well… here we are. It’s 26/03/08, 5.14pm, I’m in my sister’s apartment in Melbourne, it’s a cold rainy afternoon outside and this is my last day as a Melburnite. At 7am tomorrow, the boys and I start a three-day drive to Brisbane via Narrandera, Dubbo Narrabri and Goondiwindi.
So as I gaze out over Melbourne’s dark [...]
A few weeks ago I went on a tour of some of Melbourne’s top cocktail bars with my mate and TPN host “Cocktail” Kevin Clark. Kev, who tends bar at the Tiki Bar & Lounge in Richmond, hosts TPN’s Soused podcast (a podcast about cocktails) and is also co-host of TPN’s Geeks Of Hazzard. He [...]
A couple of blocks up from my house in Yarraville is our local dvd joint, Video Flash. The boss, Mike, has a large wall running down the adjoining street. He said that for years it was covered in just awful graffiti and he spent a lot of time out there with a brush and bucket [...]
Last month I recorded a couple of pilot episodes of a new podcast series where I walk around Melbourne with one of the City of Melbourne’s “greeters”, Jill. This is a project cooked up between myself, Tourism Victoria and the City of Melbourne. We’ve recorded two pilots and I’d really appreciate it if a [...]
A couple of months ago I got a letter in the mail attached to a parking infringement notice claiming I had double parked out of the front of my kids’ school one morning and fining me $66.
Now I don’t remember ever double parking. So I sent them a letter asking for clarification. They sent [...]
Well folks, here we are, 300 episodes and 3 years in, and I’m just getting warmed up! However, with a new year of G’Day World comes a new format, a new topic and a new question which demands The Cam’s attention - what are you doing on a daily basis to make the world a [...]
A new chance to win prizes by expressing how much you love Melbourne over on the Visit Melbourne Red Thread site that launched today.
They have five missions to choose from, each one showcasing a particular aspect of Melbourne lifestyle. You have to tell your story with video or photos and a brief review, then add [...]
Ben Barren, CEO of Feedcorp, joins me on this show to interview author Adam Shand.
As people in Melbourne will be very aware, in the last decade there was a series of high profile retributional killings involving various underworld groups that cost the lives of at least 28 criminal figures.
Adam Shand, a journalist who [...]
The 2nd Melbourne Twitter Meetup is happening at Horse Bazaar on Thursday 12th July. If you’re on Twitter, or you want to find out what all the fuss is about, come along from 5:30pm. Watch the live Twitter feed projected on the wall, and bring along your Twitter enabled mobile to participate. Drinks and nibbles [...]
I had a terrific time at The Domain event in Melbourne last night. Full congrats to Sally and Deb for putting it on and to Brad “Best Technology Industry Journalist” Howarth for his interview with Aussie digital media pioneer Domenic Carosa from Destra. I’ve known Dom for quite a few years now but have never [...]
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