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Mark Carrington

@carrinm

Investor, Entrepreneur, Cyclist, Photographer

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Mark Carrington
@carrinm Sep 3, 2026, 1:14 PM UTC

Pickleball and local azaleas : September 2 2026

Early start to head off for a pickelball drills and play session. We spent an hour on a drill of hit and charge the net. Did get in the way in the play session. Was charging in directly after serving…

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Mark Carrington
@carrinm Sep 2, 2026, 1:27 PM UTC

TIB - An Investors Journal #825 - Uranium, Base Metals, Gold/Silver Mining, Marijuana, Lithium, ASX Stocks, Europe Industrials + more

A busy week scaling into gold, silver and copper and hedging USD exposure with Canada listed mining stocks - gold, silver, copper. Portfolio News In a week where S&P 500 dropped 0.47% and Europe…

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Mark Carrington
@carrinm Sep 2, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC

Sun orchid walk on Terrey Hills side of NP : September 1 2026

Got a warm day coming up. Warm for the start of September. Plan for the day is to find a track to walk and do some shopping. Picked a track in Ku-ring Gai Chase NP not often walked - looking for a fe…

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Mark Carrington
@carrinm Sep 1, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC

Pickleball day - few photos day : August 31 2026

Not the best of nights. Cleaners were supposed to be here at 8:30 - did nit happen. With an 11:15 pickleball session there was plenty of time to be on time - did not work that way after finding no cl…

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Mark Carrington
@carrinm Aug 31, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC

Sydney rock orchids for a Sydney return : August 30 2026

Heading back to Sydney photos - Coolangatta Mountain. Looks like a resort place. It did start out as a caravan park - hence the nice pool. Now it is an over 55s place. Grandkids and a few oldies use…

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Mark Carrington
@carrinm Aug 30, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC

South Coast pickleball plus new home orchids : August 29 2026

Got to say I like waking up in our Shoalhaven Heads house. Do not have the sliding doors and windows to wake me up every 10 minutes from 5am. Feel kind of rested after a late night for US markets ope…

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Mark Carrington
@carrinm Aug 29, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC

Pink caladenia orchids show up in Seven Mile Beach NP : August 28 2026

Have a weekend on the South Coast planned. Change to the start - meet my wife in Chatswood - car packed. She had docs to drop off and is meeting friends for coffee. Got the car packed and found a fre…

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Mark Carrington
@carrinm Aug 28, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC

White finger orchids and the promise of sun orchids : August 27 2026

Got moving early - get a train to walk a track in Ku-ring Gai Chase NP - looking for white fingers orchids and maybe a sun orchid. It is a bit cool for those to be open Chose not to do the bicycle th…

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Mark Carrington
@carrinm Aug 27, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC

TIB - An Investors Journal #824 - Uranium, Nuclear, Battery Technology, Rare Earths, Gold/Silver Mining, US Retail, ASX Stocks, Base Metals, German Healthcare, Marijuana, US Oil + more

A massive options expiry mostly assigning covered calls confirms the big theme in gold/silver mining. All on the back of dollar debasement Portfolio News In a week where S&P 500 dropped 1.37% and…

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Mark Carrington
@carrinm Aug 27, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC

Blackbutt Creek new orchid finds - lady fingers and trapeze: August 26 2026

Rainy start to the day. Checked the forecast - afternoon should be clearing. Did investing stuff - a lot to do after a bug options expiry. Walked down to Blackbutt Creek to check on twice orchids - f…

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