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Melbourne

The Loudest Ringtone Known to Man

January 19, 2010
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Over the weekend, I attended the carnival day for Melbourne’s queer festival, Midsumma. It’s always a bit of an odd event, especially with all the stalls and attractions that have only the most tenuous relationship to the queer community. Exactly why Myki (Melbourne’s new public transport ticketing system) had such an enormous presence at the [...]

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Terminator 5: Rise of the Greased Pontoons

March 2, 2009

As locals are already aware, the following SMS was sent to all residents of Victoria today: Nobody is going to argue this isn’t a good idea. I’m certainly not going to poke fun at the bushfires, especially considering my best mate has been going through a series of terrifying evacuations up in the Dandenongs. It’s [...]

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If You Thought Nickelback Couldn’t Get Any Worse…

March 27, 2006

It’s two weeks ago now, but we had a great send-off from our Woolloomooloo crew the night before we flew down to Melbourne. Our mate Julian hosted the do – he used to be a barrister. Fortunately, for the sake of the entire postcode region’s safety, Adam managed to find Julian’s old barrister gear, and [...]

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Mario Kartquarium

February 26, 2006

It appears that I have reverted back to the don’t-post-for-weeks phase of this blog. I’ll have much more time on my hands once we move to Melbourne in two weeks, so expect more substantial posting then. Don’t abandon me or I’ll commence relentless, heartless Jessica Rowe-style cackling! There really will be a lot more spare [...]

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Moving to Melbourne

February 11, 2006

A series of interesting events and conversations has lead Adam and I to decide we’re moving back to Melbourne at extremely short notice. Like, less than a month short notice. Why did we just move back to Sydney again? There’s a number of reasons for the pending return to Melbourne, mostly job-related for Adam, and [...]

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