I didn’t think this was the idea… certain of Sydney’s businesses enjoyed quite a windfall during last week’s World Youth Day event.
Adult Business Association spokesman Chris Seage said the boom in business had taken brothel owners by surprise. “The brothel owners are having to put on extra girls to meet the demand,” he said.

Could this [...]

Preparations for World Youth Day events at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse are in full swing with work now taking place around the clock.
The racecourse is floodlit through out the night and the off-white lights cast what seems like a golden glow over the site.
Sound tests of the audio equipment have been in progress this morning, [...]

Now I thought Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore was a catholic. I remember walking passed the St Francis of Assisi Church in Paddington, Sydney, one Sunday some years ago, and seeing Clover standing outside chatting with the parish priest, after a service.
I was therefore surprised to read that Clover is now blocking the use of [...]

On the subject of Tim Tams, pilgrims attending the World Youth Day event in Sydney next month will share almost one million Tim Tams between them, among a range of Australian fare that also includes lamingtons and meat pies.
On the [Catholic] church’s food shopping list for World Youth Day is 990,000 Tim Tams, Wagon Wheel [...]

Signs like this have started springing up around the local streets, in the vicinity of Randwick Racecourse, in recent days.
I know Pope Benedict XVI needs to park the Popemobile somewhere when he arrives here for World Youth Day, but in reality the so called “special event parking areas” strike me as being futile.
First up [...]