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Fitzroyalty - hyperlocal news and reviews about Melbourne’s first suburb: Fitzroy 3065 - is a local news site for Fitzroy residents and visitors. Read the about and hyperlocal pages for more information.

It features stories on the suburb of Fitzroy in Melbourne, Australia, and reflections on life from a socially libertarian, economically socialist, culturally anarchistic and radically individualistic point of view.

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Archive for January, 2009

a duck in a submarine

Posted in Fitzroy, art on January 31st, 2009

A cute small pasteup on one of the fire hydrant boxes out the front of the Atherton gardens public housing estate.

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the BikeShed at Ceres

Posted in East Brunswick, business, customer service, social issues on January 31st, 2009

I’ve been meaning to replace my motorcycle for my relatively short commute to work. I used to walk to a previous job but it’s further to my current one and it would take too long, and cut into my sleeping time! Unfortunately bicycles have been stolen from the carpark of my apartment building and I was hesitant about buying something new and shiny that someone may want to steal. I wanted something scruffy and second hand that looks unassuming and not worth stealing.

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toy

Posted in Fitzroy, art on January 30th, 2009

Happy does some great paste-ups and this is one of my favourites.

Virus at the Laundry on Johnston St

Posted in Fitzroy, Johnston St, music on January 30th, 2009

A trad jazz band called Virus has been playing every Saturday afternoon 4.00pm-7.00pm at the Laundry bar on Johnston St since 2001. I used to go a lot about five years ago and then stopped. I recently went back and it was as good as ever. Entry is free with donations to the band encouraged via a big kettle they carry around during breaks. There’s comfy couches to sit on and space to dance at the front and it’s much better now thanks to the indoor smoking ban.

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