Melbourne’s Quirky Laneway Names
Melbourne is a city of laneways. And many of these have exotic, unusual, and obscure names. Here are a selection of favourites. FORGOTTEN PLACES THE LOCAL FILES AC/DC LANE Perhaps …
Before Melbourne Central
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 so is only …
11 Things You Did Not Know About ‘Interstellar’
‘Interstellar’ is a movie that has grown for me, from luke warm enjoyment to outright, goggle eyed admiration. Like all of Christopher Nolan’s films, it is a dense text, filled …
Desert Bus: The Worst Video Game Ever Created
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. WEIRD, …
What MIFF 2019 Film Are You?
The 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival is upon us (nearly) so it is time to answer the most important question of the film year… Which MIFF 2019 Film Are You? …
The Great Australian Nut
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 …
Aliens in the Dandenongs
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. UNSOLVED …
Melbourne’s Weird Awesome Public Art
Melbourne is an artistic city. One of the ways we show this is by erecting a lot of weird, wild, sometimes awesome, public art. Here, are a few… ALL OF …
The Tied Election
In the Victorian State election in 1985, something straight out of a bad Hollywood movie went down. This is… the tied election. THE LOCAL FILES John Cain comes from the …
An Artist Named Turbo
From the riverbank in Mildura, to the streets of Melbourne, to the world’s most prestigious art galleries. This is the story of Trevor ‘Turbo’ Brown. ENIGMATIC CHARACTERS ALL OF THE …