With less than two months to go until the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games, Australia post has released the first of three Olympic-themed stamps – The Road to London. “This stamp issue celebrates the journey of our Australian Olympic Team with their strong discipline, commitment, and rigorous training and competitive spirit that…
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World’s Most Expensive Burger To Be Auctioned off for Charity
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Here is an interesting charity auction; to celebrate the fourth anniversary uSocial.net will be auctioning World’s Most Expensive Burger for charity dubbed the ‘uSocial Burger’. With opening bids starting at $10,000 USD with proceeds from the charity will donated to charities that include Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors and the National Breast Cancer Foundation and other…
Visits to Australia’s Parliament House at record low
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The Australian Parliament House has recently recorded its lowest visitors since it first opened 24 years ago in 1988. ACT Liberal Senator Gary Humphries recently questioned the heads of the Department of Parliamentary Services and it was confirmed that the budget available to promote Parliament as a destination to visit and learn from in Canberra…
Holden Export Daytona Bound
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Holden has recently announced that the Commodore will be returning to North American showrooms towards the end of 2013 with the VF Commodore being sold as the Chevrolet SS performance sedan. It was also announced that the Chevrolet SS will be entered in the NASCAR Sprint Cup debuting at the Daytona 500. GM President of…
Guiness World Record attempt to make longest bookmark
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As a part of a National Year of Reading challenge to create Canberra’s longest bookmark Dickson Library has received 5,000 individual knitted bookmarks. With one volunteer Althea O’Rourke has donated 1,000 bookmarks. Director of Libraries ACT Vanessa Little explained that in February volunteers started knitting bookmarks 21cm long and 6cm wide with the hope of…
FREE TV AND COMPUTER RECYCLING SCHEME OPEN FOR BUSINESS
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The Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, Senator Don Farrell, and ACT Chief Minister and Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Katy Gallagher marked milestone in Canberra recently with services for the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme commencing at the Mugga Lane waste transfer station in Canberra. “People dropping off their unwanted televisions…
Scouts Australia’s hot air balloon and training program launched
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On the lawns of Old Parliament House ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher today launched the latest Centenary of Canberra project, Scouts Australia’s hot air balloon and training program. Chief Minister Gallagher commented that the program will see 100 Scouts and Guides aged between 16 and 25 years of age and primarily from the Canberra region…
European style Number Plates will soon be available in Canberra
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Attorney General, Simon Corbell recently announced that European style number plates would soon be available in the ACT from early July. “The decision to roll-out these plates in the ACT follows several representations from members of the community who were concerned by the fact that conventional plates did not properly fit their chosen vehicle,” Mr…
It’s that time ….. Floriade is coming!!!!!
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Floriade is only four months away and yesterday, Students from The Woden School and MLA Andrew Barr joined Floriade’s head gardener, Andrew Forster to plant the first bulbs for Canberra’s 25th Floriade. Andrew Barr took the opportunity to announce the theme for this year’s Floriade, which is Style and Design. Mr. Barr noted that this…
Casey Station to participate in Cancer Council 24-hour relay for life
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Members of the Casey station will be taking part in the 24 hour Cancer Council Relay for Life later this month. “At this time of year the sun sets at 3 in the afternoon and it doesn’t rise again until 10 the next morning, so it will be dark for 19 hours of the 24…