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Metlink Advertising

mel_anna — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:28:15 +0000

For months now we’ve been seeing advertisments from Metlink. Adds that to some degree have got a little out of control. Lately there’s been a little backlash, with some people hitting back at the Sarcastic remarks of Metlink. This is one example (Image taken from here)

One has to to laugh.

A Guessing Game of Sorts

mel_anna — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:53:10 +0000

I was looking at other metblogs today, and was taken by an idea I have decided to steal from those across at the Boston Metblog.

The general idea is that we will post a photo from somewhere around Melbourne, and the comments serve as a forum for people to guess where the photo was taken. Extra points can go for any history googled, or even the exact Melways reference!

We’ll start with an easy one! I’m sure everyone who lives in Melbourne has this this at least once! Now comment away…

Myer Christmas Windows

mel_anna — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:34:53 +0000

According to all of Melbourne’s papers and tonight’s television news, Myer might be sold off. Some business experts believe new owners might cash in on the Myer buildings in the city, and redevelopment would therefore be an option.

What would it mean? A new face for Burke Street Mall, and the end of Melbourne’s Myer Windows.

Cold Snap

mel_anna — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:58:24 +0000

I stole this photo from Victorian Snowfall Gallery on The Age website, having not been lucky enough to see the snow falling through my own eyes. Its snowed from Donvale, to Gippsland, Sorrento to The Great Ocean Road.

I want to go build a snowman, expect there’s no snow outside my door.

Glenferrie Road

mel_anna — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:03:38 +0000

Having spent most of my high school life walking up and down Glenferrie Road in Hawthorn, alongside now attending Swinburne University located near by, it has always been a simple known fact not to bother with Subway near the station. In the past it was a hard task eating the food that came from the same area that was clearly, to put it bluntly, not exactly clean ( The sandwich deck as I

Eight Still Standing

mel_anna — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 16:56:36 +0000

When you