New Welcome Sign for Healesville...

After months ( years? ) of debate and wrestling with the politics of the gateway iconography for Healesville, it has finally come down to a poll on the most popular of 3 options. The current Poll ( NOT this one – this may not affect the result ) is asking locals what they think. I reckon the poll should ask those who VISIT US what they think. After all, we locals will go yes, “OK , thats Nice ” and it then...

Fake US Pinot Noir Scam Exposed...

ONE of the biggest scandals ever to hit the wine trade has spread after it emerged that Constellation Brands, the world’s top wine group, bought some of the fake French pinot noir sold in tanker-loads to the United States. This case has expanded beyond a rare case pitting local producers from the southwest of France against the big U.S. trader E. & J. Gallo, In 2008, French customs found that during three years...

The Astor Theatre in Melbourne...

The Astor Theatre is a classic, single-screen cinema located in St.Kilda ( Melbourne) First used for public entertainment in 1913 as the Diamond Theatre replete with confectioner and livery stables. Part vaudeville theatre and part cinema, in 1914 it was re-named the Rex before closing in 1917. By 1924 the site had been occupied by a motor garage. In 1935 it was sold and demolished.  Construction of a new building designed...

Great New Tech: Spray-on Glass...

Liquid glass spray is perhaps the most important nanotechnology product to emerge to date. A new spray has been developed which is harmless to the environment. It can be used to protect against disease, protect cooking and preparation surfaces and guard vineyards against fungal threats pluscoat the nose cones of high-speed trains and a whole lot more. The liquid glass spray produces a water-resistant coating only around 100...