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Throw your arms in the air (like you just don’t care about burning the guy next to you)
May 17th, 2012 1 Comment
If you work in the Melbourne CBD, then the following should be a familiar sight: smokers walking the streets while clutching burning cigarettes, in a vain attempt to get in a few more puffs before they reach the office. Passive smoking might be a well known health concern, but in the busy city there is another hazard to non-smokers: a burnt leg.
Careers for girls leaving school, circa 1981
May 8th, 2012 4 Comments
In the process of researching my blog posts, I’ve spent a lot of time trawling through Google News’ digitised copies of Melbourne’s The Age newspaper for titbits related to Australian industry or aviation. However my most recent find was something rather different – a pair of related advertisements that illustrated the world that girls faced on graduating high school in the early 1980s.
History of Phillip Island’s Penguin Parade
May 2nd, 2012 3 Comments
If you have ever paid a visit to Victoria’s Phillip Island, the reason for the trip was probably the nightly Penguin Parade, where wild little penguins emerge from the sea at sunset and waddle across the beach to their sand dune burrows. So how long have tourists been visiting Summerland Beach for? The answer might surprise you.
Former GMH powerhouse in Port Melbourne
March 27th, 2012 3 Comments
Welcome to Lorimer Street in Port Melbourne. Located in a suburb better known for expensive waterfront property, it is often forgotten that this area is full of industrial plants belonging to the likes of Boeing, the DSTO, Herald and Weekly Times, Kraft, and GM Holden. The last company is the topic for today.
Property developers and Melbourne’s Chinese New Year Festival
January 30th, 2012 No Comments
Each year Melbourne’s holds a Chinese New Year Festival, and for the Year of the Dragon things were no different, with the streets of Chinatown being blocked off on January 29 to make way for the festivities. All of the traditional Chinese New Year attractions were there, but a few more commercial ones.
