#Brisbane, band Nice Biscuit is led by the dual vocals of frontwomen Billie Star & Grace Cuell along with guitarist Jess Ferronato, bassist Nick Cavendish & drummer Kurt Melvin.
The band are known for their trippy visuals & eclectic #fashion sense with Star & Cuell having consistent matching outfits for each show. All hand-made, colourful, fun & striking; it adds a whole other level to the sensory adventure.
Her most recent work Floodplains XYZ is a virtual world based art project.
An immersive #3D#storytelling experience, Floodplains XYZ incorporates collectible #NFTs on low energy impact blockchain Tezos to highlight the impact climate change has on weather & habitability & to raise funds for #climateaction
Powderfinger formed in #Brisbane in 1989. Until their break-up in 2010, the band line-up was vocals Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton & Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins & drummer Jon Coghill.
Darren Middleton was asked why he thought the band had become so successful and he said "Patience, persistence, being ready if an opportunity presented itself. DRIVE".
#Brisbane#punk rock had its main impact between 1975 and 1984 as part of the overall punk rock scene in Australia. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, the Queensland capital provided "some of the most anarchistic bands" of that era whilst it was "arguably the most conservative city" in the country. The development of the local punk movement differed from other cities because of its relative geographic isolation from other similar trends.
Meanjin holds deep, sacred, heartfelt knowledge for First Nations people.
The Turrbal and Yuggera peoples have lived in this area for more than 32,000 years and their ancestors go back more than 60,000 years. The Turrbal and Jagera people speak Yuggera and their name for #Brisbane is #Meanjin.
I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this Country. and their continuing connection to Land, Sea and Community.
I pay my respects to them, their Cultures, and to the Elders both past and present.
The weekend is here and we don't yet have anyone to take over @WeAreBrisbane on Monday. If you're around #Brisbane / #Meanjin and would like to have a go for a week then get in touch. Otherwise we'll just let the account sit for a bit and cool off 🔥😆
Just a reminder that if you're in #Brisbane or #Meanjin adjacent or tangentially related or just #BNE curious make sure you're following our #RotationCuration account @WeAreBrisbane for a lot of fun times. Have a great day!
I have #CFS and #Bipolar which can make it hard to get out much so seeing so much of the world, so seeing all the wonderful posts here has been an absolute joy.
Going to end this fly mini-series with a member of one of the earliest-diverging branches of flies: a mosquito!
This is an elephant mosquito (Toxorhynchites speciosus), so called because they're huge, not elephant predators! They're actually friends: the adults eat nectar and the babies eat other mosquitoes' larvae, especially disease-transmitting tiger mosquitoes!
Time to continue with more flies! This guy is from genus Cerdistus, part of a group of successful aerial predators known as robber flies. Harmless to humans, they catch other insects on the wing.
If you're interested in how I can tell it's a guy and not a gal, here's a gal! At the tip of the abdomen, males have grasping appendages and females have poking ones: it's an ovipositor for laying eggs, not a stinger.
Long-legged flies (Sciapodinae)! These metallic green and copper flies are a common sight in Meanjin/Brisbane, and despite their diminutive size of a few millimetres, they're actually predators of other insects!