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Secret Men’s Business 4: Clarendon Hotel, Surry Hills
It’s been too long since I’ve posted one of my urinal photos. Let’s fix that. This image was taken last week at the Clarendon Hotel on Devonshire Street, Surry Hills in Sydney, after a particularly...
View ArticleLet’s fix the Stopped Clocks
One of the little annoyances in my life is that the clock on the Newtown Post Office in Sydney is permanently stuck at 3.45pm. Public clocks, key piece of civic infrastructure in the Victorian age, are...
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Homebush Bay Scum
For some reason, the colours of the pond scum in the Homebush Bay wetlands in Sydney appealed to me. This photograph was taken some time in 2004.
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Empty remnants of John Howard
Yesterday ’Pong and I journeyed to Epping in Sydney’s north-west suburbs to photograph this monument to history: John Howard’s campaign office for the 2007 federal election. It’s still empty almost...
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Butt Cracks of the Inner West #1
Introducing my new series of occasional photographs, Butt Cracks of the Inner West. In this first instalment, an encounter in Erskineville on a Saturday night. Attractive, is it not? How, exactly, do...
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The 9pm Edict #4
Kristina Keneally confuses mindless populism with leadership. The nimby-burghers of Glebe confuse concerns about the urban environment with selfishness. And the Vivid Festival… another white middle...
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The 9pm Edict #5
Australia’s smartest meth dealer found in Leichhardt. ABC chairman Maurice Newman branches out into staff supervision. And Sydney property developers whine because, well, they just didn’t...
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An important roadside warning
This illuminated roadside sign machine thing was seen on Sydenham Road, Marrickville, on 26 April 2010. I think there’s an important message here for all of us. Click to embiggen.
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Sydney dust storm, 23 September 2009
Sure, the Sydney dust storm was ages ago. But I’m setting up a Posterous account and playing with its ability to post automatically to Flickr, Twitter and my WordPress website. This photo was taken on...
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Weekly Wrap 7
A weekly summary of what I’ve been doing elsewhere on the internets. Articles ‘Open Government’ declared in Australia for Crikey. Buried in the news just before the Australian election was called last...
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Mix 106.5, fuck off your sky spam!
Skywriting has to be one of the lowest forms of advertising, no different from an attention-seeking teenager scrawling his tag over every flat surface within reach. So I guess it’s only appropriate...
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Wankitecture Sydney: why bother?
These architectural features on Cumberland Street in The Rocks, Sydney, look quite lovely I suppose — until you stop, look and think. Then you’ll realise they’re completely pointless. They’re an...
View ArticleLatest video: Aromatherpy (sic)
The following important and highly-educational video was shot on Saturday 26 November 2011 on King Street, Newtown, in Sydney. If the video isn’t working here for you, click through to YouTube. May I...
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Two casually racist encounters concerning Auburn
People were surprised by racist abuse on a Melbourne bus this week? They need to get out more. I’ve had two racist encounters on Sydney trains this week alone. The other night I was sitting next to...
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Sydney Harbour “giant gambling den” bullshit reportage
“Is A Billionaire Former Scientologist Shaping Sydney Harbour Into A Giant Gambling Den?”, asked the headline in an email this morning from The Global Mail. Is he? Let’s see! The story in TGM, the...
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The Secrite Butlere
“The Secrite Butlere you have to have your reale ID,” says this graffiti in Woolloomooloo, Sydney. WTF?
View ArticleGonzo Liveblog 2: Last Sunday before Christmas
I’m caving in to pressure. Following the success of my first experiment, Gonzo Twitter 1: Saturday Evening in Newtown, at 6.30pm or thereabouts I will liveblog from King Street, Newtown, or wherever...
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Happy Aussie-Ox Day
This year Australia Day coincides with Chinese New Year. It’s the start of the Year of the Ox in just a few hours — New Moon is at 1853 AEDT — which explains this giant ox in Belmore Park. I haven’t...
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Disoriented concrete giraffe
Why, exactly, is this confused-looking concrete giraffe in Dixon Street, the heart of Sydney’s Chinatown? It’s not like they have giraffes in China. It’s not like there’s a giraffe in the Chinese...
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Poorly-handled rabbit incident at Circular Quay library
Earlier today I saw something which shouldn’t have happened. Rather than walk away, I said something about it. And rather than leave it there, I sent this email to the City of Sydney. I also tweeted...
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