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Amphlett Lane
⊜ Amphlett Lane Melbourne
Much has been written about a lane for Chrissy, maybe too much about the fight and the fighters and not enough about Chrissy and Melbourne. Why a tribute to Chrissy Amphlett in...
Cancer Drug HERCEPTIN Campaign
⊜ Herceptin Campaign c/o Woori Yallock PO Woori Yallock
This is a serious but simple request to ask you to help to fast track the new cancer drug: Herceptin. It's quite unusual for me to do this sort of thing but I'm asking you to please take the time...
Date aside, Tigers get Jack's number
⊜ Melbourne
November 13 is a historic date for Richmond Football Club because it is duly recorded as the birthday of Jack Dyer. The Tiger legend, who died in August, would have been 90 today. So what better...
Ellen DeGeneres
⊜ Melbourne
Well, show host Ellen DeGeneres has been and gone. She came to Australia in March 2013 for a brief stint, visits to Sydney and Melbourne, a couple of appearances (MLC) and taping of a live...
Leap of fear
⊜ Frankston
11 July 2003 - TICKET inspectors have been accused of stopping a teenager from buying a $1.10 ticket just seconds before he jumped from a fast-moving train. Friends said Gavin Slipais, 15, was...
Mark Rawson | Merri Creek Tunnels
⊜ Northcote
Childhood memory may lead to army war bunker In the steep bank of Merri Creek in Westgarth is a tunnel that brings to mind the opening sequence of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Dug over the past four...
Missing | Jesse Densley
⊜ North Williamstown train station Williamstown North
FOUND MISSING teenager Jesse Densley is being reunited with his family after being found alive and well in Melbourne's west. Jesse Densley, 15, has been missing since Tuesday 8.30am when he was...
Mosquitoes - They're out for blood.
⊜ Melbourne
Why do mosquitoes target some of us while others remain unscathed? Roger Dobson reports. It's a warm, balmy evening, the music's playing, the barbecue's smoking, and the food is ready . . . and...
New hope for cancer treatment
⊜ Melbourne
24 June 2003 - BREAKTHROUGH Melbourne research giving millions of cancer and AIDS patients hope was announced by Premier Steve Bracks in Washington yesterday. Six of the world's top hospitals will...
Nikki Gemmell - The Bride Stripped Bare
⊜ Melbourne
July 31 2003 - Author stripped bare as sex novel touches raw nerve. Nikki Gemmell had hoped to anonymously explore issues of sex, identity and fulfilment in her latest book. Her book may be...
Police probe body in drain mystery - May 2003
⊜ Springvale cemetery Springvale
HOMICIDE detectives are investigating a bizarre murder mystery after the gruesome discovery of a body in a pipe at a suburban cemetery. Staff at the Springvale cemetery complex yesterday found the...
Quiz man gets a lifeline
⊜ Melbourne
11 Jule 2003 - JERRY McBrien, who the nation's finest legal minds say was ripped off on Monday night's episode of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, has been invited back to the Channel 9 quiz. The...
Return of Tram Conductors
⊜ Melbourne
"Fares Please"might be heard again with much talk about the possibility of conductors returning to work on Melbourne's trams. Tram conductors were custodians of Melbourne's soul, replaced by...
Riding 6,800K for Climate Change
⊜ Melbourne
After 6,800 kilometres, 42 talks and an average daily cycle of up to 150km a day to spread the message about climate change, Melbourne father of two John Knox is making his way home just in time for...
Tigerland salute | Jack [Captain Blood] Dyer
⊜ Richmond
28 August 2003 - FOOTBALL greats and diehard fans yesterday farewelled the greatest Tiger of them all: Jack "Captain Blood"Dyer. More than 1000 people packed St Ignatius Catholic Church in...
Wayne Galley [Bodyguard - Michael Jackson]
⊜ Melbourne
Wayne Galley is a former brawler from East Reservoir who fought, sang and charmed his way from the mean streets of 1950s Melbourne to wartime Vietnam, then Nashville and finally Neverland. He spoke...
World IDOL winner!
⊜ Melbourne
If you don't want to know... don't read on! This morning [6:30am EST] World Idol cranked into gear, watched by considerably less people than the original live performance show. The general...
⊜ Amphlett Lane Melbourne
Much has been written about a lane for Chrissy, maybe too much about the fight and the fighters and not enough about Chrissy and Melbourne. Why a tribute to Chrissy Amphlett in...
Cancer Drug HERCEPTIN Campaign
⊜ Herceptin Campaign c/o Woori Yallock PO Woori Yallock
This is a serious but simple request to ask you to help to fast track the new cancer drug: Herceptin. It's quite unusual for me to do this sort of thing but I'm asking you to please take the time...
Date aside, Tigers get Jack's number
⊜ Melbourne
November 13 is a historic date for Richmond Football Club because it is duly recorded as the birthday of Jack Dyer. The Tiger legend, who died in August, would have been 90 today. So what better...
Ellen DeGeneres
⊜ Melbourne
Well, show host Ellen DeGeneres has been and gone. She came to Australia in March 2013 for a brief stint, visits to Sydney and Melbourne, a couple of appearances (MLC) and taping of a live...
Leap of fear
⊜ Frankston
11 July 2003 - TICKET inspectors have been accused of stopping a teenager from buying a $1.10 ticket just seconds before he jumped from a fast-moving train. Friends said Gavin Slipais, 15, was...
Mark Rawson | Merri Creek Tunnels
⊜ Northcote
Childhood memory may lead to army war bunker In the steep bank of Merri Creek in Westgarth is a tunnel that brings to mind the opening sequence of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Dug over the past four...
Missing | Jesse Densley
⊜ North Williamstown train station Williamstown North
FOUND MISSING teenager Jesse Densley is being reunited with his family after being found alive and well in Melbourne's west. Jesse Densley, 15, has been missing since Tuesday 8.30am when he was...
Mosquitoes - They're out for blood.
⊜ Melbourne
Why do mosquitoes target some of us while others remain unscathed? Roger Dobson reports. It's a warm, balmy evening, the music's playing, the barbecue's smoking, and the food is ready . . . and...
New hope for cancer treatment
⊜ Melbourne
24 June 2003 - BREAKTHROUGH Melbourne research giving millions of cancer and AIDS patients hope was announced by Premier Steve Bracks in Washington yesterday. Six of the world's top hospitals will...
Nikki Gemmell - The Bride Stripped Bare
⊜ Melbourne
July 31 2003 - Author stripped bare as sex novel touches raw nerve. Nikki Gemmell had hoped to anonymously explore issues of sex, identity and fulfilment in her latest book. Her book may be...
Police probe body in drain mystery - May 2003
⊜ Springvale cemetery Springvale
HOMICIDE detectives are investigating a bizarre murder mystery after the gruesome discovery of a body in a pipe at a suburban cemetery. Staff at the Springvale cemetery complex yesterday found the...
Quiz man gets a lifeline
⊜ Melbourne
11 Jule 2003 - JERRY McBrien, who the nation's finest legal minds say was ripped off on Monday night's episode of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, has been invited back to the Channel 9 quiz. The...
Return of Tram Conductors
⊜ Melbourne
"Fares Please"might be heard again with much talk about the possibility of conductors returning to work on Melbourne's trams. Tram conductors were custodians of Melbourne's soul, replaced by...
Riding 6,800K for Climate Change
⊜ Melbourne
After 6,800 kilometres, 42 talks and an average daily cycle of up to 150km a day to spread the message about climate change, Melbourne father of two John Knox is making his way home just in time for...
Tigerland salute | Jack [Captain Blood] Dyer
⊜ Richmond
28 August 2003 - FOOTBALL greats and diehard fans yesterday farewelled the greatest Tiger of them all: Jack "Captain Blood"Dyer. More than 1000 people packed St Ignatius Catholic Church in...
Wayne Galley [Bodyguard - Michael Jackson]
⊜ Melbourne
Wayne Galley is a former brawler from East Reservoir who fought, sang and charmed his way from the mean streets of 1950s Melbourne to wartime Vietnam, then Nashville and finally Neverland. He spoke...
World IDOL winner!
⊜ Melbourne
If you don't want to know... don't read on! This morning [6:30am EST] World Idol cranked into gear, watched by considerably less people than the original live performance show. The general...
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