Severe storms hit Melbourne
Melbourne weather: Severe storms hit Victoria overnight
Residents of North Road, Reservoir, clean up after a storm ripped through the area on Saturday night. Picture: Stuart WalmsleyTHE clean-up continues after the state braved another wild night of summer weather as severe storms lashed Melbourne overnight.The band of rain that brought thunder, lightning and heavy rain approached from Melbourne’s east over Lilydale and moved west throughout Saturday night and early this morning.Power was cut in some areas while strong winds and falling trees damaged..>> view originalVideo: Red right for Khalfallah lashing out?
Fahid Ben Khalfallah’s 57th minute sending off proved to be a crucial moment in Perth Glory’s 3-2 win over Melbourne Victory.With the game in Glory’s favour at 2-1, Ben Khalfallah kicked out at Shane Lowry off the ball after he was frustrated for not receiving a foul.Referee Kris Griffith-Jones first produced a yellow card for the incident, but after speaking to his linesman, he then showed Ben Khalfallah a red card.The sending off impacted the match as even though Besart Berisha went on to scor..>> view originalPunt Road to become 24-hour clearway to ease congestion in ...
Punt Road to become 24-hour clearway to ease congestion in Melbourne Updated January 31, 2016 12:32:59 Parked cars are expected to be banned from Melbourne's traffic-plagued Punt Road by the middle of the year, the Victorian Government has said.Approximately 50,000 vehicles use the road each day, causing constant headaches for drivers.Under the plan, a 24-hour clearway would be put in place, while property owned by VicRoads would be turned into alternative parking.Roads..>> view originalThe Westographer: Photographer Warren Kirk pursues fading ...
Seddon. Photo: Warren Kirk In his early days of documenting the fading world, the remnants of streets and buildings from his childhood Melbourne, Warren Kirk would drive past a magical old milk bar or shopfront and make a note to come back the following week, take a photo. But upon returning he'd find the place knocked down"Lesson learnt," he says. "Don't think that something is always going to be there."Mr Kirk, 65, a photographer with something of a cult fo..>> view originalMonk jumps from burning Melbourne church into arms of police
Monk jumps from burning Melbourne church into arms of police Updated January 30, 2016 17:40:24 A Macedonian Orthodox monk who was saved from a burning church when he jumped into the arms of police officers has taken part in a service hours after the rescue.Patrolling officers noticed smoke coming from the Macedonian Orthodox church near Tyler Street in Preston, in Melbourne's north, about 12:30am and tried to enter, but were hampered by a locked gate and iron fence.They..>> view originalEmerging Jazz Festival looks at resurgence of Melbourne music ...
Emerging Jazz Festival looks at resurgence of Melbourne music venues Music Whats on Melbourne The Arlene Fletcher Trio. Photo: Supplied The sustainability of jazz in this musical boomtown is a salient topic in 2016, as three new clubs prepare to open in coming months. Melbourne University researcher Dominik Safari hopes to glean some insights at the inaugural Emerging Jazz Festival, a program of workshops, masterclasses and performances at Bennetts Lane from February 21 to 28. Topics ra..>> view originalMelbourne auction market kicks off confidently in 2016
Melbourne's auction market has begun the new year with twice as many auctions as Sydney. Melbourne’s auction market has kicked off with some signs of strength, with the city hosting twice as many auctions as Sydney on Saturday. There were about 98 auctions in metro Melbourne, compared with 56 on the same weekend last year. By contrast, vendors in Sydney had the jitters – only 44 properties went to auction in the harbour city this weekend, half the number au..>> view originalNBL: Melbourne United target home-court advantage after beating ...
Emphatic: Melbourne import Hakim Warrick finished with a flourish in Perth before fouling out. Photo: NBL Melbourne United have qualified for the NBL finals and will now focus on securing home-court advantage for the big games.United claimed the most important win of the season on Friday by beating the Wildcats 91-85 in overtime at Perth Arena, regaining top spot in the process, and the season series.If teams finish equal on points, and have the same record, ..>> view originalHistory man Djokovic expects Melbourne dogfight with Murray
Born a week apart 28 years ago, Djokovic and Murray have contested three previous finals at the Melbourne Park with the Serbian emerging triumphant on each occasion. The world number one is a strong favourite to prevail once again on Sunday and equal Roy Emerson's record of six Australian Open titles. "I'm expecting a battle with Andy, as it always is," he said. "Very physically demanding match. Lots of rallies, exchanges. It's no secret we know how we play against each other. "It's two games t..>> view original
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Severe storms hit Melbourne and other top stories.
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