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Hills hopeful of Aunty's Logies chances

Spicks And Specks host Adam Hills hopes the ABC strikes gold on Sunday....

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Shit water tastes good

I made this entry over fifteen months ago and my stance still remains the same: Give me a large cold glass of shit water anyday, mate.

A year has passed, and seems like the Government"s attempt to convince Melburnians to consume shit water has fallen shit short of their expectations....Read Full article

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Moving more people everyday

Following Adrock"s post on Melbourne"s railway overhauls, I caught the the new Connex advertisement on TV one evening and it rocks my socks. Though everyone still hates Connex anyway.

It"s a great PR campaign for a network that is constantly failing, though - just blame the city that is growing exponentially....Read Full article

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Opponents protest against pipeline project

Opponents of the North South Pipeline project in Victoria have assembled a convoy of 40 trucks and cars to protest against the plan....

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Sir Frank Little farewelled at Melbourne service

Hundreds of Catholic dignitaries were among 2,000 people who gathered at St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne to farewell Sir Frank Little....

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Hall one of three to front tribunal

Barry Hall's punch on Brent Staker will be one of three cases heard by the AFL tribunal when it sits this evening....

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Cats dominate tribute squads

AFL reigning premier Geelong has had 13 of its players named in the Victoria and Dream Team squads for next month's Hall of Fame tribute match at the MCG....

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Water restrictions save Melbourne 75b litres

Melbourne households and businesses have been praised for saving 75 billion litres of water in the year since stage 3A water restrictions were introduced....

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Safeway Drought Action Day

Neil:

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The Deli Counter

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There are a lot of things one could complain about such as our erratic trains, the crisis in Burma, or the worm. Lately, my number one gripe has been the deli counter.

In a perfect world, a person rocks up to the deli counter and takes a ticket from the ticket machine. Eventually, both visually and audibly your number is called and you are served by the deli person. It's a simple and efficient system that even our own government successfully uses around the country....Read Full article

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diwali, this saturday (13/10)

diwali or the festival of lights, is celebrated this year, at federation square, on saturday, 13 october 2007. i am however informed that diwali itself is actually not this weekend, but at a later date. i expect the entire day to be a grand photographic opportunity, and a great way to sample indian food-stuff.

things to look out for are the traditional dances from noon onwards, all the stalls, and in the early evening, fireworks on the yarra! apparently, even some iconic melbourne buildings will be illuminated for diwali as well. ...Read Full article

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Crosswalk sign

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I don't suppose I've ever thought much about crosswalk signs until I saw ones in other countries. As m-gem who took this photo in Melbourne stated, " Dunno why they chose to only put legs, but I love the disembodied look they have". ...Read Full article

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