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December 2007 Blog Posts (8)

Fame has a price

Did anyone miss the bingle of the decade? I was about 10m away when it was all happening. I was watching the race and it was getting fast and furious and very close to dangerous when one 17yr old boy accellerated and began his dodge thru the slowing traffic. Then all of a sudden 2 went down, then another few, then there was this continuous thumping and crashing for at least 30sec as nearly the entire field came down. It went on for so long I just hadto look away. After they all got up, it was a… Continue

Added by Nic on December 22, 2007 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

I want a Vegemite jersey

If jerseys such as this are in circulation I WANT A VEGEMITE ONE.

With matching dark brown knicks of course (but minus the discreet butter stripe)

Added by ChrisS on December 18, 2007 at 10:48pm — 4 Comments

Has anyone heard of a muscle virus before?

The doctor recons I have a virus in the muscles in my neck. What the...? Others look at me the same way I looked at the doctor, in disbelief. 'She is such a slacka'. Oh well...hopefully I will be right by Wednesday or at least by Tassie Carnivals.

Added by Nic on December 16, 2007 at 6:19pm — 3 Comments

six continents no carbon

This was a too many beers down the pub thought.

Is it possible to travel the world without emitting any transport carbon?

My thought was:

Sail (with touring bike on board) from Melb to Chile

Ride from Chile to Canada

Sail (or nuclear powered icebraker) from Canada through the north west passage during high summer to Europe (Halifax to Archangel) - i.e. take advantage of global warming to travel through the gaps in the arctic icepack.

Ride through Europe to… Continue

Added by TheCaptain on December 15, 2007 at 12:19am — No Comments

9.35am

At this time, a longtime ago, on this day, Mum missed out on having morning tea.

She still remembers to remind me of that every year.

Added by ChrisS on December 12, 2007 at 8:58am — 3 Comments

Yarra BUG radio show on 3CR in 2008

The radio show is all go for 2008!

YarraBUG has been accepted as an affiliate member of 3CR and our community grant application to cover costs for training and administration has been given the thumbs up by the City of Yarra.

We have funds to train six presenters. Even if you don't want to be a presenter your ideas for the shows content are most welcome.…

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Added by ChrisS on December 10, 2007 at 10:12am — 9 Comments

Bicycle Film Festival: Laneway Block Party this Sun. 9/12

Message from Julie at the Melbourne Bicycle Film Festival

Hey everyone, Sunday is going to be a beautiful day for a street party! Come down and

share the positive bike love with us at Section 8. (Container Bar, Tattersalls Lane, CBD)

Dress up yourself and your bike, bring your friends and share in the bicycle mayhem of the very

first B.est F.riends F.orever… Continue

Added by ChrisS on December 8, 2007 at 10:00am — No Comments

Melbourne Bicycle Film Festival - Dec 5 - 9

News from the BFF: Tickets for the first EVER Melbourne edition of the Bicycle Film Festival selling fast!

Running December 5th - 9th, the BFF features films, art shows, street parties and more!

Finally, the cyclists of Melbourne will have a chance to see some of the world's best bicycle-related short and feature length films in the glorious surroundings of the Capitol Theatre.

We have a number of festival passes to give away and would like to offer the… Continue

Added by ChrisS on December 6, 2007 at 9:26am — 3 Comments

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