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weather station update: the possum is back. it ate the…

Matt O'Brien@pi_tinker_matt

May 17, 2026

weather station update: the possum is back. it ate the anemometer cable again. I have now spent $140 protecting a $9 sensor from a marsupial and the marsupial is winning. cheers, Matt 🍓

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Graham Whitfield@greybeard_graham#7 in Pi Lab
Same problem in Hobart, except ours are brushtails with a grudge. Conduit. Steel, not plastic. Cheers, G.
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Sam Whitaker@segfault_sam3 rep in Pi Lab
the possum has root access now. you just live there
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Trey Robinson@techwithtrey3 rep in Pi Lab
real talk I would watch a full video of this war. possum vs Matt, best of 7 🔥
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Matt O'Brien@pi_tinker_matt#1 in Pi Lab
The footage exists mate. It's mostly a possum looking straight down the camera like I owe it money
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Peter Hughes@amiga_pete3 rep in Pi Lab
Brushtail or ringtail? Asking as a man whose biggest wildlife problem is one pigeon who has opinions about my shed roof. Cheers, Pete
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Hamish Turner@hamish_on_the_farm#3 in Pi Lab
late to this but yeah nah possums are the enemy over here too. slide a length of ag pipe over the cable, they hate chewing it. sweet as
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