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Does anyone know the story behind the snowmen popping up round the city this morning?
(Here's a pic of one of them - http://twitpic.com/fwszt)

They were near Flinders Street, Southern Cross and Melbourne Central at least. ...Read Full Article»

Anyone caught up in the Indian Student protest today?

Flinders Street is blocked off, many tramlines stopped. ...Read Full Article»

Banner for a protest in Melbourne over Sri Lanka's treatment of Tamils...Read Full Article»

Passengers find body on train
May 20, 2009 - 11:05AM

A Connex train driver administered CPR to a man who was found dead on a peak hour train yesterday morning, according to a commuter....Read Full Article»

Another top architect says that Melbourne is better than Sydney but could do a lot better by increasing its public space in the CBD and making it more pedestrian friendly.

I think, however, that we"ve missed the boat when it comes to open space. We could have bought up large slabs of land for next to nothing years ago. Now inner city land is much more cost-prohibitive to purchase and likely to have already been developed. Mandatory development contributions of say 5% are unlikely to allow Councils to buy up anything more than a piece of land the size of a postage stamp....Read Full Article»

Melbourne, 6.15pm AP - in an unprecedented turn of events a Melbourne tram has broken down near Flinders Street station. At this stage it is not known whether mechanical failure, heat, unions, the global financial crisis or dudes who wear the Australian flag as a cape are to blame.

More as the siuation develops.

 For anyone who caught the 8.30pm Epping train from Flinders Street Station tonight,  I hope your night ended up reasonable.

 If you were stuck in the same situation I was with a lack of buses at Victoria Park Station, please, take the time to write a letter of complaint (via their website if you like) outlining how much only offering 2 buses was a really stupid, crap and moronic idea for a Friday night train....Read Full Article»

Connex does a great job with it"s website, events, advertisements, and it"s technology. The only thing it can"t do right is run trains in a timely manager but hey, you can"t everything.

All this week, Connex has been offering commuters free coffee and chocolates at various train stations. Tomorrow they will be offering these goodies at Flinders Street station.  In addition to those freebies, the company has started a free rewards club called Connex Plus. The rewards club can get you discounted juice at Boost Juice, 10% off the Eureka Skydeck and various discounts to retailers around the city....Read Full Article»

The Anonymous/Chanology/Anti-Scientology protests are still going strong! Hopefully a lot of people will remember the earlier protests, where 70-100 anti-scientologists gathered for protesting (and lulz) the Church of Scientology's crimes. The core group has whittled down to 40 or 50, and has been protesting every month since February. This month, we're hoping to up the ante, spreading the word to more Melbournians and really make an impact before the Church moves to its alternate location in Ascot Vale.

This month's main protest is occurring this Saturday (15th November). We will be stepping off from Flinders Street at about 1pm, but there will be anon under the Clocks handing out flyers from around 12pm. Look for the group with the flyers, masks, and giant, hilarious placards!...Read Full Article»

Flinders Street stepsJoin the Coalition of Transport Action Groups for a community rally and picnic, starting at Flinders St Station and ending up at the Alexandra Gardens opposite the National Gallery of Victoria.

Where: Steps of Flinders Street Station
When: 11:15am for 12 noon, Sunday 26th October 2008
Keynote speaker: Daniel Bowen of the Public Transport Users Association....Read Full Article»