#Australia: As a place to fix, mend, and connect, #RepairCafes battle loneliness as well as waste

By Emma Hannigan, Wed 12 Feb

"In south-east #Queensland's Scenic Rim, the sound of tools and laughter fills the air at the #TamborineMountain Repair Cafe.

"While 93-year-old volunteer Leon Hughes sharpens a pair of antique Japanese scissors, fellow repairer Neville Warner tackles a piano accordion.

"'We get all kinds of jobs,' according to coordinator Geoff Marshall, 'from sharpening knives, scissors and gardening tools to furniture repairs and fixing wobbly chairs'."

Learn more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-13/fixing-more-than-broken-stuff-the-growing-impact-of-repair-cafes/104727868
#RepairCafesAustralia #FixIt #BuildingCommunity #SolarPunkSunday

On my way to the Cosmic Flows 2025 Conference, that is going to be held at Tamborine Mountain near Brisbane, in Australia.

https://indico.global/event/12931/ #cosmicflows2025

This is my first conference in 5 years - last one was the AAS235 in Honolulu back in January 2020, before the Covid crisis...

My little #introduction

I am a nature #photographer and I came here seeking a meaningful community, as traditional social media never felt right for me.

I’m a based in #tamborinemountain in #Australia #Queensland.

My work focuses on landscapes, with some wildlife when the opportunity arises, showcasing my region, the #Scenicrim from lonely tree in open fields to ancient trees in the mountain’s rainforests of #Lamington

I hope you will enjoy my photos !

Since the Christmas Day storm and tornado residents of Tamborine Mountain near Gold Coast still don't have electricity:

https://www.hottomato.com.au/1029-hot-tomato/tamborine-mountain-residents-in-crisis-and-need-urgent-help/

There are fallen trees in Gold Coast too. The one in the photo has been blocking a footpath in Coomera for 8 days now.