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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 29/09/2026

We have a fox that lives in our yard. Recently it made a den underneath our house and made these little things! I’d love to get them out from under the house, as it sends the dog crazy and he barks at all hours. But how can we get rid of these?

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 28/09/2026

Happy “camera up the arse” day to me! So hungry! I didn’t eat at all yesterday.

A sticker on a medical reception window depicting a Halloween themed witch holding a sign with the words” Small camera big impact”

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 28/09/2026

So for Victoria it’s five or more birds unless specific types.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 28/09/2026

I have the next two days off work! Before you get too envious, I’m off because I’m doing the camera up the arse thing again tomorrow morning.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 26/09/2026

Not as much as they did last night. I shared an absolutely massive joint and it sat me on my arse big time 🤣

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 26/09/2026

There are flags, and they’re large!

AFL 2023 Premiership flag (won by the mighty Magpies)

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 24/09/2026

Tonight’s edition of “Dave gets on the piss” we’re sampling a cleanskin! A Mornington Peninsula Rose. Probably $15 or $16 retail.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 23/09/2026

Here we go again on the “Dave drinks free booze” train. This one is a GSM blend. We don’t currently stock it but it retails for around $25 I think. Not too shabby at all, I might have to consider getting this into our range.

Rusden Driftsand Barossa Valley GSM 2024

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 23/09/2026

I’m going to guess what the next two letters say without looking.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 22/09/2026

Last night, the Pinot. Tonight, the Cabernet Sauvignon. Grant Burge is known for his Cabernets, and this one doesn’t disappoint.

Corryton Burge Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 21/09/2026

Pretty much! Most of the whites are in the drinks fridge.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 21/09/2026

What’s this? Another bottle of wine I “need” to sample? I have a tough life.

Corryton Burge 2025 Pinot Noir from Adelaide Hills.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 20/09/2026

Mine is about to be the same!

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 20/09/2026

Tonight’s wine courtesy of Devil’s Corner. Eventually I’ll be pairing it with a home made beef and black bean sauce. But first, a glass and a relax.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 20/09/2026

Please help there is a bright orange orb in the sky and I don’t know what to do!

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 19/09/2026

Late dinner. Chilli Chicken

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 18/09/2026

On this day seven years ago

Just had a Twitter direct message from the wife of my birth dad asking me to give her a call. He passed away last night. I don’t remember him at all, as he and my mum split up when I was very young. It was only a few years ago that I found him on social media and reached out. Since then I have corresponded via Twitter with my half sister (one of them, the other blocked me for some weird reason), and his wife. They seem nice. I wanted to meet him, maybe have a beer or whatever. He didn’t want to. He had a different family. It hurt, but I understood. I shouldn’t feel anything, but I do. I wouldn’t exist without him. RIP Dennis.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 17/09/2026

Crocodile, crocodile, crocodile, oi, oi, oi!

Screenshot of a BBC News article about crocodile safety procedures at an event, discussing waterway planning near crocodile-inhabited areas. The article describes event protocols including suspending racing activities if a crocodile is spotted, with competitors returning to shore. Highlighted text reads: 'The official signal for a sighting is the call of "crocodile, crocodile, crocodile."

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 12/09/2026

My partner is heading to a fancy dress party to farewell a work colleague.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 12/09/2026

A selection of random images from the bar last night. #SupportLiveMusic

Overhead view of a merch table covered in a green tarp, displaying CDs by The New Christs — including "These Rags" with a cover photo of stacked metal shelving, and another titled "Gloria." A handwritten sign taped to the table reads "WHEN BROWSING PUT DRINK HERE," with a glass of bourbon over ice resting on it. Another sign in the bottom right reads "CASH OR CARD," and a marker pen lies at the top of the frame.

Close-up photo of an enamel pin badge attached to a rusted metal surface, with an old lock or latch mechanism visible above it. The pin is white and black, arch-shaped, featuring the text "BODY JAR" in bold black lettering diagonally across the design, with an illustration of two overlapping bare feet (soles facing outward) in the background.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 12/09/2026

My mate Jimmy (pictured here much earlier in the evening) wisely decided that my head hitting the floor was the signal he needed to book the Uber. And yeah today will be quiet.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 12/09/2026

They were amazingly good and they are there again tonight!

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 11/09/2026

Don’t be like me. I’m home now but a little earlier I was so dunk I fell and hit my head so don’t do that.

Dave with head contusion caused by drunken fall.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 11/09/2026

Dodgy Vietnamese, why not?

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 11/09/2026

Righto. An uneventful train journey from Hawthorn to Flinders Street and a short tram ride and I’m here! My mate is about 30 minutes (3 bourbons) away so if it’s OK with you guys I’m gunna get stuck in! #SupportLiveMusic

An artistic shot of a partially consumed Makers Mark and Coke with the Victoria Market in the background through the open doorway

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 10/09/2026

Tonight’s free booze is In Dreams Pinot Noir from the Yarra Valley. There’s not too many nights without wine these days. This job certainly has some perks.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 08/09/2026

Nice. I’m finishing off the rest of this

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 08/09/2026

This will give you a laugh. Was just reading up on it a bit and I read this as ‘farting spells’ and I was suddenly concerned about my future dim sim consumption 😂

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 07/09/2026

I was losing weight because of my change of job (now quite physically where I used to sit at a desk), but the loss was quickened when I started on these drugs in May. I’m sure they don’t work for everyone but they do for me, so far.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 06/09/2026

I’ve just changed mine (needed new prescription) and I’ve gone for a slightly less chunky look than I used to have for that very reason.

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 06/09/2026

Turbo doesn’t know what that is, he just wants to know if it involves food 😂

A black dog looks expectantly at his owner

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 06/09/2026

They should make it Fathers Day every day!

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 06/09/2026

This sales rep knows how to impress me. 13 bottles of cleanskins to sample, and a bonus joint to help ease the pain. 🤣🤣

A box of mixed bottled wines and a bonus joint!

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 05/09/2026

Well that’s pretty cool, thanks! There seems to be a bunch at Lilydale Lake which is not far from me at all.

Rakali map with Mooroolbark at the centre

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 04/09/2026

It has been some time since we’ve had an edition of "Dave gets on the piss and goes to watch live music". Next Friday 11th Sep I shall be seeing the New Christs at Last Chance. A lot of Aussie music history in that band, cannot wait! #SupportLiveMusic

Current line-up
Rob Younger – vocals
Jim Dickson – bass
Dave Kettley (Shifter, The Dead Set, Radio Birdman) – guitar
Brent Williams (Zambian Goatherders) – guitar, keyboards
Stu Wilson – drums
Paul Larsen (aka Paul Loughhead) (The Celibate Rifles) – drums (replaced Wilson in 2011)

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 29/08/2026

Today I learned about Dudley Flats Dudley Flats was a locality in Melbourne, Australia, in the 1920s–1950s, which supported a homeless camp during the Great Depression. More in the image alt text. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_...

THE DUDLEY MANSION - 1935
State Library of Victoria.

The chimney is made from an old circular tank. The kookaburra perched upon it is made out of wood.

The chimney top is decorated by a poster advertising "Eta Peanut Butter." The front fence is made from discarded bedsteads, the side fences are of brushwood.
Summary

Front view of a house in an open area. House constructed from previously discarded materials, surrounded by a fence made from metal poles and brushwood. Two dogs and a cat inside the fence, one dog outside.

Dudley Flats was a depression-era shanty town that grew on the western edge of central Melbourne near the Moonee Ponds Creek and Melbourne docks during the 1930s.

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