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Melbourne’s Wonderful Lost Buildings

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Foy’s Rooftop Funpark

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All of the Arts

The Age of the Cyclorama

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020

Before movies and television, and even radio, people turned to different mediums for entertainment. Welcome, to the ‘Cyclorama’.

The Melbourne Files

The Lost Cemetery

September 5, 2020September 5, 2020

Yarra Bend Park is Melbourne’s biggest inner suburban green space. It was once home to the city’s first mental hospital, and still contains a number of lost graves.

Weird and Wild

8 Everyday Things That Can’t Be Explained

March 17, 2020September 5, 2020

Lightning strikes, purring cats and how bicycles work; we are surrounded by things that are mysterious. Here are 8 everyday things that can’t be explained.

The Melbourne Files

Melbourne’s Quirky Laneway Names

August 24, 2019September 5, 2020

Melbourne is a city of laneways. And many of these have exotic, unusual, and obscure names, whose meanings have been lost to history. Here are some of the best.

The Melbourne Files

Before Melbourne Central

August 4, 2019September 5, 2020

Melbourne Central is one of Melbourne’s most well known landmarks. It’s hard to imagine the inner city without it. But it was only built in 1991, and is only a relative newcomer to our CBD. Here’s what was there before it.

Weird and Wild

Desert Bus: The Worst Video Game Ever Created

July 20, 2019September 5, 2020

Created by stage magicians as a joke, the worst video game ever made has found an unlikely second life, raising funds to help sick children. Welcome, to Desert Bus.

Drinks and Foods

The Great Australian Nut

June 29, 2019September 5, 2020

I love Macadamia nuts. Two things I did not know about them; they are native to Australia, and most of the world’s population can be traced to a single Queensland tree.

Unsolved Mysteries

Aliens in the Dandenongs

June 16, 2019September 5, 2020

In August 1993, Kelly Cahill was driving home on the outskirts of Melbourne when she experienced an hour of missing time. Later, she said she was attacked by aliens.

The Melbourne Files

Melbourne’s Strange and Amazing Public Art

June 5, 2019September 5, 2020

Melbourne is an artistic city. One of the ways we show this is by erecting a lot of strange, and sometimes amazing, public art. Here, are some of the best.

The Melbourne Files

The Tied Election

May 26, 2019September 5, 2020

In the Victorian State election in 1985, something straight out of a bad Hollywood movie went down. A tied election, decided by a lucky dip.

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