme to the Genesis Framework, but retained the previous color scheme using the Streamline child theme.
That required me to revise some SEO settings. I also started adding “featured images” to old posts so they show up in archives and related post links using nrelate.
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