Piney Lakes Sensory Play Park in Piney Lakes Reserve is an inclusive park where children of all abilities can play. It's a nice spot for a picnic with seating around the lake, sand and water play areas for little ones, swings, seesaw and several other rides. Few weeks back, we had a families Eid get together at this park. To make it special, parents arranged gifts for their children. (Eid-ul-fitr is a Muslim festival that marks the end of the month of Ramadan. Muslims fast during this month.) Be advised that people bring their dogs in the reserve but they keep them in open, well away from the play area. So, kids can play freely in the park. Amenities include BBQ, toilets and plenty of free parking. #PineyLakesReserve #PinkeyLakes #Piney_Lakes_Play_Park #Perth #Western_Australia #Australia #EidCelebrations #Eid_ul_Fitr #Ramadan_in_Perth #Ramadan_in_Australia #Fasting #Muslims_in_AUstralia #amuslimtraveller #park #perth #play #kids #ride #family #fun #australia #wa #pakistani My other social media channels: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-QLeIOwJyQ9PFxoSiwB-DQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amuslimtraveller Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/amtraveller Snapchat: amtraveller Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/amtraveller Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amtravellerpage/ (at Piney Lakes Reserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf_NH5VJiyY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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2020 October 11

Milky Way over the Pinnacles in Australia Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Goh

Explanation: What strange world is this? Earth. In the foreground of the featured image are the Pinnacles, unusual rock spires in Nambung National Park in Western Australia. Made of ancient sea shells (limestone), how these human-sized picturesque spires formed remains unknown. In the background, just past the end of the central Pinnacle, is a bright crescent Moon. The eerie glow around the Moon is mostly zodiacal light, sunlight reflected by dust grains orbiting between the planets in the Solar System. Arching across the top is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. Many famous stars and nebulas are also visible in the background night sky. The featured 29-panel panorama was taken and composed in 2015 September after detailed planning that involved the Moon, the rock spires, and their corresponding shadows. Even so, the strong zodiacal light was a pleasant surprise.

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Dr Dani Barrington uses interactive methods to understand people’s experiences with toilets, menstrual health and hygiene, incontinence and water, with a focus on low-middle income countries. Her participatory research and teaching focuses on ensuring that everyone has access to the services that they want to use, regardless of their income or the country they call home. She's also a Co-founder of the 'Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Failures' (@FSM_Fail) initiative, encouraging WASH professionals to be more honest about when things don't work out.

Dani is a Lecturer in the School of Population and Global Health at The University of Western Australia and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is also a Visiting Lecturer in Water, Sanitation and Health within the School of Civil Engineering at The University of Leeds and an Honorary Fellow within the School of Public Health at The University of Queensland.

In our conversation, we talk about water and sanitation systems, WASH Failures, and pantomime.

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Show Notes

[00:55] Dani's beginnings in environmental chemistry and environmental systems engineering. [01:02] Dani's love of the ocean and her interest in environmental science. [01:33] Volunteering for conservation work. [02:39] Understanding the context of systems. [03:09] People are the goal. [03:45] Public health engineering is complex and involves many factors. [05:09] Choosing where Dani felt she would make an impact. [05:21] Dani's early challenges at school. [05:51] Finding her tribe at university. [06:13] Developing an interest in initiatives by organisations like UNICEF. [06:43] Why a PhD? [07:17] Algal blooms at wastewater treatment plants. [08:58] Wanting to work in international development. [10:07] Learning more about international development, capacity building, colonialism. [10:29] Engineering and social justice. [11:30] What is Engineers Without Borders (EWB)? [11:59] Support for low-to-middle income countries and remote indigenous communities. [12:37] EWB and Cambodia. [13:28] EWB educational programs and initiatives. [14:23] Working in Nepal with EWB. [14:43] Working on risk assessment of water supply and sanitation systems. [15:16] Applying preventative measures used in supply to wastewater treatment. [15:46] Developing community managed water safety plans. [16:13] The paradigm of engineer focussed plans vs community oriented ones. [16:55] Engineering and community. [19:18] Pantomime as part of your professional skillset. [20:07] The program structure in Nepal. [20:57] Understanding the diverse range of contexts between different communities. [21:56] Water utilities in the Pacific Islands. [23:37] Priorities vs geographical, social, and political limitations. [26:56] Land tenure factors and perceived vs actual risk. [28:32] The factors that contribute to a 'rational decision'. [29:22] Everyone has their own objectives and wants favourable outcomes. [30:32] Informing to the best of your ability, but respect others' priorities. [32:48] WASH Failures. [33:59] 'We weren't learning from our mistakes'. [35:03] The reluctance to document or discuss failures. [35:21] "Blunders, Bloopers and Foul-Ups" [36:00] Sanitary pads or Kindling? [36:30] The Nakuru Accord. [37:51] Surveying front-line WASH-workers about the issues. [39:26] The need for community engagement and stakeholder relationships. [40:05] The flexibility to pivot and be open about it. [41:32] The source of the reluctance to communicate failures. [43:20] Consequences and the blame game. [45:27] Failures impact the communities and can erode trust. [46:40] Moral and ethical work. [48:34] Dani's motto for life. [language warning] [48:58] Period poverty. [50:18] 'Share the Dignity'. [51:26] The stigma behind menstrual health and its impact. [54:30] You can't just engineer away behavioural factors. Talk to the social scientists. [56:54] Project Management: The Tyre Swing Problem [57:53] 'PlayPumps': Failed aid interventions. [59:54] It's more efficient to consider problems from a wholistic view. [01:00:52] Bonus Question 1: What hobby or interest do you have that is most unrelated to your field of work? [01:00:59] Geocaching. [01:03:08] Why pantomime? [01:05:37] The serious state of some of the communities. [01:06:37] Bonus Question 2: Which childhood book holds the strongest memories for you? [01:08:11] Guilty pleasures. [01:09:01] Bonus Question 3: What advice you would give someone who wants to do what you do? Or what advice should they ignore? [01:09:27] 'The Sidekick Manifesto'. [01:10:27] You don't have to save the world to make a difference. [01:12:07] Reaching out to Dani.

Topics/Resources/People Mentioned

Rockingham, Western Australia (wiki)

Ningaloo Reef (wiki)

UWA

UNICEF

Engineers Without Borders (Australia)

international development (wiki)

capacity building (wiki)

Khmer Rouge (wiki)

WaterCorp Australia (wiki)

Nepal Water for Health

UWA Pantomime Society

UN Habitat

TEDxYYC 2011: David Bamberger: What Happens When an NGO Admits Failure

Blunders, Bloopers and Foul-Ups

Have I Got News for You (wiki)

Good News Week (wiki)

The Nakuru Accord

World Toilet Day (UN) (wiki)

The Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

period poverty (Global Citizen)

Share the Dignity (AU)

fatbergs (wiki)

The Tree Swing Cartoon (Business Balls)

PlayPumps: failed aid interventions (Humanosphere)

geocaching (wiki)

The University of Bristol

pantomime (wiki)

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh (wiki)

Coral Reefs: Nature's Richest Realm by Roger Steene (BookDepository) (GoodReads)

Goosebumps by R. L. Stine (BookDepository) (GoodReads)

Babysitter's Club by Ann M. Martin (BookDepository) (GoodReads)

Teen Power Inc. by Emily Rodda (BookDepository) (GoodReads)

Gossip Girl (wiki)

Bridgerton (wiki)

Jane Austen (wiki)

The Sidekick Manifesto

white savior complex (wiki)

Additional Resources

WASH Failures Twitter: @FSM_Fail

Barrington, D. J., Robinson, H., Wilson, E., & Hennegan, J. (2021, March 13). Experiences of menstruation in high income countries: a systematic review, qualitative meta-synthesis and comparison to low- and middle-income countries. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/tajkp

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From Australian Geographic Image of the Week; September 10, 2018:

Brand-New Bynoe’s Sophie Cross

This week’s reader photo of a newly hatched Bynoe’s gecko was captured Sophie Cross.

“Bynoe’s Geckos (Heteronotia binoei)  are a relatively common species, often found under woody debris. This hatchling was found in mid-west Western Australia, near Rothsay, during some field surveys for my PhD,” says Sophie. “Geckos have incredible eye colouring, and are always some of my favourite reptiles to find while out herping.”

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2020 June 15

A Ring of Fire Sunrise Solar Eclipse Video Credit: Colin Legg & Geoff Sims; Music: Peter Nanasi

Explanation: What's rising above the horizon behind those clouds? It's the Sun. Most sunrises don't look like this, though, because most sunrises don't include the Moon. In the early morning of 2013 May 10, however, from Western Australia, the Moon was between the Earth and the rising Sun. At times, it would be hard for the uninformed to understand what was happening. In an annular eclipse, the Moon is too far from the Earth to block the entire Sun, and at most leaves a ring of fire where sunlight pours out around every edge of the Moon. The featured time-lapse video also recorded the eclipse through the high refraction of the Earth's atmosphere just above the horizon, making the unusual rising Sun and Moon appear also flattened. As the video continues on, the Sun continues to rise, and the Sun and Moon begin to separate. This weekend, a new annular solar eclipse will occur, visible from central Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and a narrow band across Asia, with much of Earth's Eastern hemisphere being able to see a partial solar eclipse.

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From Australian Geographic Image of the Week; October 15, 2018:

Sacrificial Tail! Adam Brice

This week’s reader photo of a common or smooth knob-tailed gecko was captured by Adam Brice near Pippingarra, Western Australia

“This is Nephrurus levis (Common **or **Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko) and in particular the sub-species called N. l. pilbarensis. This is another semi-arid/arid region specialist terrestrial gecko (no toe pads to cling to vertical surfaces),” says Adam.

“Their cute heart-shaped tails have a small knob at the end which can be autotomized (self-amputated) which then wiggles around to distract potential predators, trying to get them to take the tail instead of attacking something more vital. However, unlike most other geckos/skinks – these geckos only have one cleavage point, meaning that the whole tail will be taken not just certain segments.”

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