Dark Mofo, Mona's winter festival in Tasmania, Australia, delves into centuries-old winter solstice rituals, exploring the links between ancient and contemporary mythologies, humans and nature, religious and secular traditions, darkness and light, and birth, death and renewal. Hosted by Mona (Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art), Dark Mofo offers a full schedule of … [Read more...] about Dark Mofo Winter Festival
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West End Of Melbourne
We spotted this advert in Saturday's TheAge, and noticed a few anomalies. The sales pitch invites the reader to be a part of The New York End of Town. Wow, Melbourne's newest end of town, New York. The New York End of Town is located at the west end of Melbourne: Corner Spencer, Lonsdale, Lt Bourke Str, Rose Lane | [map]. We did wonder why the advert has a couple … [Read more...] about West End Of Melbourne
Swanston Street Gone from Google Maps
Poor ol' Swanston Street in Melbourne has vanished off Google Maps. Swanston Street is no longer a thoroughfare for normal traffic, only being used by trams, delivery vehicles and emergency vehicles. But having said that, it is also used by pedestrians, cyclist, rubbish collection vehicles, buses (tour), so why remove it from the map? According to Wikipedia, Swanston … [Read more...] about Swanston Street Gone from Google Maps