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A rescue crew responding to the Christmas Day flooding in a suburb of Melbourne misjudged the depth of flood waters and plowed straight in, nearly submerging their truck entirely. One firefighter has been "stood down" and the whole crew may end up suspended. More »
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A pair of backward hurricanes (cyclones Yasi and Anthony) brought punishing rain and significant flooding to Melbourne earlier this month. Photographer and Jalopnik reader Ben Fox captured the plight of some unlucky motorists and one brave Ferrari owner. More »
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Toyota Style Australia apparently missed the company memo mandating all Camrys and hybrids remain boring as plain oatmeal, as they've whipped up the dangerously cool looking Toyota HC-CV Concept for the Melbourne Motor Show. More »
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This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Today we've got a couple of cars that no sane person would expect to find parked on the streets of Melbourne, Australia: a right-hand-drive Malaise Era Olds Cutlass Cruiser wagon and a Stutz Blackhawk, both shot by the quick-witted Golgo, who was able to overcome his shock at the sight and whip out his camera. Jump away for more photos! More »
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We got a little out of hand with the monster vehicles the other day, but Aussie Ray Baumann has gone straight bonkers. His creation, the Monster Motorbike, is a 13 ton, 9 meter tall, Detroit Diesel powered crushing machine, it's also, obviously, a motorcycle. Ray will be hooning his super cycle at the Melbourne International Motor Show which starts on February 29th by way of crushing things for fun. Apparently this madman has also cast himself in Evel Kneivel's image and jumps things, having broken his back - twice - by doing so. On his appearance at the show, Baumann says: More »
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Tipsta from Down Unda, Chris, just let us know that Toyota unveiled their new Aurion at the Melbourne Auto Show. Basically a face-transplanted Camry, the Aurion is set to replace the older-model Avalon in Australia. Due to launch late this year, the Aurion (pronounced Orion), will apparently eventually be available with a blown 3.5L, and according to Chris, the car "looks a lot better in the flesh than that yellow, blacked out headlight concept model on the website suggests." More »
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