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hanging rock?
Yep been there and remember the movie and read the book in school. Climbed all over it and couldn't get lost.
Prefer Arthur's Seat since you get a good view of the bay.
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Yep been there and remember the movie and read the book in school. Climbed all over it and couldn't get lost.
Prefer Arthur's Seat since you get a good view of the bay.
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did you take a picnic?
the chant of jimmy blacksmith was another great film back in the day.
and i hear pentridge has gone!
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did you take a picnic?
the chant of jimmy blacksmith was another great film back in the day.
and i hear pentridge has gone!
Funny you say that but they do have picnic days at the rock, generated from the movie. None of that stuff when I went there.
Nope it's still there but hasn't been used in over 20 yrs. But too big a tourist attraction to get rid of it. More likely turn it into a bunch of shops, cafes and restaurants. There is a café come restaurant in Bourke St that was a jail. You can have lunch in a prison cell. The cell doors are still there. Then there is the Old Melbourne Gaol where Ned Kelly was hanged. Funny enough not many people know how to get there even though it's right in the city.
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i lived in Northcote back in the 70s. went to the high school when it was all boys. i wonder, is the Croc still around? Croxton Park Hotel. it was on the tram route from Northcote to the city. i can recall AC/DC gigging there - not hat i was old enough to go and see them! this was in Bon Scott's day, too.
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Whisky cures every thing *giggles *
Bourbon too
Hope you're feeling better. .. im feeling pretty good
Those 'non tourist' places are usually best.
I've been drinking, so this will be short!
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morning!
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link to https://www.croxtonparkhotel.com.au/
So yep it's still there, however probably not as you knew it.
Ah yes Akka Dakka when they first started out. That iconic video of them on the back of a flat bed travelling down I think Swanston St. Remember that image from my high school days.
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Those 'non tourist' places are usually best.
I've been drinking, so this will be short!
Need to watch those short drinks, they gang up on you when you least expect it.
Hope you have a fun Christmas.
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only went past the croc on the tram. wasn't old enough to venture inside.
and i'd have been scared!
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only went past the croc on the tram. wasn't old enough to venture inside.
and i'd have been scared!
Morning!
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it is, but chilly!
how's you?
Fair to middling!
I'm thinking these winds with gusts up to 60mph might be dropping your frogs off it's so strong!
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Fair to middling!
I'm thinking these winds with gusts up to 60mph might be dropping your frogs off it's so strong!
we haz wind,too.
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What have you been up to lately?
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Good Evening Barefoot Princess thought I stop in and wish you a Merry Xmas just in case I get to busy and dont have a chance to come back again
Hi, Papa Joe! I know many people will be busy this coming weekend, last minute shopping and parties.
I hope you have a very Merry Christmas!
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moving through thailand.
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morning!
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morning!
Morning, you! How's your day starting?
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the usual, although a different venue. just watching Thais at breakfast. They eat some disgustingly sweet shit. well, not shit, per se...
bread and condensed milk? wtf?
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Really? That doesn't sound very appetizing. But, I guess it would be considered a sweet bread, right?
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Really? That doesn't sound very appetizing. But, I guess it would be considered a sweet bread, right?
they love sweet stuff here. sugar overload. have to specifically tell them no sugar.
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only went past the croc on the tram. wasn't old enough to venture inside.
and i'd have been scared!
Not many of the old style pubs left, most have changed into more family friendly places. Can still find some of the tough ones around Melbourne. Places you go to if you want a fight.
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You are kidding right...condensed milk on a slice of bread...remember that from my childhood.
In some poor areas that was considered a Christmas treat.
