Kurtu

Category: Australia

  • Anzac Day crochet and baking

    A few days ago was Anzac Day (25th) and I thought it would be nice to try to make some things in remembrance.

    I made a little crochet poppy and baked some Anzac biscuits. Both didn’t turn out how I’d hoped though!

    The crochet poppy ended up looking more like a pinwheel shape. I didn’t follow a pattern but ended up making my own. It was 5 mins to midnight when I posted to YouTube.

    In light of what happened concerning the interruption of a Welcome To Country by a neo-nazi I thought it could be seen as inappropriate. So after posting the video I ended up amending the title and description and made a comment to clarify.

    I’ve been really tired the last week with various things and was tired when posting. I wasn’t sure whether to leave it up or not but I wanted some sort of commemoration. And I wasn’t sure whether my amendments made it worse or not.

    Now the Anzac biscuits…

    This is the first attempt lol.

    I didn’t take a photo of the second attempt but they did turn out better. They were the same shape unfortunately but they weren’t as burnt. The dough had been in the fridge overnight but it still didn’t seem to help.

    I used the recipe up on the Women’s Weekly website (ironically called the “The best Anzac biscuits recipe of all time” [they are not imo!])

    The best Anzac biscuits recipe of all time

    The first batch was me following the recipe exactly.

    The second batch was me having the oven temperature at 160 instead because it’s fan forced (something not mentioned in the WW recipe!) and using dough that had been refrigerated (another thing not mentioned in WW recipe). Plus instead I only had them in for about 10 mins instead of the listed 15 mins (12 for chewier biscuits apparently but even that would have been too long!).

    All in all not a good recipe imo and it gets no recommendations for me. Other than it being good for making Anzac biscuit dough to eat as is (which I did do and it did taste good!).

    It was frustrating not to be able to get the crochet poppy and Anzac biscuits right. It did feel a little bit disheartening but I tried to watch various Anzac services throughout the day and found moments for contemplation. I like tradition and practicing gratitude so it was important to me to make an effort to honour those that fought and fight to protect this land and country.

  • I Catch Killers podcast talking about the Dying Rose podcast

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    This is how I found out about the Dying Rose podcast and books. I actually didn’t know about these cases before this. I’m glad it was brought to my attention. I’m glad these beautiful women and girls can get their stories told.

    I hope that the Australian police can continue to grow and become better at serving ALL of the public, regardless of race and financial status. 🙏🏽💚

  • Dying Rose podcast

    https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/dying-rose/dying-rose-six-deaths-one-national-shame/news-story/4c2c1edd7209cd327dae7b3cd4fed29f

    I just found this on YouTube today. I had no idea about these.

    This is horrifying and heartbreaking.

    I’ve been so focused on my own family and dealing with the fallout from covid.

    I’ve just started to listen to the podcast on Spotify. It’s really shocking. Especially the third episode. I can’t believe it.

    I really hope these families get the justice they deserve. I’m so disappointed that they haven’t already.

    Kudos to Douglas Smith and the others who have worked on this. Their work is invaluable. 🙏🏽💚

  • True Crime Australia: I Catch Killers podcast with Veronica Gorrie as guest

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    I watched/listened to this yesterday. I really enjoyed listening to it.

    I’m not really into true crime that much but I do watch some videos now and again.

    I recently found the True Crime Australia: I Catch Killers podcast hosted by Gary Jubelin and have been enjoying it. It’s been fascinating listening to different interviewees (and also Gary too) on crime and law enforcement in Australia.

    This interview with Veronice Gorrie was really good. I’m so grateful to her for sharing her experience. I disagree with her on the need to abolish police. I definitely think we need police in society and I’m very grateful for the good work that they do (not the bad though lol).

    I appreciate her sharing her story and perspective. I believe her and the experiences she went through and it’s horrible that she had to go through those things. I hope she continues doing more good work for her community and that she can live a peaceful, healed life with her loved ones.

    She raised a lot of good points in regards to policing Aboriginal people and communities. I think things have gotten better and are improving but real harm as happened and it’s important that it doesn’t get minimised or swept under the rug.

    As Aboriginal girl I’ve experienced racism growing up (edit: not by police specifically btw) and have a lot of family that have too. Most of them are darker than me and have had worse experiences. They shouldn’t have to deal with that or go through those things.

    I really hope that we can all heal together as Australians and continue working towards a better Australia (preferably one that’s a Republic and not tied to a monarchy lol).