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The Springfree Trampoline

The Springfree™ Trampoline was designed by New Zealand engineer Dr. Keith Alexander, at the University of Canterbury. After more than 15 years of injury prevention research, the design was commercialized in 2003 and is now sold in 15 countries. Springfree Experience Centres Melbourne: 672 Warrigal Road, Oakleigh South VIC 3167 Opening hours: 9:00am-4:00pm Monday to Friday 10:00am-4:00pm Saturday & Sunday (Closed public holidays)

Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre

GESAC has some of the premier aquatic facilities in Melbourne. Each pool has been designed with a specific purpose in mind, which means there is something for all ages and abilities to enjoy.   With less than $10, you can have water slides.  This is way cheaper than going to a water park. Facilities include: 50 metre outdoor pool with eight lap lanes; 25 metre indoor pool with eight lap lanes; leisure pool with interactive water features and play equipment; two FUN filled water slides; dedicated aquatic programs pool; aquatic wellness area (wellness program pool, spa, sauna and steam room); huge gymnasium with state-of-the art equipment; personal training; three group exercise studios offering an extensive range of classes; accessibility programs for all ages and abilities; occasional child care; retail shop; café; indoor stadium (three multi-purpose courts); landscaped gardens and barbeque facilities; and consulting suite...

Tesselaar Gardening

Habitat at Tesselaar now open.  They have a farm door outlet. Habitat at Tesselaar is special - no where else in Australia can you find such and exclusive and vast collection of bulbs and plants. Where:      in our inspirations gardens,      Tesselaar Gardens & Nursery      357 Monbulk road, Silvan When:       7 days a week.      Monday-Friday 8am to 4.30pm      Weekend, Public holidays 10am to 4pm 15% off coupon for new customer

Making data science a sport.

Kaggle is an innovative solution for statistical/analytics outsourcing.  It is the leading platform for predictive modeling competitions. Companies, governments and researchers present datasets and problems - the world's best data scientists then compete to produce the best solutions. At the end of a competition, the competition host pays prize money in exchange for the intellectual property behind the winning model.

Yakult - Factory Tour

Yakult is a fermented milk drink that contains a very high concentration of a unique, beneficial bacterium called Lactobacillus casei Shirota strain. This bacteria was named after Dr Shirota and is exclusive to Yakult. Each one of us has around 100 trillion bacteria in our intestines. Some of these are beneficial and some are potentially harmful. To work efficiently our digestive system needs a healthy balance where the number of beneficial bacteria outnumber those that are potentially harmful. The unique beneficial bacteria in Yakult are strong enough to survive the journey through the gastric juices to reach the small intestine alive, where they help maintain an ideal balance of beneficial bacteria. Each 65ml bottle contains 6.5 billion of these highly acid resistant bacteria,

Melbourne Earthquake?

Image extracted from The Age Was it an earthquake just now? Updates:  4.5 earthquake rocked south Victoria (near Moe) at July 20, 2012 7:11pm News Update:  News.com.au  or ninemsn  or The Age .

Costco is coming to Ringwood. Finally!

Construction of the 14,500 square-metre warehouse at the old Ringwood market site is expected to start within months and be completed by late 2013. The store will be only the second to open in Melbourne since the retail giant entered the Australian market in 2009, with a warehouse store at Docklands. The warehouse store, to be built on the corner of Bond and Market streets, is expected to employ 400 workers and have 3600 product lines. The site will also include two levels of parking with almost 1000 car parks. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/costco-opens-second-melbourne-supermarket-20120718-229qa.html#ixzz211Fy9Au8 and http://maroondah-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/costco-to-open-in-ringwood/