Glebe Street Fair
Crowds were expected to be 120,000 for Sydney's oldest fair. There were probably more...
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Glebe is known for its bohemian, free-thinking and leftist atmosphere originally cultivated by a strong communinity of students and artists. The hippie-looking cyclist wheeling his dog on his bike was just another passerby.
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Probably the most exciting drawcard for the festival was the appearance on stage by the quintessential Aussie rock band, the legendary Mental as Anything.
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Yep they all looked exactly the same! Churning out all those memory flashback hits got the little 'uns dancing...
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and the big 'uns.
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The other big celebrity out and about was Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, the genius who made science cool! Dr Karl sat at a little booth all day signing copies of his 22 books. Dr Karl is a two-year-old's best friend--he knows the answers to every "but why...?" question.
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Unfortunately there wasn't much in the way of exciting food stalls. Instead we counted seven, yes seven, gozleme stalls. If gozleme is so popular, how come no-one has ever set up a gozleme shop? Or is part of the appeal because they're only ever available at street stalls? And yes, I love 'em too. Click here for a recipe for ispanakli gozleme (spinach gozleme).
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Plenty of bongo drums, hand-made jewellery, Tibetan-style robes and African tribal art. However for true ingenuity with more than a twist of irony, how could you go past this pitch...
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posted by Anonymous on 11/21/2004 03:59:00 pm
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1 Comments:
At 12/26/2004 5:36 pm,
Anonymous said…
Whata really ridiculous about this is that the jam was being sold in a market (capitalism). And theres a phone number for the seller ... obviously dealing with a capitalist organisation (ie. a tel-co) .... all this being done for The Communist Party of Australia ? Maybe they should make the Jam free to all ?
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