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Who's knocking at your door on Halloween?
Just a little trick-or-treating going on...
Love it or hate it, Halloween is back for another year.
With the holiday growing in popularity each year in Australia, you may have a few adorable mini vampires or ghouls knocking on your door!
So whether you’re excited to be welcoming the trick or treaters, or don’t want to get involved, we’ve got a poster for you!
There's a welcome one, a go away one and a shhhh baby is sleeping one.
Simply download your chosen poster below, print it out, and stick it to your door or mailbox.
You are now ready for Halloween! Happy Haunting - or hiding!
Download your free Halloween Posters here:
Welcome poster
No thanks poster
Shhhh baby sleeping poster
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Rapid Antigen Self-Test Kits for COVID-19 will be available to most Australian's from Coles and Woolworths as soon as November 1st, 2021.
Coles confirmed they will be offering the TGA approved Hough Pharma COVID Antigen Nasal Test in packs of two and five and will be available at Coles supermarkets and via Coles Online. Coles says about the availability of the tests:
“Rapid Antigen Test kits will be available for sale at Coles supermarkets and via Coles Online in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, the ACT, and Tasmania from next week. We will be offering the TGA approved Hough Pharma COVID Antigen Nasal Test, in packs of two and five.”
Woolworths will also stock the Hough Pharma SARS-Cov02 Antigen Rapid Home Test Kit Nasal Swabs via their digital health and wellness business, ‘HealthyLife’ and are available in two packs for $30 and five packs for $50. There is also a 25 pack Business Solution for $350.
A Woolworths Group spokesperson explains:
“Rapid antigen testing is helping protect our distribution centre team members across Australia from COVID-19. We’re now looking to stock at home self-test kits, which have been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, in selected stores from early November. HealthyLife will have tests shipping to customers from 1 November. Customers can pre-order them now, and also visit HealthyLife.com.au for more information on rapid antigen testing.”
From the HealthyLife website, the product description states:
"The Hough Covid-19 Home Test is intended for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigens from individuals with symptoms or other epidemiological reasons to suspect a SARS-Cov-2 infection. This test is authorized for home use with self-collected direct anterior nasal swab samples from individuals aged 13 years or older or adult collected anterior nasal swab samples from individuals aged 7 years or older. The Hough Covid-19 Home Test is intended for use in patients within 7 days of symptom onset. This product cannot be shipped to WA or SA due to government state guidelines.”
It includes instructions for use, swabs, extraction bugger, extraction tubes with caps, test cassettes and a UV light. The package instructions illustrate the user to swab, swirl, squeeze and wait 15 minutes for the result. For more information on the product, please visit: https://shop.healthylife.com.au/collections/hough-pharma
If your result is positive, you must immediately isolate, and arrange to have a laboratory PCR test. It is noted that negative results may not mean that a person is not infectious and if symptoms are present you should also arrange to have a laboratory PCR test.
The Hough COVID-19 Home Test was approved by the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration) on the 18th of October and is manufactured by BIOHIT HealthCare (Hefei) Co Ltd (China). It is one of nine TGA approved self-test kits for the home (at the time of writing). Further details can be found on the TGA website.
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Bounce your worries away with this beast of a jumping castle & inflatable obstacle course (for kids AND adults - you're welcome!).
Big Bounce Australia is bringing their Guinness World Record certified inflatable bounce house to cities right across Australia this summer.
According to the Big Bounce crew, this is the largest touring inflatable event in the entire world and has been 'supersized' for the 2021 edition!
'We’ve created an action-packed day out suitable for all ages and featuring some of the most unique and exciting custom-built inflatable attractions ever made.'
Extending over 1,500 square metres on the ground and up to 70m in the sky, Big Bounce Australia are making sure we throw the boredom of the COVID era right out the window.
Pair the World's Largest Jumping Castle with a 300m long inflatable obstacle course, big-air slam dunk hoops, giant slides, ball pits, mazes and climbing walls to boot, and you've got a family-fun activity you won't want to miss.
Tour Dates
Adelaide SA - Summer 2021 (dates TBC)
Melbourne VIC - Summer 2021 (dates TBC)
Geelong VIC - Summer 2021 (dates TBC)
Brisbane QLD - 14/15/16 & 21/22/23 Jan 2022
Canberra ACT - Summer 2021 (dates TBC)
Newcastle NSW - Summer 2021 (dates TBC)
Sydney NSW - Summer 2021 (dates TBC
Wollongong NSW - Summer 2021 (dates TBC)
Perth WA - 26/27/28 Nov & 3/4/5/10/111/12 Dec 2021
Get your tickets now!
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A hiker who had been lost on a mountain for about 24 hours refused calls from rescue workers because they didn't know the phone number, according to authorities.
According to Lake County Search and Rescue, the hiker was reported lost on October 18th, 2021, after they didn’t return from a trek on Mount Elbert in Colorado, the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains.
The rescue team discovered that the subject had actually already returned to their place of lodging after an unsuccessful search of a region where hikers are frequently known to get lost.
Lake County Search and Rescue explains on Facebook that the hiker ignored repeated phone calls from the rescue team because they didn’t recognise the number. In their post on Facebook, they write:
"One notable take-away is that the subject ignored repeated phone calls from us because they didn’t recognize the number. If you’re overdue according to your itinerary, and you start getting repeated calls from an unknown number, please answer the phone; it may be a SAR team trying to confirm you’re safe!”
The hiker said they lost the trail during nightfall due to the snow and spent the night locating the proper trailhead, to then find their car in the morning, all oblivious to the rescue team’s efforts to find them.
The story caught the attention of the internet and was shared on Reddit where it has received over 2K comments at the time of writing. The top comment on the post with over 18K likes says, "That means he wasn't lost enough.” Fellow users also agreed, commenting, "If you still have bars, you are not lost.”
Others joked that the hiker didn’t want to answer the calls to avoid telemarketers, one writing, "He didn't want an upgrade on his car warranty enough.” And "Ahh, the unforeseen consequences of telemarketing and robot calls.”
"Was probably trying to save battery and didn't need to hear important information about his vehicle warranty," another wrote.
"I know it’s a really dumb thing but for people that go trough 50+ calls for all sorts of offers yeah, you start to just ignore and even block numbers that you don’t have registered, for the rescue team, a text message would have helped. Texts are more likely to be read at least partially."
Another user called the situation the most millennial thing ever, commenting, "Most. Millenial. Thing. Ever."
Lake County Search and Rescue took to the comments on Facebook to explain common sense is sometimes not obvious to a subject when they are lost and panicking, writing:
"Please remember that what seems like common sense in hindsight is not obvious to a subject in the moment when they are lost and panicking. In Colorado, most folks who spend time outdoors have a good understanding of the SAR infrastructure that is there to help them, but this is not the case nation-wide. Please keep your comments respectful."
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