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The Origins of Halloween… The origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced “sow”- in”). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of the summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold...

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Did you Know…. On this day in 1933 Australia’s first traffic lights were installed in Sydney at the intersection of Market and Kent Streets in Sydney’s Central Business District. Melbourne’s first set of traffic lights were installed around Christmas time in 1937 at the intersection of Collins and Queen Street;...

Just for Laughs…. ANOTHER WOODEN BALL!! would it kill the makers of avocados to put a different toy inside. My wife sent me a text that said “Your great”. So naturally, i wrote back, “no, you’re great”. She’s been walking around all happy and smiling. Should I tell her I...

Daylight Saving Love it or hate it ,did you know in Victoria we have had daylight saving since 2008. Each state and territory of Australia determines whether or not to use daylight saving time. However during World War One and World War Two all states and territories had daylight saving...

In our Hester Canterbury community, like the rest of Melbourne sometimes it hard to keep upbeat and optimistic at times because of the challenges living with COVID continues to throw at us….yet here at 9 Chatham Road and in Australia we have a lot to be appreciative of and happy...

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