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Victorian police have confirmed a child's body found in a Melbourne creek this morning is that of Yadav Munohur.

A Melbourne undertaker will face court next month charged with five counts of theft, as well as indecent behaviour and obscene exposure.

Hodge to miss out on this weekend's game.

Melbourne police say they have found the thongs a missing Hawthorn boy was wearing when he disappeared.

Hawthorn has re-signed eight key players to deals which will keep them at the club for another two seasons.

Would anybody be interested in starting up a regular game of hoops? I'm trying to diversify my exercise regime beyond running, rowing machine and gym work, so I figured I'd try to get some people together to shoot some basketballs, trash talk one another and generally get moving after work.

I'm thinking the inner-city as our location - I'm in Richmond and there's a few courts around here. 6 - 7pm sounds look a good time to do it, maybe once a week? ...Read Full article»

hey guys

for live videos of tonigh's stafford st warehouse party goto

www.peter.id.au

(if you click the link when I'm filming live from my mobile you can actually see it live!)

A gallery of photos from the day is available here:
http://localhero.biz/display/media/images/shaw_cup_9/
more soon...

Hola, I am writing to you to see if you are interested in holding a stall at the next warehouse party in Stafford St, Collingwood.

Saturday 15th March from 3pm...Read Full article»

Attention Richmondites:

Be wary, I've just been warned by our receptionist that there's a "grotty man" wandering around the neighborhood, exposing his junk to ladies and generally being unpleasant. The police have been called, but if you're going to be around the Goodwood/Lennox St area, be careful. Barring that, be prepared to point and laugh!

I just got an email from the Channel Nine Studios doing a call out for audience members for a new TV show that's supposedly starting early next year.  They've described it as "Australia's first reality sitcom... with a surprising twist!"

They add: " Do you like to watch hilarious reactions? Channel 9 is producing a new show where people are caught off guard and anyone can expect the unexpected". And that's it....Read Full article»

Collingwood man Richard John Lovett (more recently of Bundoora) burgled he whom the press are carefully describing as "disgraced millionaire businessman" Steve Vizard"s then Toorak mansion while Steve and the kids were at home slumbering. You may recall that little Stephanie V. woke up to find him rifling through her things, in her bedroom. Security cameras at the disgraced white collar feller"s lair had Lovett and a mate in the mansion for 40 minutes. Remarkably, after the altercation outside with Stephanie"s dad, that same evening Mr Lovett went on to burgle another house nearby. Then, in Collingwood the following day, he stabbed a man in the back, puncturing his lung, in the course of the Harmworth St liberation of a backpack, clothing, and a gold necklace in a street robbery graced by a 20cm long blade. (more...)

Hi there maniacs.

This morning while I was walking to work in Richmond, I crossed Church Street and noticed a beautiful cat whom I often see around the neighborhood was basking in the sun on the sidewalk. "How cute," I thought.

Then I got closer and realized she was dead....Read Full article»

The marvellous slow food market is on at the Convent today - get a rhubarb tartlett from the rhubarb lady, a strong coffee from Lentil as Anything, a loaf of bread from the bakery, and stock up on unbelievably good home made panforte for Christmas presents.  But take your own plastic bags, or baskets. And there"s an open day at the Convent besides, where you can go inside the buildings, check out the artists" studios, the "wellbeing studios", and probably even the most beautiful "cello shop in the world.  Market finishes at 1 p.m., open day goes till 4 p.m. 3MBS is running tours.

There are some wonderful homeware places for the well-heeled in Abbotsford proper in addition to all the lifestyle supermarkets in Bridge Road. There"s Orient Express, where you can buy Asian people"s cultural heritage. There"s Mondo Trasho, cool in every way, and then there"s one of my favourite shops, Zelij. It"s a Moroccan importer (alas, Maison de Tunisie, a lovely little place on Smith St towards Victoria St a few years ago is no more). It has beautiful Moroccan lights, bowls, Moorish tiles, tableware and cookware, and some distinctive rugs and armchairs and sofas. Also, lots of Moroccan cookbooks and books with titles like "Moorish Style"....Read Full article»

At twenty to eight in the evening of Sunday 28 October 2007, a Collingwood man answered a knock on his Wellington St unit"s front door. Four black-clad men shot him in the lower body. He"s still alive. Sounds like a reprise of the gangland murders a bit too close to home for my liking. (more...)

I couldn"t make the Collingwood Historical Society"s annual walk yesterday, a damn shame since it was specifically about the industrial history of Abbotsford. Perhaps someone can provide me with some tidbits they learnt....Read Full article»

people here are always asking whats open later than 1am.

Well i found a place in richmond (swan st, near church st, couple doors from 7-11) called Detour, they recently redecorated which is how i noticed them, bright yellow and black construction design. (used to be BNT or something)...Read Full article»

George and I shared a house on Stephenson St, Richmond - a street made famous by the Cherry Tree hotel, the brothels and the residencies of the Pettingills, [one of Melbourne's most notorious crime families.] [A friend of mine has recently written a play set in this very street. Called Talking Bone, it centres around the matriarch: Kath Pettingill...

Next time you're shopping for a new Maserati, fuel up at Caffe Veloce, 9-11 Claremont Street, South Yarra, Tel +61 3 8080 9995. Conveniently located in the middle of Dutton's ultra-luxury-tosser car showroom, Veloce allows you to stare at fancy cars as you eat breakfast. Actually, I think...