An RACV poll has found that 44 per cent of Victorian respondents feel hook turns are the most challenging driving practice on Victorian roads. This was followed by parallel parking, reverse parking and three-point turns. Mostly distinctive to Melbourne, hook turns are right turns made from a left-hand lane, originally introduced to mitigate the hold…
Zhejiang TV’s popular reality show Keep Running Season 12 recently brought a group of Chinese celebrities to discover Budapest in Hungary, delving into its landmarks and rich cultural heritage. The show showcased renowned actors like Li Chen, Zheng Kai and Sha Yi, alongside actresses Bai Lu, singer Zhou Shen, and pop idols Fan Chengcheng, Song…
The remarkable career of one of Australia’s most celebrated football figures, Graham Arnold, was celebrated today by Sutherland Shire Council with Canberra Road Oval, the ground on which he first developed his skills and love for the game officially renamed in his honour. The oval, home to the Gwawley Bay Football Club, will now bear…
Australia Post has officially opened its new $12 million Parcel Facility on the Gold Coast, cementing its long-term investment in the region. Built to accommodate increased parcel growth, the modern 15,087m2 facility will improve turnaround times and help process up to 6,000 parcels per hour, 75,000 parcels a day and up to 90,000 during peak…
Thin Ice VR opens at the Australian Museum (AM) on 6 July, taking visitors on one of the world’s greatest against-all-odds adventures following in Sir Ernest Shackleton’s footsteps on the ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, was trapped in Antarctic ice and had to be abandoned by the crew; what followed is regarded…
By Louise Carter. A study by language experts at Preply has analysed over 13,000 reviews of the most popular movies with fake Australian accents on IMDb spanning multiple decades and genres. They discovered which films have received the most complaints regarding the fake Australian accents performed, the results are in.‘’Authenticity in film matters because it…
With its World premie at New Zealand’s highly regarded DocEdge Film Festival, the thrilling new Australian documentary Ice Maiden will circumnavigate its way through Australian and New Zealand cinemas in August and September. “It has been exciting seeing our film get out to the world,” says director Nathaniel C.T. Jackson. “It’s really affirming that we…
