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It’s a bit a ways’s away but who’s got Billy Strings 7/15 @ Margaret Court Arena on your radar? If not, come have some compulsory fun listening to one of the greatest bands kickoff their first ever tour Down Under!

Here’s one of the best covers they’ve ever done:

https://youtu.be/rwH5ACiN6fY?si=G5XenzHFUKBOe6Xl

Hi! Where should we go with a 5 & 3yo for 5ish days before I go to Melbourne CBD in the July school holidays please? We live in regional WA so would prefer somewhere that’s not too hectic, our few days in Melbourne will be enough! Thaaaaaank you 🤩

Hi everyone,

I am relocating back to India. I was hoping to know what is the best courier service to send my excess luggage from Melbourne to India. Excess baggage cost of Airline is quite expensive. Looking for reliable and cost effective cargo services.

It feels like it's been ages since I last saw them switched on. I recall they had those lightsaber styles LEDs on the street lights. Now the whole area is just blacked out.

Also, do we know if that speed camera still works? 😆

Hello! It’s my 18th birthday soon so I’m wanting to venture out into the big city with my mates to have fun. We live semi-rural and don’t really know where to go, so I thought I’d ask here.

Are there any particular spots that anyone could recommend for a few young adults?

TIA 🫶

are there any rules for bringing your own BBQ to the beach and lighting it up? Just wondering what the rules are on this, and does anyone have any recommendations for good beaches to do this. TIA.

Can someone please fix the tap at Melbourne Airport. It takes about 3 minutes to fill up a small drink bottle. Feels like they're forcing us to pay for overpriced bottled water.

Bonus points if it’s in the western suburbs.

We got an evap cooler which is working pretty well but with this huge heat wave over the next few days is it safe to literally not turn it off over the next 3/4 days?

Basically any social groups that get together and play some casual chess? Not looking to play at any professional level club and getting embarrassed in 10 seconds

Does anyone know where I can go to learn how to DJ on Vinyl?

I have found a few places that offer DJ’ing lessons but only digital not records. I would love to learn a couple of things before I commit to buying the full set up.

Hi all. I hope I'm not breaking any rules, but I need some help from the Melbourne public.

I know it's a bit of a long shot, but I'm hoping to find people with dashcams who were travelling along Sydney Rd, Brunswick, specifically between Moreland Rd and Albion St, at around 1.40pm this afternoon.

I had a woman in a white Range Rover hit my car (silver Honda CRV) from behind while I was stationary in line at the Moreland Rd red light, heading north, towards Coburg. She is denying she even hit me and has made a false report to the police.

I had also witnessed her moments earlier overtake the car behind me by speeding down the left lane and pushing in just before she hit a parked car.

If you can provide any footage from around that time that might show either her driving erratically or the accident itself, please DM me.

Cheers.

I start university at collarts soon but I need to travel from Ballarat to there and I honestly have never taken trans on my own before so I would really appreciate if anyone could give me some pointers. 🙏

Hey,

If anyone else here is with GWW, are your bills super high now and are you receiving them monthly now instead of quarterly?

We used to get them every 3 months, and it would be about $250+.

Since October, minus December for some reason, we have been billed per month for the same cost of 3 months. The October bill said it was due in Feb, the November in March and the Jan bill in April. Each bill is around $260-280ish. So currently owe close to $900.

Is there an issue with their system or am I just tripping and their prices have increased lol. Havent received any late bill fees.

Thanks.

For years now I’ve been tolerating and only occasionally complaining about the top pitch music played by my neighbour across the road.

He will generally play bad 80s pop songs at top pitch (can be heard through closed windows and doors from across the road) for 2-3 hours a couple of times a week in both the afternoon and over dinner.

Today, given the heat and my general growing frustration, I went over and asked him if he could please turn it down. We had been for a walk and had just come back and could hear the music playing from about 500 metres up the road.

My young daughter was with me, which was in retrospect stupid, and he immediately yelled back at me to “move to the country if you don’t like it”

I said “I t’s a residential area, have a bit of respect for the people who live around you ” he then began to swear and tell me to fuck off and told me to call the cops.

How would you suggest handling the situation moving forward. I don’t want to be engaged in a long running feud with this bloke until he moves or dies and it definitely got more heated than I intended it to. At the same time, I don’t want to have put up with his selfishness.

I turn 18 in April and I will have about 10k saved to buy a car I just have a few questions hopefully my fellow Melbourne

1. If I got a v6 for my first car like for example a Toyota aurion, and let’s say I go for either the banned model or acceptable one would the police do anything because it’s a v6 or would they check to see if it’s acceptable or not and if it’s not what would they do

2. What would your recommend as a first car that has good fuel efficient, easy to Maintain, and has some power to it

3. What steps could I take to ensure the future after a purchase is smooth and I don’t get scammed. I feel like I should only buy cars from dealerships. Second hand ofcourse

Electrical stuff like these or game controllers, where should we dispose them?

My parents, sister and her newborn will be in VIC for a weekend before heading down to TAS. They are staying with rellies in Geelong but don’t want to lug all the luggage there- their hire car is pretty small.

Can the lockers be hired for 48 hours or just short term/few hours at a time. Are they a decent size & are there generally enough available?

Cheers

Clue: Kangaroos roam freely in the area

Hey guys so I got my p’s 2 weeks ago, and i’m pretty sure i lost my license tonight.

I was driving around late at night and pulled up to some lights, I was turning right which was red and going straight was green. So anyway I may have pulled up a little far and gone a bit over the stop line, nothing too much tho and definitely didn’t run a red light at all. However, As I stopped I saw a flash twice and I was the only person in the intersection.

Guys did I just lose my license 😭😭 I been waiting so long for this and

There's an event on at Calder Park Racetrack and the traffic on the Calder is insane. Would take back roads to Diggers Rest.

New to Melbourne and I’m a dumbass cause I accidentally drove up next to a stopped tram. Driver understandably yelled for quite some time and looked ready to smash my face. totally deserve that and am so lucky I didn’t hit anyone. Don’t be a dumbass like me!!!!!