Exploring the Wide World – from Civic
by The Editor
What’s that funny black pole with a strange white box on top doing in the Chess Pit in Garema Place?
You don’t even need to be close to find out!
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May 15, 2014
The Rolling Stones in Canberra
by The Editor
So, OutInCanberra has started a petition to get The Rolling Stones to play in Canberra. Complete madness or a stoke of genius?
It could go either way, to be honest!
April 23, 2014
Spending Time with William, Kate and George
by The Editor
Here we are… The Royals (note the capitals) are making their way through a tour of The Colonies. How wonderful it must be for the old guard to travel halfway around the world to marvel at the cultural melting pot so far away fro the dream imagined when first a flag was planted in Botany Bay? One must imagine we live in extraordinary times. Certainly Will’s Grandfather, old ‘Phil the Greek’, wouldn’t quite know what to make of it all.
So, what’s it like to spend time with the Head of State (and the one thereafter)?
April 4, 2014
QT Hotel Lands in Canberra
by The Editor
Certainly there was a lot of hype and speculation leading up to the official launch of QT Canberra. Could the old, modernist structure standing sentinel over Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin really receive a mega make-over in keeping with Australia’s most edgy hotel brand?
June 13, 2013
Help from the Underground 2013 – Wrap up
by The Editor
In a cold winter’s night in June last year, around 500 people shuffled in to a Southside carpark to check out a quickly thrown together event featuring local fashion designers showing off clothes from the Vinnies op-shop.
Huh? What?
June 11, 2013
Help From the Underground
by The Editor
If you thought FashFest was a publicity juggernaut, that ain’t nothing compared to what happens when charities get involved. With one more sleep until the big event – it’s all-systems-go for organisers Andrea and Clinton Hutchinson.
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June 7, 2013
Oi, Guv’nor! The Canberra Tweed Ride
by The Editor
Canberra: The home of democracy and ground zero for MAMILs (Middle-Aged-Men-In-Lycra). It’s a sight that pollutes the most pleasant of cafes in the morning hours – however there is a more refined, better dressed and less crotch-bulgy alternative that takes to the city’s bike paths this weekend.
June 4, 2013
Worldwide Knitting in Public Day: it’s a thing!
by The Editor
Knitting – it takes many forms. Nanna knitting, Street knitting. Manly knitting. Knitting. Is there nowhere the clickety-clack of busy needles can’t be heard? Certainly not this weekend.
WKIP Leader Astrid Salling
It’s getting colder in Canberra. We’ve all felt it recently as the temperature dropped and the mornings greeted us with a brisk frost. It’s the perfect time to grab a pair of Number 10s and head out on Saturday for a curious worldwide event.
May 29, 2013
Help from the Underground 2013
by The Editor
In a cold winter’s night in June last year, around 500 people shuffled in to a Southside carpark to check out a quickly thrown together event featuring clothes from the Vinnies op-shop.
Huh? What?
May 28, 2013
The Jim Murphy Bridge
by The Editor
Not shy of shooting from the hip, The Canberran was especially motivated to whip out a quick post this morning having seen the above tweet within our morning feed.
What the actual f…?
