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Good idea, and lovely day for some beach fresh air. I ended up walking down to Princes Park with my friends but one of them had brought her son and he was sooooooo boooooored that she decided to go home, and we all split up. They're saying as many as 30,000 turned up! Just amazing. A...

Possum, that's horrible! :(

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/be-vigilant-not-afraid-20120930-26t73.html Great video of the march again, including interviews - one police officer estimates the crowd at 20,000; later in the article they say 30,000. Yikes.

True, and her Irish accent would have been distinctive.

There is indeed such a business there. Although, remember Jill and Mr Wright were saying their goodbyes at the Bar Etiquette, which is on teh other side of the road and up further north a block and a half or so.

You can cross teh railway line at Victoria St, and all of those main access roads to Sydney Rd. It is indeed, however, scary dark and unlit much of the way. When I think about it, a lot of Melbourne streets are pretty dark. :( Something else to lobby the government for. If anything I think...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-30/community-to-march-in-honour-of-meagher/4287762?WT.svl=news2 ABC video report on the walk. Gives a sense of the area for non-locals. ETA: and they're saying around 10,000 took part!

Ok chaps, back from the walk. Wow. SO MANY PEOPLE! Men, women, couples, families with kids and dogs, old, young. everyone was there, many with flowers. At first the police blocked off the left hand of Sydney Rd going south (don't forget, we drive on the left here) but after a few blocks it...

Easily 3000, possibly more. Quite sombre.

Huuuuuge numbers walking. Half the road blocked off. Wish I could figure out how to post pix from my mobile.....

Reporting from the scene. Huge crowds blocking the road outside the bridal shop.

Yes, you look after yourself, Tingles. I can't help but want to say "you shouldn't be reading about this in your condition" but just ignore me. :)

I'm going, along with friends who live in Coburg/Brunswick. I'll walk extra hard (lol) for those of you who want to be there, as I know you will be in spirit.

And as a semi-local, I can confirm that noises in those laneways are amplified considerably. I don't know the physics behind it, but it's freaky (and irritating if you're trying to sleep and some people are talking in their backyard, for example).

(snipped by me) That's so true. And with the distance of time, in 25-35 years he'll be 66-76 and "oh, he's too old to hurt anyone now". But that's not the point! Jill, TM, her family, all have a life sentence of sadness. AB should get an appropriate sentence for the crime(s) he's committed, all...

A friend of mine who used to be a solicitor often says how intelligence was usually lacking in his clients - "So if I try to snatch a handbag at the same location at the same time I'll get caught? Oh..." But this guy is more dangerous because he can obviously change his responses and how he...

And given his prior (apparent!) ability to "say what sounded right" so he could complete a rehabilitation course and get out of jail, I'm sure he could word things/look contrite/etc so that the parole board thought he was a changed man, etc, etc. Ugh. :moo:

and :what:

I often think this. The nicest, loveliest people have their light snuffed out by a waste of space and oxygen moron. Why?????

There's a really interesting blog post here about the effectiveness (or not) of custodial sentences: http://bunyipitude.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/deterrence-or-punishment.html