Mucky Melbourne

Melbourne Truth. Oct 7, 1972 SEX ON STAGE IN NEW STRIP SHOW by Phil Teese A StKilda night club will stage a black mass floor show, based on the real life experiences of the lead dancer. The act will depict the sacrifice of a virgin, and sexual intercourse will be simulated. The lead dancer an choreographer, Tabatha, 22, says she has been involved in real life black mass ceremonies. She told Truth: “The things I saw and became involved with are too much for any human being. It frightened me.” CHANGE “ But I have used these experiences to produce an act that is as close as possible to the real thing. The only part that will be changed will be the sexual intercourse. We will have to simulate that. I saw things in the far east that were unbelievable. At one ceremony, I was cut on the hand. The wound was deep and it bled freely. Then a supposedly magic leaf was rubbed on the cut, and it healed almost immediately. Dozens of Melbourne's top professional men and women tak...

Many years ago, but not as many as you think, there was a guy who would pick up your dunny can from a hole out the back of your outside toilet and replace it with a clean one. It was a shitty job but from stuff I've read it wasn't as bad as it sounded. My mum told me the local dunny guy was so good at it when her mum had the squirts he took the dunny away and replaced it before she spilled a drop of liquid brown. When a house was being built the first thing built was usually the toilet for the tradies to use. That was one reason why the shit collector had a job for years after most outdoor toilets were gone.   As you can see in this photo they were huge and had clips to seal it on the side so the guy could prevent spills. If he spilled any the local council insisted he had to clean it up asap. In the book "The Dunny Man" by John Gardner, it described the end result of the rare spill as "You'd have more gravy on you than a Sunday roast"  The dunn...

Sorry about that, not much has been happening here lately. Real life has been chaotic as fuck. Redundancy, unemployment, new job, Fringe Festival, Comedy festival..... I will try to update stuff here on a more regular basis. Fingers crossed I dont get slack again.

I really fucking love this ad for a disco from The Truth in 1972 I love the border text MUSIC - LOVE - GROG , its so fucking aussie. Only $2.50 to get in and a delicious meal is included, but it starts at 6pm on a sunday night. I found out years after it closed that the Chevron's dancefloor was built over a swimming pool. On Monday morning after they closed for the week they'd put down rat poison. Then when they returned on wednesday they sweep up the dead rats that'd crawl up from the swimming pool hole under the dancefloor. I imagine the swimming pool under the dancefloor being half filled with the remnants of booze.

Fights between nazi dickheads and students have been going on for years. Here's an example from 1972. As usual the media says the left are as bad as the right, but then admits the nazi dickheads will cop a beating if they get caught. I also laughed at the first of the things the reporter said they had in common. Melbourne Truth, Saturday, June 17, 1972 Someone will be killed One of these cold wintry days, the thugs of the Nazi movement in Australia and the thugs of the Workers Student Alliance will start belting hell out of each other. These groups are bound to have a head-on clash and when they do, plenty of blood will be let. But to what extent? Will it stop at a few broken bones and the odd flattened nose - or will one of these louts makes the supreme sacrifice? These so-called Nazis and the students involved in this conflict have only two things in common: Nearly all of them need a wash And all of them are becoming pests to society Nazis On The Run   The...

Tickets Please Bill Swaine  During one evening shift on the Coburg line, we received an urgent call to go to Royal Park station. On arrival we found a considerable amount of blood on the platform and in the doorway of the office. On entering the office there was a middle-aged man sitting in a chair clutching himself, and literally soaked in blood. Also in the office was the SM (station master) and a middle-aged lady. It transpired that the man had exposed himself to the lady on the train, and far from being phased, she immediately applied the toe of her shoe with considerable force to the offending area, resulting in a severe laceration and profuse bleeding. When the train reached Royal Park she had to help him from the train to seek help from the station staff. The ambulance arrived and carted him off to hospital, and a prosecution eventually followed. from  Life on Victorian Railways by Nick Anchen  I wonder how he explained it to friends and family. Did h...

Its almost that time of year again, buy lots of tickets, bring your friends, have a great time and laugh your arse off The NSFW Mucky Melbourne Walking Tour 2017 The Reverend Grebo will take you on a tour of Mucky Melbourne. Learn about the tits, the toilets, the turds, the soldiers, the sex workers, the saunas, the semen, the buggery, the bars, the beats, the bushrangers, the bestiality, the porn, the prince, the parties, the priests, the perverts, the frigging, the fighting and the food riots. Bring your toughest walking shoes because its going to get down and dirty As well as being Melbourne’s only Smut Scholar, the Reverend Grebo is ordained into the Universal Life Church, the Church of the Latter-day Dude, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, The Church of the Subgenius and is a Pope of Discordia. Warning:   Contains course language, adult themes, explicit descriptions of historical events

Many years ago there used to be urinals in this little alleyway off Centre Place. Im not sure of their exact position and which way they were facing.  Knowing how bad the drainage was back then it would've stank worse than the laneways of Fitzroy & StKilda after the pubs closed on a Saturday night in summer. Were they put there to keep them out of sight (and smell) of the people on the busier streets nearby? Were they accessible 24/7? Was the cool looking light there back then? Was it a beat?

Hello Im back The first 2 Fringe shows (2015 & 2016) were a success and I'm about to do a third! Here's a short film made by some film students around the time I did my first Mucky Melbourne Walking Tour back in 1995.

my blogs on hold for the moment due to my Fringe Festival thing more info and stuff coming soon as the Fringe Festival's finished click here for more info on the walking tour

Barbara was a single mum and a stripper back in 1972 The lovely Barbara would be 73 this year and might even be a grandma.  What Barbara was doing back in the 70s is still considered by some as un-feminist immoral behaviour. I say to them, shut the fuck up and mind your own business. Truth, may 6 1972 MUMMY IS A STRIPPER 'THE BEST WAY TO KEEP THE CHILDREN' by Robert Berglund A mother of three, who was educated at a ladies college, is providing for her family by appearing in an all-off strip show – the Purple Knight Barbara Sinclair, 31, told me: “its the best way I know of to support my three children.” Barbara went to school at Strathern Ladies College in Hawthorn. She became a stripper after she was apporached by the man behind the Purple Knight, Roger (Duke) Carroll. She said “One day Roger and his wife came around and he talked about a show he planned to put on in Melbourne. He asked me if I was interested. He and his wife seemed pretty decent people so I...

Back in 1972 it looks like there was a lot of stuff going on for the St Kilda strippers.  The 7 year old kid in the first story gets to be on stage with a tiger, then not long after is haunted by a ghost at his mums work. Maybe he was the person who stole the Gina's snake! I wonder where that kid is now, he'd almost be 50. If you are out there Jason, let us know what you're doing now. I highly doubt the shark attack story is real, I dont think theres been any fatal shark attacks in Port Phillip Bay since 1930 when 19 year old Norman Clark was attacked off the end of Brighton Pier on a saturday arvo. Melbourne Truth, Jan 8, 1972 SHOWBEAT with alec martin One of the biggest New Year's Eve surprises at Melbourne night spots was produced at the Getcha Gear Off strip revue at the George Hotel, St.Kilda. A live tiger from Sole's Circus walked on stage with the near-naked show girls at midnight. The audience, taken completely by surprise, lapsed into silenc...

The Argus – friday 24 June - 1949 POSED NUDE ON PIER While most Geelong residents were huddled around fires or wrapped in blankets a woman completely disrobed on Yarra St Pier to win a bet. The story revealed in Geelong City Court yesterday was that a man bet her that she was “not game” to do it. After she had taken up the challenge, it was alleged that the man disappeared without settling the bet. Police soon after found the woman wearing a fur coat. She was charged with having been drunk and disorderly. She was convicted and discharged after she told Mr. Blakiston, JP, that she was ashamed. from wikipedia Waterfront Geelong Yarra Street Pier is located at the end of Yarra Street and features a number of restaurants, as well as being the departure point for helicopter joyflights. The majority of the pier was destroyed by fire in 1988, but various proposals have been made for the rebuilding (pier image from googlemaps, fur coat woman from stock footage) ...

Sydney Morning Herald April 29, 1976 BLUE MOVIE BRIBE CHARGE – FINE MELBOURNE, Wednesday. - A Sydney man who offered a Melbourne Vice Squad detective money to arrange the showing of blue movie's was convicted on bribery charges in the Melbourne City Court today. The court was told that the man, David Gandali, 32, of Ocean Street, Woollahra, had offered the detective $5,000 a month to two years to organise the “safe” showing of blue movie's at the Barrel Theatre in Melbourne. Gandali had pleaded not guilty to offering a bribe to a police officer to forgo his duties. Mr P. Clothier, SM, fined Gandali $250 Detective Senior Sergeant John Sadler, of the vice squad, told the court Gandali had approached him on March 12 and told him he had $80,000 invested in the Barrel Theatre. “He said his proposition was to show one legitimate feature film and then two or three blue movie's,” Sergeant Sadler said. “If I give you $5,000 a month do you think you could fix it? I can ke...

Here is a funny story about the Ivanhoe Hotel in Collingwood, its now called The Tote . Not much has changed since the 50s, I'm sure they still get the occasional streaker. There's something I  wonder about this story, was he a local because he wouldn't have got far with no pants? Its funny to think this could been someones grandfather's dirty secret.  The Argus – 19 December – 1955 Crowd gapes at pant-less thief A "STRIP-TEASE" thief last night dashed down Collingwood streets clad only in a singlet and left his loot behind - in his pants. Mr. Albert. Lewis, licensee of the Ivanhoe Hotel, Johnston st. Collingwood, and his son,Howard, saw a man creeping down the stairs from the first floor at 7.30 p.m. When Mr. Albert Lewis asked him what he was doing, the man replied: "I've been up seeing my girl friend." Mr Lewis said: "There's no one upstairs. I'll ring the police. We can't have this going on." The man...

Theres is a little shop between Flinders St station & Banana Alley. Its been closed for a few years now. I went and looked up some records in the State Library and the earliest i can find was in 1930 when it was 3 shops, a tobacconist, a oils & colours paint shop and a bootmaker. It was rented by the MidCity Newsagency in 1973 and thats when it started its porn history. It was rented from Flinders St station. Ive seen a few old photos of it from a distance and could see glass windows that mustve been boarded up when it became a porno shop. If you walk towards Flinders St Station from Banana alley there's some steps at the back of the area between it and banana alley. I worked for MidCity newsagents and occasionally took over there during lunch hour, it was pretty small, had no toilet (the people at the carpark across the road let us use theirs) and the roof leaked during big rainstorms. It sits there in the middle of nothing and looks like they had plans for more but...