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The hard work and painstaking detail behind Adam Elliot's claymation film Mary And Max will go on show across Victoria from today.

Anzac Day-ness

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Does anyone know where to buy flea bombs/flea foggers? My horribly ineffectual agent refuses to get an exterminator, so I have to get rid of these little buggers myself. I searched Kmart, but they don't sell it, and the Bunnings website is coming up with no results. Any ideas?

Thanks again to all who recommended the awesome and amazing op shops of Melbourne.

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I"ve become even more cynical about street art. Everything I see makes me suspicious. Is it art? Or just rubbish? I thought my visual palette was refreshed by seeing some different street art in London, but I have not seen anything new of exciting since returning to Melbourne.

I think this was on Napier St, but I"m not sure. I"ve seen several. Does anyone know the artist?

The City of Yarra is developing its arts plans for the next five years. You can read more here. You have until 5 March 2010 to complete and return surveys aimed at community members, arts organisations and arts practitioners. If you have something to say about the arts in the City of Yarra, the time is now.

Singer Whitney Houston will perform an extra concert in Australia after her only New Zealand show was cancelled.

I"m not sure how recent this high tide 2100 AD stencil on Gore St is, but I was fascinated to see it. There"s another on Flickr from 2005 so it may have been there for years, although it looks quite fresh. According to the very helpful Victorian government land website, the area around Gore St is approximately 26m above sea level. This artwork exaggerates how much the ocean may rise due to climate change, but its message is political rather than literal. For more information about the predicted effects of global warming and rising sea levels see 100 metre line.

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An AC/DC fan is in hospital after suffering a heart attack at the band's final concert in Melbourne last night.