Notices by Yellow Readis (yellowreadis@mathstodon.xyz)

@lookitmychicken @danielaKay @GreenSkyOverMe @koolhand sorry to jump in - each polling place does an indicative count as well, guessing which 2 will be in the final count. Mostly works, and speeds up the process a bit for prediction on the night. They start again if they get the 2 top ones wrong. And for some seats, they do a 3 candidate indicative count.

@mekkaokereke @donray There are many Indigenous communities here that are also trying to promote traditional fire management practices. Settlers arriving initially described the landscape as park-like, and you could walk dozens of kilometres through Eucalypt forests with short grass. It was fire-stick farming - new grass encouraged kangaroos into the area for hunting. The whole landscape was a garden 40-60 thousand years old. We are only now slowly bringing this back. Many plants here only germinate after fire, and the adult trees are designed to burn at least the outer bark. (Alas on koalas, they are very fussy, and only like certain eucalpts in the right mix - queens of the bush, with similar regal appetites.)

@donray @mekkaokereke I am still blown away that anyone would mass plant eucalypts like they have. I'm Aussie, and stuffing around with eucalypts and not doing enough controlled burns is a recipe for disaster. We still don't do enough, but I don't understand doing so little. There are rules in rural areas here on keeping areas clear near homes and building standards on fire-proofing. Eucalypts are a fact of life here, and necessary for wildlife, our very own oil-filled exploding trees. :/