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| There’s been an explosion of creativity in the online world at the moment, from dance videos to virtual choirs to innovative recreations of famous paintings.
Together with the NGV, we challenge you to recreate your own masterpiece from the NGV collection. Jacinta Parsons, Brian Nankervis and Sammy J have provided their recreations to give you some inspiration. We can’t wait to see your wonderful images. | |
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Join us as we commemorate Anzac Day this year |
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| This year will be an Anzac Day like no other. We're inviting you to mark Anzac Day in a safe and special way, wherever you may be; in your living room, at the end of your driveway, on your balcony or at your farmgate.
Join us from 5.30am on ABC Radio Melbourne and Victoria, on television and online for coverage from the Victorian Shrine of Remembrance and the National Commemorative Service from the Australian War Memorial. | |
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Share your Anzac Day stories with Libbi Gorr | |
| Who will you be honouring this Anzac Day? Do you want to keep the flame alive for a relative long past, tell the story of a future, share a tale from the trenches that still needs to be told?
Libbi Gorr & the Saturdays Team want to hear your stories. Email weekendswithLibbi@abc.net.au - and we’ll put together a special Anzac Day show that reflects the honour of Victorian Diggers past, present and future. | |
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. The rumours are true! | |
| This Saturday the Coodabeen Champions welcome the return of original member, Simon Whelan (pictured centre), after 15 years in the legal wilderness.
Former Supreme Court Justice Simon Whelan (aka Digger, the age-old Magpie tragic, Massive from Moorabbin or Ivan from Ivanhoe) makes a welcome return to the Cooda's in their 40th year. You can join in the celebrations and catch the team reunite on our Facebook Live Stream, this Saturday from 10am. | |
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| | | | | | | | | Brian Nankervis shares his suggested reading, viewing, listening and just keeping sane tips & recommendations during self-isolation.
Along with his music play list, he has just finished 'Melting Moments' by Adelaide writer, musician and festival director Anna Goldsworthy. It’s a wonderful read. | |
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| | | | #ABCThankyouThursdays | | | | Most of us probably know someone who is on the frontline during this Coronavirus crisis, whether it’s a teacher, nurse, postie, checkout operator, police officer, doctor, bus driver or childcare educator.
Each Thursday on social, we’re thanking our everyday heroes. To coincide with the commencement of Term 2, this week we thanked teachers. | |
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Last chance to win a six-month book subscription | |
| With so many indoor hours, ABC Radio Melbourne and Victoria is inviting you to get creative and tell us about the world inside your four walls. Describe Your Island Home and you could win a six-month supply of books from Readings stories. Entries close soon! | |
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Other ABC Radio Melbourne stories you may have missed |
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| | | | | | | | | Immigrants arriving by sea spent weeks isolated on the Mornington Peninsula, from the Gold Rush right up to the 1970s.
Victorians share their memories on Drive withRaf Epstein, of the sprawling complex of buildings and its many uses since it was established in 1852. | |
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| | | | The history of the hit, Sadie The Cleaning Lady | | | | Libbi Gorr chats with John Madara, one of the original writers of Sadie the Cleaning Lady. Madara’s demo most likely inspired John Farnham to release ‘Sadie' which launched his career and remained at the top of the Australian charts in 1968 for five weeks. | |
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