What’s on in Melbourne this Invasion Day (Australia Day holiday 26 January)? There’s no better way to start your holiday than with a swim in our beautiful Port Phillip Bay, followed by breakfast on the beach. We are starting this Invasion Day event with an acknowledgement of the Traditional Owners of the country: We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this
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2020 was the year swimmers stopped swimming. I never thought that would ever happen but we beat COVID’s second we and we are back in the water. This is our ‘2020 Year In Review’ music video, thanks to Anthony with music from Hunters & Collectors. Tjis is trly an amazing package of highlights from the year in swimming in Melbourne.
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This is the Summer Solstice Sunset Swim at Williamstown Beach 20202 in very challenging conditions.
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This list of open water water swim groups in Melbourne features calendar dates that you can select to book your place. Open water swim groups in Melbourne are very popular in 2020. Ocean swimming is attracting new people who are looking for a bit of fun and fitness with friends in Port Phillip Bay. Open water swimming in a group
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Small business, retailers, hospitality and service businesses routinely complain of high bank merchant fees and charges. Terminal rental, contactless readers, Mastercard and Visa scheme fees, other bank fees all combine to make accepting card and contactless payments an expensive proposition for small business. This sign below has been popular with retailers and businesses. please download the sign and display near
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Supermarkets selling essential food and household goods are not accepting Australian banknotes issued by the Reserve Bank of Australia as payment for goods and services. Some Woolies Metro supermarket outlets in Sydney and Melbourne have attracted a flood of criticism on social media for refusing to accept cash as payment for food and essential items. “It is time for the
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Widely reported research published this week in Virology Journal by the CSIRO and the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ADCP) in Geelong found that COVID-19 can survive for significant periods on non-porous surfaces. The experiment was conducted in a dark area, with artificial mediums using high loads of virus. Professor of Infectious Diseases, Peter Collignon from the Australian National University
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$250 bonus payment for Christmas to FTB parents but ParentsNext is back along with cuts to JobSeeker, JobKeeper and childcare subsidies. This is the single mum guide to budget 2020. https://singlemum.com.au/australia-single-mum-budget-2020?utm_source=Single+Parent+Australia+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=622518cb4f-Single+parent+call-out+-+Daily+Mail+Austr_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4d191119fd-622518cb4f-712338773
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Families, taxpayers, small business, young workers win from budget 2020 but JobSeekers miss out on the bonus Christmas payments and Victorians get no special deals. This wrap for Josh Frydenberg’s second budget is from Kidspot: https://www.kidspot.com.au/news/how-you-and-your-family-will-benefit-from-the-2019-federal-budget/news-story/757c5930a8d0e51b10410b887f1e94f2
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Netflix’s The Social Dilemma exposes the human impact of social media engineering – for profit. Netflix’s “The Social Dilemma,” is a top ten trending documentary-drama exploring the dangerous human impact of social engineering based on data. This is social media’s greatest tech experts sounding the alarm on their own monster creations. Released last week, The Social Dilemma focusses on the
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