BP Australia announced their plans of relocating to Docklands. The move is expected to bring up to 800 staff to 717 Bourke Street when its new national headquarters is completed mid 2010. The oil company will be located opposite Etihad Stadium.

Whitelion Gaol House Rock Cocktail Bash provided another truly memorable evening for wanna be crooks, cons & crims at the historic Old Melbourne Gaol as part of their annual campaign to raise $500,000 to support youth at risk. www.whitelionbailout.org.au

Rats no longer rule Alaska's infamous Rat Island. Rats have plagued the island since 1780, 229 years after a Japanese shipwreck spilled rampaging rodents onto the remote Aleutian island, decimating the local bird population. June 2009 saw them eradicated that cost $US2.5 million.

A new time limit on parking of five hours and a flat fee of $2 was introduced at the car park surrounding the Melbourne Zoo in June. The changes were introduced in order to discourage train commuters from parking at the zoo for the entire day and free up as many as 200 spaces for visitors to the zoo.
Romantic weddings are now a dream come true for lovers in the northern Italian city of Verona. You can now exchange vowels on the very balcony where Juliet supposedly pined for her lover – Romeo. The 13th century mansion of the Cappello family - believed to be the Capulets of William Shakespeare's tragic play does not come cheap to wed, but many are saying, “I will…”

It’s official! Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise and their daughter Suri are relocating to Melbourne while the Hollywood actress films her new movie ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ that will be filmed in Docklands. The Hollywood couple will stay on the 39th floor in a $27,500-a-night suite at the Crown Casino.

Victoria was given a $5 million fighting fund to boost tourism in the state following the Swine Flu pandemic that swept the state in June.
The Riverland and Murraylands were among the regions promoted at this year's Australian Tourism Exchange show in Melbourne to promote local attractions, including river cruises and houseboat holidays in drought affected areas.

AC/DC have three shows booked at Etihad Stadium at Docklands for their Black Ice tour in February 2010. The AFL is reportedly adamant the stadium is under contract that gives the league priority on all bookings at that time of the year for the NAB Cup competition. The clash continues.