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East Melbourne is a residential and commercial suburb which retains a number of religious and institutional buildings on land grants made during the nineteenth century. It borders central Melbourne's Spring Street, and its other boundaries are Victoria Parade, Hoddle Street/PuntRoad and the Yarra River.

The Government surveyor, Robert Hoddle, prepared a plan for East Melbourne in 1837, with roads correctly running north-southand east-west on contrast to the skewed directions of central Melbourne's streets which took their axis from the direction of the Yarra River. Hoddle's plan had a grid layout north of the extension of Flinders Street, i.e. WellingtonParade, and the north-south Police and Government Paddocks from WellingtonParade to the river. The plan was not implemented, and settlement leap-frogged East Melbourne to Fitzroy, Collingwood and Richmond....Read Full Article»

It has been stated by persons who have read about our hobby that the titles of these blog entries are somewhat obscure. What would an outsider make of the title - Should we swab his arm pit? - which links to information about outercourse and bagpipe playing. That to me is part of the attraction to this hobby, the opportunity to document for posterity some of the conversations, anecdotes and experiences we've shared in a manner that will bring a smile to my face in years to come. There is also the distinct possibility that we could get into trouble if I were to be too explicit about our conversations and activities. The odd obscure reference therefore not only acts as an in joke, but is also serves to protect us from the crazy fucks who might misconstrue this to be some breach of their skewed version of professional ethics or public decency. If you are curious - just ask - Should we swab his arm pit? - has a quite an amusing story behind it.

After the last blog entry, it is pretty evident a world of words and pictures has opened up for me. Like it didn't take long enough to get these things on line already, now I've got to mess around with uploading pictures as well. ...Read Full Article»