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Frontier Touring regretfully advises that due to the uncertainty of border restrictions around the current COVID outbreaks across Australia, Jimmy Barnes’ September Flesh And Blood Tour is cancelled and unable to be rescheduled.
Excited at the thought of touring his 18th career #1 ARIA Album Flesh And Blood, this cancellation of nine shows heartbreakingly adds to the growing list of I Lost My Gig Australia events due to the ongoing pandemic and national restrictions.
“My band, my crew and music fans around the country are all doing it really tough right now so these latest round of cancelled gigs will be yet another kick in the guts for them at a really bad time. Hopefully if we all do the right things and get vaccinated as soon as possible then we’ll be enjoying gigs together before too much longer.”
Jimmy also noted that recently announced State Government schemes in WA, NSW and VIC would help compensate the tour promoter and tour workers for some of their losses on this tour.
Ticketholders need take no action and will be contacted directly from the official original ticketing agency. Tickets purchased by credit or debit card will be automatically refunded in full to the card originally used for purchase. Patrons should allow approximately 20 working days for the refund to appear in their account.
In addition to his already announced Red Hot Summer dates, Jimmy is working on extensive touring plans for 2022 when Australia should be allowing a return to live music.
Thankfully there is some fresh merchandise available, and with the show cancellations Frontier Touring are offering an exclusive discount on select Jimmy Barnes Flesh And Blood Tour merchandise including tshirts, tea towel, hoodie and (while stocks last) a free stubby holder with every order. Enter the code FRONTIER for the exclusive offer HERE. All profits from the sale of these items will go directly to Jimmy’s band and crew.
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In the most Australian showdown yet, a Kookaburra being harrassed by a gang of magpies tried to flee but got its beak stuck in a car bumper bar.
A poor Kingfisher Kookaburra became caught in the bumper of a Subaru after allegedly being chased by magpies.
A couple of Bateman's Bay Police Officers swooped in to aid the kooka.
The Officer filming the rescue can be heard asking the owner of the vehicle, "How did that happen?".
"It was being chased by magpies", she responded, and confirmed that the bird flew into her car bumper, and subsequently got trapped by it's beak.
The second Police Officer - fondly known as 'Jonesy' - gloved up, and pulled the distressed kookaburra from it's prison before letting it go uninjured.
Obviously for the Kookaburra, it was no laughing matter.
Image Credit: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons & Bernard Spragg. NZ / Flickr
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A shopper has had a super close encounter with a sneaky snake whilst browsing the spice aisle during a grocery run.
Helaina Alati shared the confronting video to her Instagram and even caught the snake herself and released it back into the wild.
Alati wrote on her video:
“Was browsing the spice aisle in woolies today and got a little surprise 🐍”
@krockgeelong 🐍 Shopper surprised by a snake slithering from the spice aisle! She even caught it and released it herself 👏 Source: Supplied by Helaina Alati
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The video shows the snake which appears to be a diamond python coming directly out of the shelf of spices at a Woolworths store in Glenorie, NSW.
Alati told Grant Broadcasters:
"I was browsing through the spice aisle. Didn’t see it at first. I turned to my right and it had poked its head out and its face was about 20cm away from mine."
Thankfully, Alati isn't unfamiliar with the reptile world, graduating in 2017 with a Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Bioscience at the University of Sydney. At 18 years old, she was a wildlife volunteer and did a venomous snakes course and rescued plenty of snakes and other wildlife. She also runs her own small tutoring company Summit Learning.
A bit shocked at the encounter, she says she was shopping alone but thankfully, she loves snakes. She said:
"I was a little bit shocked and was alone in the aisle. Thankfully I love snakes and have a bit of experience with them. I could tell instantly it was a non-venomous diamond python and it was super non-aggressive and relaxed.”
A staff member was alerted with Alati saying:
"And then went to tell a staff member they had a 10ft python in their spice rack.”
As an experienced snake catcher, she went back home to grab her snake bag, caught the snake, and relocated it to the bush. In a follow-up video, the snake is seen being released back into the wild. Alati captions the video with:
"So I brushed off the old snake catching bag and found old mate a more suitable home.”
It’s unclear how the snake got there or how long it was there before being found but Alati suspects it came down from the ceiling during the night. She tells us:
"I think it came down from the ceiling that night and just found a dark quiet place in the aisle."
Diamond pythons can be found in the coastal areas of New South Wales and are non-venomous however can inflict painful bites. Fully grown they can reach up to 2 or 3 metres in length. If one is ever encountered, please contact your nearest professional snake catcher to relocate the animal safely.
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A melting glacier is causing Sweden's once-tallest mountain to shrink, Stockholm University says.
The south peak of the Kebnekaise massif was once the tallest mountain in the country, measuring as high as 2,118 metres in the mid-1990s.
In 2019, it was demoted to second in the rankings of Swedish mountains after a third of its glacier melted.
Highest mountain in Sweden, Kebnekaise, has lost 2 metres of its glacier and height at the southern top this year only! 🥺🙁
— A. Lindberg (@yazzy_swe) August 17, 2021
The south peak lost another two metres in height in the past year due to rising air temperatures driven by climate change, Stockholm University says.
Kebnekaise's north peak, where there is no glacier, is now the highest in the Nordic country.
"On August 14, the southern peak of Kebnekaise was measured at 2,094.6 metres above sea level by researchers from Tarfala research station. This is the lowest height that has been measured since the measurements started in the 1940s," the university said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The decrease in the peak and the changed appearance of the drift can mainly be explained by a rising air temperature but also changing wind conditions, which affect where the snow accumulates in the winter."
It said the changes reflect a long-warming climate in Sweden, referring to the recent UN climate panel report which said global warming had caused an unparalleled melting of glaciers and was close to spiralling out of control.
The Kebnekaise massif is located around 150 km (90 miles) north of the Arctic Circle in the Scandinavian Mountains range that stretches across large parts of northern Norway and Sweden, and is part of the Laponia World Heritage Site.
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