"Canberra News, Views and Opinion"
[ 5 October, 2013; ] Just announced! The Belconnen skatepark is the venue for the 2013 Australian Pro/Am Invitational Championships on Sat 5 October! ...
I didn’t think they had it in them, but I’m thrilled to be proved wrong. In horrendous conditions that made us all very glad to be sitting on a couch in Canberra the Brumbies have put one over the Auckland Blues in New Zealand. Foxsport...
Andrew Barr is breaking out the champagne over this year’s Enlighten numbers: More than 115,000 people attended the free and ticketed events during ENLIGHTEN 2013, an increase of 290% on last year’s figure of 29,437, according to an independ...
I do believe I have a new favourite restaurant in town. Sure Copa got off to a bad start. But I figured the most scrutinised kitchen in Canberra was worth a go and so we set off last night to check it out on Woolley Street in Dickson. Arriving at 6....
And not a moment too soon! Leave your suggestions for new editor Peter Fray below. I’ll start us off : Dear Peter, as well as a generous round of sackings, please give us more serious and entertaining news and stop focussing on every pinko, greenie, leftie, bleeding heart, nimby, animal...
From about 5 am this morning (don’t know exactly as no clock in bedroom) a series of flights went low over my humble (lower) Red Hill abode…this hasn’t happened before (and no it wasn’t the Careflight helicopter, they always detour round my place since I got useful with the ....
Share with us O reader your exciting plans for the weekend so that we may revel in your Joy. or some such. Amongst the exciting things happening this weekend is the ACTEWAGL Canberra Show out at Exhibition Park, the Brumbies first home game of the Super 14 Season, and the Snowy Hydro Southcare Base...
This born and bred Canberran still can’t work out what team to support. Should I pick one or just hold out till we get our own team??? ...
The newlook Brumbies make their Canberra Stadium debut for the 2008 Super 14 season on Saturday night with even more new faces. Following injury to two-dads and the genie last week, we will see yet more colts running with the Brumbies this week. Of note is the unpronouncable Afusipa Taumoepeau, who ...
As most of you are aware this week is O Week in our fair city, and all the uni students swarm on Civic for a wave of parties, special events and cheap drinks. One of the highlights of O Week for the last couple of years has been Academy’s famed Foam Party boasting the [...]...
I know there is a bit of an anti-camera sentiment amongst Rioters, and so I offer this story. I recently received a traffic infringement notice for “proceed when traffic arrow red”. It said that just after midnight on January 28 (note: public holiday = double demerit points) I went th...
Today I went to a Cafe which called My Bone Cafe with my little 4 legged friend. I had a sandwich and a cup of coffee which were very nice and my little friend had a little bowl of doggycinno and bowl chicken with rice. We both really enjoyed our afternoon there. You should have [...]...
Snowy Hydro SouthCare’s Base Open Day will be held this Sunday, 24th February from 10am to 3pm. Base Open Day is a FREE event with activities and fun for the whole family. Come and see the Snowy Hydro SouthCare helicopter, enjoy live music, sample local food and learn more about this impor...
Just though I would give you all heaps of warning, that the best time of year to get Comic Books is coming again.
Saturday 3rd May is Free Comic Book Day. A single day when participating comic book shops around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores, [...
… so he can perform gruesome medical experiments. Nah, just kidding. He’s actually just hitched himself to Organ Donation Week and made the usual public call for more donors. He wants to have 100,000 Canberrans – almost one in three people – registered as potential donors. To date, 4...
Our esteemed leader, Comrade stanhope, (who must be saddened by Castro’s retirement) has announced that some of Canberra’s best local musicians, The Andi & George Band, is being supported (well the media release states they are the support acts but hey!) by a cover band, Human Natur...
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