Jill Turner
@jillhturner.bsky.social
M. OT (Curtin, Perth WA) 50+💃 jillturnerarts.com 📖 📚 www.fairbridgefestival.com.au (children+youth)
Poetry, painting. Creative play. Urban Sketcher #usk
Wadjuk Noongar Country.
Poetry, painting. Creative play. Urban Sketcher #usk
Wadjuk Noongar Country.
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Jill Turner
@jillhturner.bsky.social
· Jan 23
The best book 📚 I have recommended frequently to young people (and their families).The DNA-V model is based on evidence based Contextual Behavioural Science. The exercises are immediately effective and the illustrations are wonderful. Start here and Move towards What Matters using your talents.
#ACT
#ACT
The Band is back together!
I first scribbled a plan for what would become Youthopia with Youth Music Director Ruth,18 yr old daughter of Dr Steve Barnes of CSIRO, in 2008.We shall be re-imagining,with Usual Enthusiasm for the Impossible.
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#culture #folkandworldmusic 🇦🇺
I first scribbled a plan for what would become Youthopia with Youth Music Director Ruth,18 yr old daughter of Dr Steve Barnes of CSIRO, in 2008.We shall be re-imagining,with Usual Enthusiasm for the Impossible.
perthisok.com/event/fairbr...
#culture #folkandworldmusic 🇦🇺
Fairbridge Festival set to return home in 2026
Landmark Western Australian folk music festival Fairbridge Festival is set to be revived in April 2026 – once again returning to its original Pinjarra
perthisok.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Band is back together!
I first scribbled a plan for what would become Youthopia with Youth Music Director Ruth,18 yr old daughter of Dr Steve Barnes of CSIRO, in 2008.We shall be re-imagining,with Usual Enthusiasm for the Impossible.
perthisok.com/event/fairbr...
#culture #folkandworldmusic 🇦🇺
I first scribbled a plan for what would become Youthopia with Youth Music Director Ruth,18 yr old daughter of Dr Steve Barnes of CSIRO, in 2008.We shall be re-imagining,with Usual Enthusiasm for the Impossible.
perthisok.com/event/fairbr...
#culture #folkandworldmusic 🇦🇺
At the United Nations Association of Australia WA Division panel discussion with WA Data Science Institute and The Curtin Ethics Institute.
A lovely chat with International Development Agency alumni and new Data Science graduate from Mongolia, TJ Yundenjorg + muso/ environmental data scientist son.
A lovely chat with International Development Agency alumni and new Data Science graduate from Mongolia, TJ Yundenjorg + muso/ environmental data scientist son.
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
At the United Nations Association of Australia WA Division panel discussion with WA Data Science Institute and The Curtin Ethics Institute.
A lovely chat with International Development Agency alumni and new Data Science graduate from Mongolia, TJ Yundenjorg + muso/ environmental data scientist son.
A lovely chat with International Development Agency alumni and new Data Science graduate from Mongolia, TJ Yundenjorg + muso/ environmental data scientist son.
Another Festival Favourite. Not so much with parents, but kiddos and teens love the mess.
#folkandworldmusicfestival
#UNsustainabledevelopmentgoals #2030 #art #zerobudgetagain
#folkandworldmusicfestival
#UNsustainabledevelopmentgoals #2030 #art #zerobudgetagain
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Another Festival Favourite. Not so much with parents, but kiddos and teens love the mess.
#folkandworldmusicfestival
#UNsustainabledevelopmentgoals #2030 #art #zerobudgetagain
#folkandworldmusicfestival
#UNsustainabledevelopmentgoals #2030 #art #zerobudgetagain
WA Cultural Fairbridge Festival of World and Folk Music will be returning to Fairbridge Village in April 2026. It has always catered for families, particularly families of musicians, poets, circus folk, artists, stall holders. We will be using our Big Imaginations and Upcycled Resources.
#culture
#culture
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
WA Cultural Fairbridge Festival of World and Folk Music will be returning to Fairbridge Village in April 2026. It has always catered for families, particularly families of musicians, poets, circus folk, artists, stall holders. We will be using our Big Imaginations and Upcycled Resources.
#culture
#culture
Spot the millionaire hotel owner.
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Spot the millionaire hotel owner.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Prokofieff's Peter and the Wolf for $1 on vinyl by the Netherlands Philharmonic. Has it been remastered?
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Prokofieff's Peter and the Wolf for $1 on vinyl by the Netherlands Philharmonic. Has it been remastered?
Hannah and Tristan's Engagement party.Young people born into families with different backgrounds and ideologies in Australia coming together with wide games, a big table of cake and a sky full of stars and Hope.The New Zealand born Christian Evangelical mum and I agreed 'love each other more'❤️
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hannah and Tristan's Engagement party.Young people born into families with different backgrounds and ideologies in Australia coming together with wide games, a big table of cake and a sky full of stars and Hope.The New Zealand born Christian Evangelical mum and I agreed 'love each other more'❤️
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Only a fiver to see me perform in STOCKPORT on Tuesday
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele... #stockport #manchester #poetry #bookshops
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele... #stockport #manchester #poetry #bookshops
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Only a fiver to see me perform in STOCKPORT on Tuesday
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele... #stockport #manchester #poetry #bookshops
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele... #stockport #manchester #poetry #bookshops
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
The wounds run deep in Australia. As a migrant I support indigenous owned businesses and Acknowledge that Country was never ceded.
My health professional training in Ethics and Indigenous health guides my Actions and my work.
#reconciliation #humanrights
The wounds run deep in Australia. As a migrant I support indigenous owned businesses and Acknowledge that Country was never ceded.
My health professional training in Ethics and Indigenous health guides my Actions and my work.
#reconciliation #humanrights
Friday essay: Debra Dank’s grandmother was a ‘drover’s boy’. Her stolen wages can’t be recovered
Stella Prize shortlisted author Debra Dank reflects on how her family’s lives were scarred by stolen wages and colonial violence – and on the complexities of apologies.
theconversation.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
The wounds run deep in Australia. As a migrant I support indigenous owned businesses and Acknowledge that Country was never ceded.
My health professional training in Ethics and Indigenous health guides my Actions and my work.
#reconciliation #humanrights
The wounds run deep in Australia. As a migrant I support indigenous owned businesses and Acknowledge that Country was never ceded.
My health professional training in Ethics and Indigenous health guides my Actions and my work.
#reconciliation #humanrights
Kingsley Fairbridge - founder of Fairbridge Farm School in Pinjarra Western Australia. An on site museum illuminates controversy.
I am fascinated by how experiences early in life and migration have shaped the multicultural and connected World we live in.
Imagine this lad at 12 ...
#Fairbridge
I am fascinated by how experiences early in life and migration have shaped the multicultural and connected World we live in.
Imagine this lad at 12 ...
#Fairbridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Kingsley Fairbridge - founder of Fairbridge Farm School in Pinjarra Western Australia. An on site museum illuminates controversy.
I am fascinated by how experiences early in life and migration have shaped the multicultural and connected World we live in.
Imagine this lad at 12 ...
#Fairbridge
I am fascinated by how experiences early in life and migration have shaped the multicultural and connected World we live in.
Imagine this lad at 12 ...
#Fairbridge
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Latest article by cousin Daisy Lafarge, as she writes her next book.
I certainly identify with the frustration of living with fluctuating chronic illness.
I am reminded of the ancient Chinese proverb: 'Do not fear going slowly, only fear standing still'. #booksky
Latest article by cousin Daisy Lafarge, as she writes her next book.
I certainly identify with the frustration of living with fluctuating chronic illness.
I am reminded of the ancient Chinese proverb: 'Do not fear going slowly, only fear standing still'. #booksky
Flare!
on flares and new writing
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Latest article by cousin Daisy Lafarge, as she writes her next book.
I certainly identify with the frustration of living with fluctuating chronic illness.
I am reminded of the ancient Chinese proverb: 'Do not fear going slowly, only fear standing still'. #booksky
Latest article by cousin Daisy Lafarge, as she writes her next book.
I certainly identify with the frustration of living with fluctuating chronic illness.
I am reminded of the ancient Chinese proverb: 'Do not fear going slowly, only fear standing still'. #booksky
Reposted by Jill Turner
In addition to the official outing to USS Nightmare in Covington, there was an impromptu outing to the No Kings Rally in Smale Park. #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
In addition to the official outing to USS Nightmare in Covington, there was an impromptu outing to the No Kings Rally in Smale Park. #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching #nokings
Reposted by Jill Turner
Hi guys! Here’s an unfinished post-Symposium sketch of my studio quickly done today while waiting for my next student. …trying to keep the sketching momentum going and not be too picky about the perfect moment or the perfect time to sketch.
Have a good week! ♥️
#usk
Have a good week! ♥️
#usk
August 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hi guys! Here’s an unfinished post-Symposium sketch of my studio quickly done today while waiting for my next student. …trying to keep the sketching momentum going and not be too picky about the perfect moment or the perfect time to sketch.
Have a good week! ♥️
#usk
Have a good week! ♥️
#usk
Sketching with Urban Sketchers Hamburg today, single digit temperatures (hence the glove) but endless sunshine. Perfect! The location was Kampnagel, a local independent event space and theatre.
#usk #uskhamburg
#usk #uskhamburg
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #ParableOfTheTalents by Octavia Butler #BookSky
I've sent out talking points to start the discussion of Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler. I'll send out more for about a week.
To join, check the hashtags or pin/like the feed (go to link; click on 3 dots).
I've sent out talking points to start the discussion of Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler. I'll send out more for about a week.
To join, check the hashtags or pin/like the feed (go to link; click on 3 dots).
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #ParableOfTheTalents by Octavia Butler #BookSky
I've sent out talking points to start the discussion of Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler. I'll send out more for about a week.
To join, check the hashtags or pin/like the feed (go to link; click on 3 dots).
I've sent out talking points to start the discussion of Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler. I'll send out more for about a week.
To join, check the hashtags or pin/like the feed (go to link; click on 3 dots).
Reposted by Jill Turner
#BannedBookSkyClub schedule:
November 2025: Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
December 2025: A Wizard of Earthsea (The Books of Earthsea, 1) by Ursula Le Guin
January 2026: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
Link to feed in replies. #BookSky
Please join us.
November 2025: Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
December 2025: A Wizard of Earthsea (The Books of Earthsea, 1) by Ursula Le Guin
January 2026: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
Link to feed in replies. #BookSky
Please join us.
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
#BannedBookSkyClub schedule:
November 2025: Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
December 2025: A Wizard of Earthsea (The Books of Earthsea, 1) by Ursula Le Guin
January 2026: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
Link to feed in replies. #BookSky
Please join us.
November 2025: Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
December 2025: A Wizard of Earthsea (The Books of Earthsea, 1) by Ursula Le Guin
January 2026: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
Link to feed in replies. #BookSky
Please join us.
Opening Night of the British Film Festival here in Perth. The Choral is an achingly beautiful yet warmly witty film that reminds us how much we need art, poetry, music + each other.
I am nostalgic for Jubilee Church Hall in Marple Bridge and our village plays + concerts!
#filmfestival #thechoral
I am nostalgic for Jubilee Church Hall in Marple Bridge and our village plays + concerts!
#filmfestival #thechoral
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Opening Night of the British Film Festival here in Perth. The Choral is an achingly beautiful yet warmly witty film that reminds us how much we need art, poetry, music + each other.
I am nostalgic for Jubilee Church Hall in Marple Bridge and our village plays + concerts!
#filmfestival #thechoral
I am nostalgic for Jubilee Church Hall in Marple Bridge and our village plays + concerts!
#filmfestival #thechoral
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Latest article by cousin Daisy Lafarge, as she writes her next book.
I certainly identify with the frustration of living with fluctuating chronic illness.
I am reminded of the ancient Chinese proverb: 'Do not fear going slowly, only fear standing still'. #booksky
Latest article by cousin Daisy Lafarge, as she writes her next book.
I certainly identify with the frustration of living with fluctuating chronic illness.
I am reminded of the ancient Chinese proverb: 'Do not fear going slowly, only fear standing still'. #booksky
Flare!
on flares and new writing
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
open.substack.com/pub/daisylaf...
Latest article by cousin Daisy Lafarge, as she writes her next book.
I certainly identify with the frustration of living with fluctuating chronic illness.
I am reminded of the ancient Chinese proverb: 'Do not fear going slowly, only fear standing still'. #booksky
Latest article by cousin Daisy Lafarge, as she writes her next book.
I certainly identify with the frustration of living with fluctuating chronic illness.
I am reminded of the ancient Chinese proverb: 'Do not fear going slowly, only fear standing still'. #booksky
Clearly, personal ethics are of critical importance in countering the politics of right wing authoritarianism. Wherever we are and whatever roles we play, let's act NOW for a fairer and more equitable world.
#datascience
the foundation behind the #python programming language, has rejected a $1.5 million grant, as it required removing DEI and diversity efforts of the foundation
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
the foundation behind the #python programming language, has rejected a $1.5 million grant, as it required removing DEI and diversity efforts of the foundation
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Python plan to boost software security foiled by Trump admin’s anti-DEI rules
National Science Foundation said grantees must not operate any DEI programs.
arstechnica.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Clearly, personal ethics are of critical importance in countering the politics of right wing authoritarianism. Wherever we are and whatever roles we play, let's act NOW for a fairer and more equitable world.