37,000 CDs available – FREE!
As I type, I’m enjoying one of the 37,000 albums that I have at home thanks to the ACT Public Library. The Library subscribes to an online goldmine called the Naxos Music Library. In a nutshell, the...
View ArticlePolice guarding airport owners’ profits?
I noticed at the airport recently that two bicycle-mounted Australian Federal Police officers are stationed for long periods of time on the footpath, some distance along from the arrivals exit. They...
View ArticleWorld War monuments loom by the lake
What was the thinking behind the proposed new monument commerating the First and Second World Wars? Will the monuments add anything to our ability to remember our fellow citizens' suffering and...
View ArticleCanberra’s informal second hand car yards?
What do RiotACT readers think of the apparently increasing numbers of second-hand cars parked jauntily for sale on the verges of Canberra intersections? On the one hand, one could say ‘live and let...
View ArticleCell Block 69 @ ANU Bar: so great, and so Canberra
Cell Block 69′s annual gig at the ANU bar on Friday night was just fantastic. Never been before – best $15 I’ve ever spent on live entertainment – a thumping, nostalgic orgy of camp, pop-rock cabaret....
View ArticleConcert series to launch a Canberra-based choir’s world tour
An unusual group of musicians and performers have gathered in Canberra to begin three months of preparations for an ambitious, off-beat adventure – a seven-month world tour. Wayfarers Australia are a...
View ArticleLooking for a wedding venue – suggestions?
Dearly beloved Rioters, She and I are looking for a wedding venue in Canberra that is cheap, large (100+ guests), and allows own choice of caterer. Nice view, tasteful decor, grand piano, hired muscle...
View ArticleKudos to TAMS. Rapid response on Killer Pigeons
Astonishing service from our friends at Territory and Municipal Services. I posted the following request via the excellent CanberraConnect website on Monday last, 6 May: Subject: Potentially fatal...
View ArticleHelp! Non-hipster wedding photography needed
We’re looking for a wedding photographer. We looked at the responses to this post from 2012, and scanned the websites of the photographers referred to and many others. It seems there is a strong...
View ArticleRecycling electronics cables in Canberra
Like most people, I have a stash of useless cables and chargers, full of copper and other metals (probably a few toxic ones). It seems Canberra’s e-waste recycling is limited to larger items like TVs,...
View ArticlePolice guarding airport owners’ profits?
I noticed at the airport recently that two bicycle-mounted Australian Federal Police officers are stationed for long periods of time on the footpath, some distance along from the arrivals exit. They...
View ArticleWorld War monuments loom by the lake
What was the thinking behind the proposed new monument commerating the First and Second World Wars? Will the monuments add anything to our ability to remember our fellow citizens' suffering and...
View ArticleCanberra’s informal second hand car yards?
What do RiotACT readers think of the apparently increasing numbers of second-hand cars parked jauntily for sale on the verges of Canberra intersections? On the one hand, one could say ‘live and let...
View ArticleCell Block 69 @ ANU Bar: so great, and so Canberra
Cell Block 69’s annual gig at the ANU bar on Friday night was just fantastic. Never been before – best $15 I’ve ever spent on live entertainment – a thumping, nostalgic orgy of camp, pop-rock cabaret....
View ArticleConcert series to launch a Canberra-based choir’s world tour
An unusual group of musicians and performers have gathered in Canberra to begin three months of preparations for an ambitious, off-beat adventure – a seven-month world tour. Wayfarers Australia are a...
View ArticleLooking for a wedding venue – suggestions?
Dearly beloved Rioters, She and I are looking for a wedding venue in Canberra that is cheap, large (100+ guests), and allows own choice of caterer. Nice view, tasteful decor, grand piano, hired muscle...
View ArticleKudos to TAMS. Rapid response on Killer Pigeons
Astonishing service from our friends at Territory and Municipal Services. I posted the following request via the excellent CanberraConnect website on Monday last, 6 May: Subject: Potentially fatal...
View ArticleHelp! Non-hipster wedding photography needed
We’re looking for a wedding photographer. We looked at the responses to this post from 2012, and scanned the websites of the photographers referred to and many others. It seems there is a strong...
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