February 2012
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Game on, moles.
It’s election time in Queensland.
A quirk of scheduling means the state and local elections will be held within a month of one another, which means candidates will be battling the public’s campaign fatigue as much as their opponents.
Aside from a bizarre period from 1960-1972 where Rockhampton was split into electorates of north and south, the Beef Capital has always been...
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Go west!
My zine got accepted to Aunty Mabel’s zine distro, which is run by the Perth Zine Collective. I did a sneaky copy run before work this morning, and they should be over the other side of the country by the start of next week.
A lot of “zine people” don’t really like my zines. They’re quick to say nice things about my writing, but counter with the fact that it’s not a traditional perzine.*
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The bossiest shop in Rockhampton.
When I was in high school, Rockhampton’s East Street Mall was a terrifying place of empty shops and slippery tiles, populated by drunks and aggressive homeless people.
They’ve cleaned it up a bit over the past five years, but the long-time retailers are jaded, tough as nails and totally over dealing with the dodgy East Street regulars.
My sister was on the hunt for a costume for a...