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@Former-Member More power to you sister. Love science

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Thanks @Glisten ☺️🌺

I wish there were after class programs at tertiary institutions to allow people to come spend an hour or so in a prac or tutorial, and anyone who was interested could attend..fun chemistry labs, physics, health, mock trials, etc 🙂👩🏻‍🏫

Maybe it could help people become inspired to learn something new, or help with structured socialising around common interests..💜☺️

@Former-Member after class science programs in tertiary institutions, it is a funding + bums-on-seats dilemma.

In an over populated world, Australia doesn’t have the population to sustain active participation in many fascinating areas.

Sometimes it’s a struggle just to find a local walking group.

If only Classic Car Clubs did more to promote the science of car design, manufacturing and innovation lol

I’m in WA and I do admire the way WA Museum has combined culture, art and science.

Scitech is still a full day at any age, well for me it is.

Perth Observatory collaborative project indigenous astronomy is mind blowing ❤️

https://youtu.be/mcqVvqr9hk4?si=HK0vnQq7VjgoooGd

Hey there @Glisten 🙂

Indeed..funding, general uptake, as well as organisational staff interest to structure and deliver (as well as insurance), from what I’ve experienced 🙂🌺
There’s definitely a proximity aspect, for sure. I noticed that online there is a larger reach, however as we know the ability to engage in practical things over the ‘net is limited in some topic areas or activities 🌺

The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney used to be a showcase of interactivity, however I’m not sure what they’re up to these days (it’s been around 10 years since I’ve been).
That’s a great idea regarding classic car clubs! Wouldn’t that be awesome 😎

To spark engineering interest, I used to discuss how compression and electricity ignited fuel inside combustion engines with my youngest brother after school, and he decided to purchase his first broken two-stroke mower when he was around 10, and he dismantled it entirely, bought spare parts, and rebuilt it. He then sold it in perfect working order. He’s a mechanical engineer these days 🙂

Thank you so much for sharing the video! That’s a wonderful project 😍💜

I wondered if they have a northern hemisphere component? Part of their time-lapse was showing the northern night sky 😀

Thoroughly beautiful 🥰🌺

@Former-Member That is lovely you inspired your brother and it became his career.

The Tories have been governing NSW for a long time. So Powerhouse would have reduced government funding and relying on corporate donations.

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Thank you kindly @Glisten 🙂🌺

To be honest, I’m not sure where funding precisely comes from for the Powerhouse Museum/MAAS sites; I believe they’re all still owned by the NSW govt, and there’s been a significant assignment of funds from govt to (basically, from what I understand) renovate the Ultimo site while building a new site at Parramatta. My old alma mater WSU and some property development businesses, as well as some engineering foundation/s are also setting up scholarships/donations…that was what I heard, anyway 🙂

There may be others that I’m unaware of 🌺

Hopefully it results in heightened exposure to the sciences and other disciplines for the wider community ☺️

I hope you’re having a good day there in WA 😎🌺

Hugs @Shaz51

Hey @Glisten The Tories... all the way out here in the great South Land....funding and politics worms it’s way into most things. Hmmm.

@Former-Member I have a Cosmos magazine near my pillow for when I am in the mood. Mostly These days here it’s kitchen science... or a bit a zoo volunteering...

I used to visit Powerhouse with my baby brother As he lived just down the road, and my son was in primary School. I liked it. Not like the museum dad took me to opposite Hyde Park in the late 60s.

I talk about anything with most people... Thank God for Gough... I gotta broad edukashun but u can’t tell it from my spelling... haha.

@Appleblossom I hadn’t heard of Cosmos mag; going to check it out..! ☺️🌺

I used to read New Scientist that I had a subscription for free where I used to work, but that was a long time ago now.
Kitchen science sounds fun and messy simultaneously 😀

Zoo volunteering also sounds like a nice thing to do to get out of the everyday.. 🙂

Sounds great being close to Powerhouse in years gone by 🙂

I used to travel from north of Goulburn to visit..was a day of experiencing country rail links of days gone by 😄

The museum across from Hyde Park..is that Australian Museum? If that’s the one, it’s very different…I think I’ve been there with my former partner years ago (can’t quite remember some things - I’ve got an old acquired injury to the thought + memory organ between the ears 🙂).

From what I understand, Gough did good for learning.. Wish I could roll back time and save painful sums for my education hehe 😉

I’d enjoy chatting about pretty much anything - spending time mostly alone means I have worn the keys off good old qwerty ..! ☺️🙌🏻

Oh remember the days when Scientific American ruled the roost. @Former-Member It’s slipped a bit methinks.

I have been mostly in the arts for last 40 years. I actually loved hearing the more sciencey mindset at lectures we had at zoo vollie dinners. More precise about what they did and did not know.

Still I have decided my early need to grapple with mechanics.... as a girl on a bike must do... even with great motor cycle brotherhood... friendly helping hand when broken down on the road. Now I approach music like mechanics... lol... grateful for my rich experience.

Gotta ask: what did you ride?

I haven’t any readership experience with Scientific American @Appleblossom , although it sounds like it was the bees knees back in the day.
Being in the arts sounds fascinating..my grandmother lived her life in the arts, and I have some of her paintings she did when she was in her late 80’s, and had lost the majority of her sight..she painted from memory mostly, and it was beautiful watching her and my grandfather together as she held the palette while he gently blobbed different coloured paint per her clock-face instructions. Was lovely.
Science lectures always seem to be illuminating, imho; there’s always something new.
Mechanical ability does go somewhat hand in hand with bikes…

I’ve had classic Triumphs (note to self: rear brake is on left, gears on right lol), often rode the family Indian Chief with hand shift on the left of the tank (I was about 9 years old back when I learned to ride that), had many a different dirt bike (both 2 and 4 stroke), had Kawasaki’s, a Suzuki Katana (kinda rare), Suzuki Bandit 1200, two Suzuki SV650s’s, Suzuki DL650 vStrom (same engine as the SV) a Hyosung GT650S, and I used to test ride new bike models to give reviews to customers for a couple of local bike shops when I lived in the Shire/St George area, giving them a workout through the Royal National Park, or on weekend trips touring the snowy in summer, so I could write a little blurb to hang on their bikes.
I rode new models of pretty much everything from little mozzies (Honda CBR125R’s - I was totally too big for it being 179cm and having to make space for my knees which were up almost by the front forks haha), to Ducati’s of all breeds, to cars on two wheels (Honda Goldwings and Victory tourers).
The only bikes I didn’t ride were Harley Davidson’s.

I rode the first DL650 to hit the east coast after much promise of its delivery to Australia, all those years ago, as a test for the bike shop company who got it first, then it went to the Bike Show at the convention centre I think it was held at.
I used to do track days on my SV’s, destroying a new set of tyres in one sitting 🤭

the last bike was a new DL650, which I had to sell, barely run in.
I’m hoping to get a Can-Am Spyder one day, with the bigger boot, which will fit my crutches (or at least a pair of walking sticks). 🙂

If you’d like to share, what were your fav wheels? 😀