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A photo I took on December 27th, 2002 at 11:49am.... but where?

I believe its on the northside of Brisbane as we were visiting someone out that way and an hour or two later I took a photo of JB Hifi at Chermside, but buggered if I can work out where this is exactly.

Did a lap down Gympie Road using Google Streetview but its not old enough. Nothing looks exactly right anyway.

COULD have been from the southside as we lived in Mount Gravatt at the time, so really anywhere between there and Chermside'ish via main roads I guess.

Apologies for the photo quality. It was 2002. Digital cameras weren't much chop back then.

I've uploaded the original file (and a few from afterwards which are definitely from the Northside, EXIF data shows they were taken a few hours later) here in case another pixel or two can be gleaned from the original: https://www.palad.in/uploads/aussie.zone/mystery-location-2002/

A clever solution to BCC's cowardice

BCC has been repeatedly removing ghost bikes from a site on Nudgee Rd after a cyclist died at the location last year, despite years of warning from cycling advocates that improved infrastructure was needed in the area. To stop them from removing the ghost bikes, highlighting the blood on BCC's hands, *and* highlighting the absurdity of how storing private property on public land is completely ok if it's a car, someone installed this ghost trailer.
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• In short: Brisbane's Ezra Mam made a formal complaint alleging Spencer Leniu racially abused him during the Broncos' season-opening loss to the Roosters in Las Vegas.
• Broncos coach Kevin Walters said Mam was "adamant" Leniu used a racial slur and was left "pretty upset" by it.
• What's next? The NRL has charged Leniu, and he will be required to front the league's judiciary.

I'm probably too white privileged to comment, but aren't both dudes from indigenous backgrounds? Seems weird for one indigenous group to make a "racial slur" at another since wouldn't it be equally offensive to the bloke saying it? Maybe I'm just creative enough with what sort of potential insults there might have been heh.

Either way, not a super great start to the NRL trying to get Yanks all excited about the game or whatever they're trying to achieve by playing in Vegas. I thought they were there to play US based teams but it's just Australian teams going on holiday to slap some slightly more exotic pokies by the sounds of things.

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