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The White Hat Melbourne Newsletter
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Newsletter No.178 - 29 June 2006
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For the next few days (until Saturday evening) the Mexican tall ship Cuauhtemoc is visiting Melbourne at Station Pier. I believe that it will be open for inspection to the public for free during the day but as my Spanish is limited I cannot confirm this. Even if it is not open, this would be great place to take kids. If you don’t have kids it’s time to practise saying “hello sailor” in Spanish.
There are numbers of theatre programs finishing soon in Melbourne. These include Topol in Fiddler on the Roof, Circus Oz and Swan Lake on Ice. Details at Theatre in Melbourne. Also the Puppet Festival and Winter Wonderland at Docklands conclude this weekend. Details at Children's Activities in Melbourne.
(You know this section will be long so best to jump to the next section) No.4 – Lines composed upon Spencer Street Bridge This section of the Newsletter can now be found at The White Hat Guide to 7 Bridges of Melbourne - No4 Lines Composed Upon Spencer Street Bridge.
We have had numbers of queries about the Magnolia Square Market. This is an occasional market in Malvern and you can find details of coming dates and times at Twilight Markets in Melbourne.
On Saturday a major exhibition opens at Docklands featuring machines designed by Leonardo da Vinci. If you have a budding inventor in the household, coax them down off the roof of the back shed, get them to remove their cardboard wings and head off to Docklands. When the return they will be able to design beautifully proportioned cardboard wings which, although not making their descent from the back shed discernibly slower will make it more aesthetic
“I only get into Melbourne twice a month ... I love Melbourne, but please don't send the newsletter to me any more. There is no point in me reading about things I can't attend.
Thank you. Metta” “Hi I have only been on your mailing list for about 3 weeks now - BUT I am so impressed - this is great - exactly the type of things I have been looking for (for years in fact). Love it totally - the style - the content - the attitude - everything - don't change.
Thanks a lot!!! Sylvia” “I hope the computer guy manages to fix Nat’s shift key. It’s driving me crazy,
Martin”
Leanne, who asked for our school holidays children’s supplement, wrote: “Thanks for that. You have given us a few new ideas. Loved your fairy section. My 6yo has grown out of a fairy but into snow white. She is a home body and not easy to get out of the house but took her today in Snow White attire to Disney on Ice. She enjoyed that and we managed to squeeze in the Ian Potter Gallery (for myself and 9yo) afterwards until she had a tights malfunction. Next time I'll remember a spare pair of socks. So what do Snow Whites grow into?”
Murray, in response to our comment about about the first train over Sandridge Bridge wrote: “You are correct the first train to run along the railway to Sandridge was an improvised one - as the locomotive ordered from o'seas (Ireland, I expect, as it was a broad gauge railway) had not yet arrived. Aside from the commercial necessity to get the railway to work there may have also been some interstate rivalry which encouraged the locally built loco to be produced. SA had just opened a horse drawn railway from near the mouth of the Murray River to the nearby Seaport adjacent to the river mouth so as to avoid damage to paddle steamers negotiating the small stretch of ocean.”
On Friday is a poetry workshop in the Nicholas Building then on Tuesday is a poetry reading at the City Library. On Monday is a screenplay reading at ACMI. If you are interested in writing for the screen you should find this regular event to be particularly useful, Details at Forums & Workshops in Melbourne.
“Hi! After 15 years and many events later… I purchased some Yarra Glen Pottery. All I Have left is a Cup or Mug, which I have taken from place to place to place. After settling down I want the full set back which involves finding Yarra Glen Pottery. I can not find it anywhere. When I purchased the full set, it was a party plan thing. Please tell me they still exist? Any mug that can go though the amount of address changes and moves and morning coffees that this mug has done deserves some support. Do you know of the business or if it still exists?
Thanks Simone”
We also received the following personal message: “hi from na+ a+ inverloch.
+he compu+er guy came back & fixed +he keys bu+ couldn+ fix +he le++er af+er s bu+ cys+al s+ill +hinks hes cu+e. we found a car park near +he edge of +own wi+h 3 o+her kombis. all baby boomers – boring! when we go+ back from +he pub one of +the kombis was rocking! +o+ally gross!!! we couln’+ s+and +he +hough+ of i+ so moved +o +he camping ground even +ho we had +o pay. cac+chya later.
love na+”
Monday is Magic Monday night in Fitzroy. $10 gets you in and when you get home you should know how to saw a family member in half with no visible damage to the blade, Details at Theatre in Melbourne.
From time to time we archive our past newsletters onto our website. That has made it easier to answer reader queries such as the following. “We all read your newsletter at work and love it. Someone said you sometimes hide messages in the newsletter but I don’t think I’ve seen any. Can you give me an example.
Jim”
Jim if you read the last paragraph of the newsletter of 6th January 2006 you should get a clue about where to find a hidden message. However, since everyone at work reads the newsletter, they will now know that you’ve asked. “About a month ago one of my fellow teachers came into the staff room waving an essay by one of her students about the history of Rockbank. How did her student dream this up she wanted to know. After reading a bit I recognised the source as an old White Hat newsletter where you gave a far fetched history of the district. There is currently an ad on TV where a kid in the back seat asks his dad about the Great Wall of China. Dad says it was built to keep the rabbits out. The ad then says “Give your kids the RIGHT answers – connect to the internet”. I can’t help but laugh at what right answers (like your history of Rockbank) they are finding out there.
Maria”
This is the newsletter Maria is referring to. “Several years ago I visited your lovely city and subscribed to your quirky newsletter. I then returned to work with my humanitarian organisation in a part of the world where Americans such as myself are not held in high regard no matter how many lives we save. It can get you down at times and I remained subscribed to your newsletter as it provided a welcome diversion each week. As the 4th of July approached I was feeling quite depressed at being so far from my family when your newsletter arrived. It had a little piece about America and Americans that was quite special to me. I am now back home but have two friends facing similar circumstances to the ones I faced two years ago. I would love to be able to forward them your little piece in time for 4th of July if you still have it on file.
Curtis”
Certainly Curtis. You will find it under reader feedback in the newsletter of 10 June 2004.
Next week, the Melbourne Design Festival gets under way with events all around the city. Be warned that the web sites associated with this festival may be in garish colours or very small fonts that make them difficult to read and navigate. After all, this is a Design Festival where the user often has to learn to adapt themselves to the designed object. Details at Art & Music Festivals in Melbourne.
How well do you know Melbourne? First to last week’s quiz. Conrad had the first entry in.
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It is interesting that nobody seemed aware of Banjo Paterson’s role in WW1. He was much admired for his ability to mange both men and horses. He was promoted to captain and later major and played an important role in the repatriation of Australians from the Middle East. Such information is no longer fashionable so for instance the closest that the current wikipedia entry comes to mentioning it is “Banjo Paterson also became a journalist, lawyer, jockey, soldier and a farmer”. Now to this week’s quiz Melbourne extremities In Melbourne and Victoria, what would you expect to find at: - The bottom of the harbour
- The top of the town
- The Paris end of Collins Street
- The gasometer end of Arden Street
- The end of the garden path
- The end of the bitumen
- Beyond the black stump
No prizes – just glory and a warm inner glow.
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