Around 3 PM yesterday a tree outside Newmarket railway station fell over power lines, leaving the entire area without electricity. So what does it look like after dark?
Archive for September, 2013
An interesting battle – the 2013 RACV Board Election
September 23rd, 2013
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Last week the ballot papers for the 2013 RACV Board Election arrived in my mailbox along with the monthly issue of RoyalAuto magazine. While being Victoria’s largest non-government election, it is also ignored by the majority of the 1.4 million people entitled to vote in it. So what is different this year?
Melbourne’s orphan supermarket chains
September 17th, 2013
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When you go shopping for groceries anywhere in Australia, you’re probably going to end up at a supermarket run by the incumbent duopoly of Coles and Woolworths. But one exception are three oddball supermarket chains which only exist in Melbourne.
True Blue Aussie? (your jet says otherwise)
September 10th, 2013
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Plenty of people and corporations go around calling themselves “true blue” Australians, but how can they prove it? Qantas goes around and slaps a big “Spirit of Australia” message down the side of every jet they own…
Easy like a Sunday morning train timetable
September 3rd, 2013
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There are two reasons why catching the train on a weekend is often a pain – railway operators use it as an opportunity to replace and upgrade infrastructure while minimising the disruption to passengers, and when the trains do run, you have to wait longer at the station because fewer services are timetabled. Despite this, Melbourne seems to be a lot worser off than our northern neighbours in Sydney.
