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I gather sports is not your thing, but an AFL match at the MCG with a decent-sized crowd is a wonderful experience and uniquely Melbs. Sing out if you need a translator.
January 21, 2026 at 12:23 PM
I gather sports is not your thing, but an AFL match at the MCG with a decent-sized crowd is a wonderful experience and uniquely Melbs. Sing out if you need a translator.
It's so strange to hear Melbs described as gorgeous. I live here and love the place, and there's lots to recommend her, but I always reckon Sydney is the drop-dead gorgeous one, at least, anywhere near the harbour.
January 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM
It's so strange to hear Melbs described as gorgeous. I live here and love the place, and there's lots to recommend her, but I always reckon Sydney is the drop-dead gorgeous one, at least, anywhere near the harbour.
Are you the Neerim South Tourism Board?
Nothing against the place, but that is the weirdest tourism advice I have ever heard.
Nothing against the place, but that is the weirdest tourism advice I have ever heard.
January 21, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Are you the Neerim South Tourism Board?
Nothing against the place, but that is the weirdest tourism advice I have ever heard.
Nothing against the place, but that is the weirdest tourism advice I have ever heard.
Were drive-ins a thing in the UK? A few still left in Oz. Croydon drive-in from my childhood (now closed) and Dromana for my kids (still going strong). Both Melbs.
January 20, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Were drive-ins a thing in the UK? A few still left in Oz. Croydon drive-in from my childhood (now closed) and Dromana for my kids (still going strong). Both Melbs.
Typo for stuffing?
December 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Typo for stuffing?
From the antipodes here. We surf at Christmas, in the ocean, but it's summer here. What is your 'surfing'? Am I missing something?
(Looks amazing, by the way)
(Looks amazing, by the way)
December 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
From the antipodes here. We surf at Christmas, in the ocean, but it's summer here. What is your 'surfing'? Am I missing something?
(Looks amazing, by the way)
(Looks amazing, by the way)
Is it too pedantic to point out that a platypus is a monotreme? Perhaps slightly weirder than a marsupial even.
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Is it too pedantic to point out that a platypus is a monotreme? Perhaps slightly weirder than a marsupial even.
Also, independent electoral commissions protect against the weird tit-for-tat gerrymandering which seems the norm there. I don't pretend to understand it. It just seems openly corrupt and I am naive enough to find that disturbing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Also, independent electoral commissions protect against the weird tit-for-tat gerrymandering which seems the norm there. I don't pretend to understand it. It just seems openly corrupt and I am naive enough to find that disturbing.
One of the (many in my opinion) benefits of compulsory voting - you can't so easily ignore swathes of the electorate.
Not saying it's foolproof, or that parties and MPs don't play to their base, but is a more robust franchise.
Not saying it's foolproof, or that parties and MPs don't play to their base, but is a more robust franchise.
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
One of the (many in my opinion) benefits of compulsory voting - you can't so easily ignore swathes of the electorate.
Not saying it's foolproof, or that parties and MPs don't play to their base, but is a more robust franchise.
Not saying it's foolproof, or that parties and MPs don't play to their base, but is a more robust franchise.
My phone is 15cm long.
1 million phones laid end to end = 150km. Driving at average of 50km/hr, it would take 3 hours to drive the length.
1 billion phones = 150,000km and would take 125 days of non-stop driving.
1 trillion phones = 150 million km and would take 342 years.
1 million phones laid end to end = 150km. Driving at average of 50km/hr, it would take 3 hours to drive the length.
1 billion phones = 150,000km and would take 125 days of non-stop driving.
1 trillion phones = 150 million km and would take 342 years.
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My phone is 15cm long.
1 million phones laid end to end = 150km. Driving at average of 50km/hr, it would take 3 hours to drive the length.
1 billion phones = 150,000km and would take 125 days of non-stop driving.
1 trillion phones = 150 million km and would take 342 years.
1 million phones laid end to end = 150km. Driving at average of 50km/hr, it would take 3 hours to drive the length.
1 billion phones = 150,000km and would take 125 days of non-stop driving.
1 trillion phones = 150 million km and would take 342 years.
It is. Your Starmer reminds me a bit of Julia Gillard when she was our PM. Misogynistic shite notwithstanding, she kinda forgot who she was and let the focus groupsters tell her who she should be.
But - and it's a big but - her govt passed heaps of legislation, some of it very progressive.
But - and it's a big but - her govt passed heaps of legislation, some of it very progressive.
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It is. Your Starmer reminds me a bit of Julia Gillard when she was our PM. Misogynistic shite notwithstanding, she kinda forgot who she was and let the focus groupsters tell her who she should be.
But - and it's a big but - her govt passed heaps of legislation, some of it very progressive.
But - and it's a big but - her govt passed heaps of legislation, some of it very progressive.
Australia's equivalent was Tony Abbott. Destructive attack dog in opposition and a total useless embarrassment in govt.
Still embarrassing himself on the world stage to whoever is stupid enough to listen or - can you believe it? - pay.
Still embarrassing himself on the world stage to whoever is stupid enough to listen or - can you believe it? - pay.
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Australia's equivalent was Tony Abbott. Destructive attack dog in opposition and a total useless embarrassment in govt.
Still embarrassing himself on the world stage to whoever is stupid enough to listen or - can you believe it? - pay.
Still embarrassing himself on the world stage to whoever is stupid enough to listen or - can you believe it? - pay.
Can I just say thank you to the UK for keeping the mad Abbott occupied and out of Australia.
But also, sorry.
But also, sorry.
October 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Can I just say thank you to the UK for keeping the mad Abbott occupied and out of Australia.
But also, sorry.
But also, sorry.
Lovely day and good for you!.) What is the fruit in the top left pic? From Australia, and I can't pick it.
July 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Lovely day and good for you!.) What is the fruit in the top left pic? From Australia, and I can't pick it.
Tess of the d'Urbavilles. Enraging to an emerging feminist.
May 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Tess of the d'Urbavilles. Enraging to an emerging feminist.
Strangely enough I read it during a pandemic lock down in Melbourne.
I took some time off work, but couldn't go anywhere, so I sat in the sun on a cliff overlooking the beach and read The Plague. I loved it.
Sure, I sobbed, but was blown away by the writing and humanity.
I took some time off work, but couldn't go anywhere, so I sat in the sun on a cliff overlooking the beach and read The Plague. I loved it.
Sure, I sobbed, but was blown away by the writing and humanity.
May 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Strangely enough I read it during a pandemic lock down in Melbourne.
I took some time off work, but couldn't go anywhere, so I sat in the sun on a cliff overlooking the beach and read The Plague. I loved it.
Sure, I sobbed, but was blown away by the writing and humanity.
I took some time off work, but couldn't go anywhere, so I sat in the sun on a cliff overlooking the beach and read The Plague. I loved it.
Sure, I sobbed, but was blown away by the writing and humanity.
I'm not sure this means anything. But I don't agree anyway.
May 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I'm not sure this means anything. But I don't agree anyway.
We were the same. We switched to 7, which provided some satisfying opportunities for schadenfreude.
May 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We were the same. We switched to 7, which provided some satisfying opportunities for schadenfreude.
But we live and learn - and watch international politics. Dutton played the race/division/fear/bigotry card late in this election and it did not fly in the usual way.
I didn't feel this way after the referendum, but am proud to be an Aussie today.
I didn't feel this way after the referendum, but am proud to be an Aussie today.
May 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
But we live and learn - and watch international politics. Dutton played the race/division/fear/bigotry card late in this election and it did not fly in the usual way.
I didn't feel this way after the referendum, but am proud to be an Aussie today.
I didn't feel this way after the referendum, but am proud to be an Aussie today.
He could have shown leadership and called the conservatives for the voice and I believe the referendum would have succeeded.
May 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
He could have shown leadership and called the conservatives for the voice and I believe the referendum would have succeeded.
It's a good point. That referendum was an early point that allowed Dutton to show his true colours.
Referenda don't work here without bipartisan support and he very calculatedly chose to oppose the voice, allowing bigoted and afraid Australians to coalesce around that.
Referenda don't work here without bipartisan support and he very calculatedly chose to oppose the voice, allowing bigoted and afraid Australians to coalesce around that.
May 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It's a good point. That referendum was an early point that allowed Dutton to show his true colours.
Referenda don't work here without bipartisan support and he very calculatedly chose to oppose the voice, allowing bigoted and afraid Australians to coalesce around that.
Referenda don't work here without bipartisan support and he very calculatedly chose to oppose the voice, allowing bigoted and afraid Australians to coalesce around that.
Three visceral memories from Oldboy:
- Octopus
- Hammer
- Wallpaper (how good is the interior deco?!)
- Octopus
- Hammer
- Wallpaper (how good is the interior deco?!)
April 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Three visceral memories from Oldboy:
- Octopus
- Hammer
- Wallpaper (how good is the interior deco?!)
- Octopus
- Hammer
- Wallpaper (how good is the interior deco?!)
I have left an umbrella in nearly every pub in Melbourne, so I'd be right.
March 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I have left an umbrella in nearly every pub in Melbourne, so I'd be right.
I realised in my fifties that I had an unorthodox approach to tying shoelaces. Now I know two ways to do it - my way and the boring way!
March 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I realised in my fifties that I had an unorthodox approach to tying shoelaces. Now I know two ways to do it - my way and the boring way!