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No damage was recorded during the 3.4 magnitude quake that hit melbourne yesterday, but many now claim to have survived the 'Great Latte Spill'.
December 5, 2014 0 Comments

Quake hits melbourne, lattes spilled

Melbourne’s east was ‘rocked’ by a 3.4 magnitude earthquake yesterday, its largest in 50 years. No damage was recorded, but many claimed to have spilled their latte in what has been dubbed ‘The Great Latte Spill’.

Art, Music & Movies
Kanye wanted people to stand up
September 12, 2014 0 Comments

Kanye

Kanye West bemoaned the lack of audience enthusiasm at his Melbourne show, stopping during ‘Good Life’ to say he couldn’t go on with people sitting “unless y’all sitting down because y’all handicapped”.

Australia
Residents claim they saw a ufo in Melbourne's south east
September 1, 2014 0 Comments

UFO sighted in Melbourne?

‌• Many residents in Melbourne’s south east state that they witnessed an object with flashing red, green and blue lights hovering above them for over an hour last night.

Australia
Melbourne voted friendliest city
August 19, 2014 0 Comments

Melbourne voted friendliest city

• Melbourne (tied with Auckland) has been voted world’s friendliest city in a recent study undertaken by Conde Nast Traveler magazine.

• Melbourne was praised for its abundance of nightlife, parks, “fabulous” public art and the wonderful humour of its people.

Australia
Melbourne is to experience its coldest day of the year.
August 2, 2014 0 Comments

Melbourne’s icy weather

• Melbourne is expected to have its coldest day of the year so far with a continuation of yesterday’s wild weather.

• A cold front from the Grampians is expected to hit Melbourne around midday, bringing with it showers, hail and chilling winds.

Australia
Taxi driver attacked by 2 passengers who then tried to run him down in his taxi.
July 7, 2014 0 Comments

Melbourne taxi driver attacked and chased

‌• A Melbourne taxi driver feared for his life when 2 passengers attacked him and then tried to run him down with his own taxi, before crashing into a pole.

‌• The attack occurred after the taxi driver dropped the couple off at their destination, but had no money to pay the fare.

World
An LA to Melbourne Qantas flight is turned around after a drinking water pipe burst.
July 3, 2014 0 Comments

Qantas flight diverted after water pipe burst

• A Qantas flight was diverted one hour into its flight from LA to Melbourne after part of the cabin was flooded when a drinking water pipe burst.

• The plane was turned around by Qantas ‘in the interests of passenger comfort’.