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Wild Stories from Down Under

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From jazz rock bands in hospitals to pedestrian crossing button sounds, and taper skirts made from old ties, this episode is a wild ride down under. Plus, water-saving ideas and a marathon of Groundhog Day on SBS Viceland. Dont miss it!

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Wild Stories from Down Under

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Sydney News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Wild Stories from Down Under. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00It's March 31st. Welcome to Sydney News Today, powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story. Readers have been flooding column 8 with wild stories from down under. Back in the early 1980s, Neil Nicole from Waverton was into Wumba General Hospital facing blood tests for tuberculosis and the staffs. Jazz Rock Band was straight up called Acid Fast Pocilli. Then there's Jeff Maynard from Pattington remembering Sydney Uni pub bands like the shower scene from Psycho, actually out of Melbourne, destined for. Epic obscurity. Meanwhile, Alan Gibson from Cherrybrook points out that the chirpy sound from those pedestrian crossing buttons classified as PB5 pedestrian. Crossing button signal from 1984 just got added to the national film and sound archives, sounds of Australia collection for next year. On the fashion tip, Vicki's Vargulis from Quarermal shares how her friend turned old ties into perfect taperskirts for markets, narrowed the waist and, wide at the hem, tying it all together

1:02nicely. After that geyser erupted at West Ride pumping station, Warren Finn and from West Ride is hearing locals push wild water-saving ideas like alternate day, toilet flushes, or one-minute showers, but a leaked dock hypes an old school fix, allocated pumping resource, incorporating local flow oscillating, operation levers, and capping off April 1st vibes, Karen Pierce from Miranda spots SBS Weisland, looping the movie Groundhog Day five times today from 3 p.m. through 10.40 p.m. pure programming genius.

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