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Tunnel under Smith Street

Article published 23rd Mar 10
Ambience: Education
Location: Urban
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<p>Hold up. About to tell you something that's gonna make you weak at the knees, a little bit emotional and seriously excited. There is a freaking underground tunnel that links Fitzroy and Collingwood. <br /><br />Whoa! Yessum! But now your imagination is really gonna start travelling. Back in the day (we're talking early 20th century) Smith Street was home to one of Melbourne's first (and biggest) department stores, <a href="http://www.smithstreet.org/heritage/foy_and_gibson_coles_variety_and_secret_tunnels.php" target="_blank">Foy &amp; Gibson</a>.</p>

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Weekly zine review #6 - 'Adventure Time'

Article published 8th Mar 10
Format: Zine
Genre: Non-fiction
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The same-old same-old not doing it for you anymore? Find yourself wanting MORE? Bored with yourself, even? Maybe it's time to read about Maddy, the Zinester Girl Who Could. Dissatisfied with everyday, predictable life she starts up an 'Adventure Time! Fun Club' with other uni nerds and they go visiting the observatory (they really do).

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Adventure Park Victoria

Article published 16th Dec 09
Ambience: Adventure
Location: Out of Town
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Back in the late '90s I had a gig manning the "Tunnel of Terror" waterslide at "Adventure Park" in Wallington. Eight hours a day, five days a week I stood at the top of the slide making sure only one bleating rat-faced kid dropped in at a time, and only after the last little wretch had passed the first bend.

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Standby Camper Relocations

Article published 22nd Jul 09
Ambience: Adventure
Location: Out of Town
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A few weeks ago, my dear friend Charles Prince hauled the contents of his storage unit in Fitzroy back to old Sydney town in a rented Winnebago.

Seems he had stumbled across a ridiculously cheap van relocation service called Standby Relocs where you basically only pay for petrol. It sounded too good to be true, and I said as much.

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