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• Share your stories of living local 23.11.09

  

  What would happen if we all attempted to live local? Imagine ... empty highways, busy parks and people on the street talking to their neighbours.

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• New love songs from our minstrel in residence 23.11.09

  

  Have a listen to Radio National's artist in residence Linda Neil's latest Pool offerings.

  'Leaving Rishikesh' is Linda's respons

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• Hook up with Sea Things in Cairns or Thursday Island! 23.11.09

  

  Calling any Poolie poets living in or near Cairns or Thursday Island in the Torres Strait.

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• Tales of Tinkering 23.11.09

  

  Do you know a tinkerer? Are you a tinkerer yourself - or more of a crafter or quilter?

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• The Dead Walk...into Pool 26.10.09

  

  Tell us in words, pictures, video or a combination about where you were when the zombie apocalypse arrived, and what you did to survive.

  Zombies. They stink, they rot, they want to eat your brains. In short, they don't have much going for them! Why is it then that every year, thousands of people hit the streets dressed up as them? Maybe it's because zombies are such social creatures. Whenever you see them, they're always milling around, hunting like a pack of shambling wolves, or sharing a meal. So what better subject matter for such a social place as Pool.

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• How do you live local? 23.11.09

  

  How do you connect with your place?

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• Pool saw Sea Things by the sea shore 16.10.09

  

  Welcome all sea creatures, pirates, poets, and sea lovers. Sea Things wants your poetry!

  Sea Things is a national literary project that celebrates Australia's longstanding obsession with the ocean. Poetry will sail the high seas as part of a two month saga to encourage new seaworthy verse.

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• Government 2.0 Taskforce 13.10.09

  

  One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war!

  Click over to The Government 2.0 Taskforce website and give Pool (and yourselves) the thumbs up! The Gov 2.0 taskforce has called for the online community to nominate agencies and public servants at every level of the Australian government as part of their Government 2.0 Innovator prize. The prize aims to recognise groups and agencies who are 'succeeding at innovative uses of technology, including Web 2.0, and promoting greater openness', and the good news is that Pool has made the grade!

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