“What?”, “Pay for Skywhale appearances?”. Liberals aghast
The Canberra Liberals’ Brendan Smyth is working himself to high dudgeon that people’s time costs money, even when it comes to the magical mystical Skywhale: “Having paid for the Skywhale through their...
View ArticleMartin Ollman’s Centenary People
MartyO has produced a veritable magnum opus of portrait photography from this year’s Centenary of Canberra. It’s quite the journey so enjoy the slideshow:
View ArticleSo that was your Centenary
Chief Minister Gallagher is calling it quits on the Centenary, perhaps unable to muster any enthusiasm for the last weeks of the year: Following more than 1000 community events ranging from a major...
View ArticleReflecting on the Centenary.
I was there World+Dog is chiming in to give their thoughts on Canberra’s Centenary Year. But aside from it being my job to share opinions on such things I’m also unusually positioned to comment for two...
View ArticleA centenary column and time capsule for City Hill
Canberra CBD have announced they’re not done with the Centenary: Winding down from a vibrant Centenary Year, Canberra CBD Limited is gifting a sculpture and time capsule to the people of Canberra....
View ArticleThe Cashews rocking the wetlands this afternoon
Need something to do in this strange post-Christmas hiatus? The Cashews are putting on a guerilla gig at O’Connor’s Brigalow St Wetlands at 5.30pm. If you’re in town, we’re doing one last...
View ArticleCentenary loop closing down
It seems nuts that bus service is worth running only when the city age goose eggs are rolled over, but TAMS are giving notice that the Centenary Loop bus service is singing with the choir invisible:...
View ArticleAn ACT Coat of Arms for our next century
As the ACT begins its second century, and the Republic is becoming the talk of the town, the ACT Government has a golden opportunity to provide a fitting symbol for Canberra’s next century as a city. I...
View ArticleRomancing Canberra with Valerie Parv AM
This Saturday 25 March, prolific Australian author, Valerie Parv AM will be in Canberra for one day only to share her craft with aspiring authors. Valerie is best known for her work as a romance writer...
View ArticleBucking the trends in business – the martini whisperer
Phillip A. Jones is a well-known celebrity around Canberra, mainly due to the very popular business network he started and ran, for several years, called “Schmooze”. I first came across this network...
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