Violent Storms Widespread

*Fictional Story*
Violent storms struck the north west downs late last night. The bank of destruction stretched from Oakey to the outskirts of Toowoomba. A cyclonic conditions damaged hundreds of homes and cut power to thousands, many of which are still without power. Trees were uprooted and a coal train was derailed, so strong were the winds.One fatality has been reported. An elderly woman was killed when a small sedan was thrown through the wall of her bedroom where she slept. Many injured have been transported to Toowoomba Base hospital. Initial estimates put the damage bill into the tens of millions of dollars.

Race rally peaceful

*Fictional Story*
Nearly one hundred members of the local aboriginal community gathered in a peaceful protest in the gallery gardens yesterday. Spokes person for the group, Kami Mawoola said it was important for people to remember who was here before it was invaded by white people, and that "Australia Day causes many of our people pain, as we remember what our people had to suffer to get to today. It is not a day of celebration, but a day of mourning for our people."Police were appreciative of the peaceful gathering, and no notable incidences were reported.

Australia Day Celebrations

*Fictional Story*
The city is gearing up for various Australia Day celebrations, over every Australians favourite long weekend. Various hotels are planning 'aussie' events, from Yabbie races to pie eating competions.
Don't miss the family fun day in Queens Park, where you can have a crack at the thong throwing competition, or the kangaroo races for the kids. Don't miss the fashion parade.
To celebrate the day, there will be fireworks in the city hall parklands from 8:30.
Head on out to Jondaryn shed for the sheep shearing and wood chop races.
Where ever you go, there is fun for everyone.

Start of something new

here we go.. I'm looking at doing this to help me in my local Camarilla game, here in Toowoomba, Queensland Australia. For those who don't know that the Camarilla is, check out http://www.camarilla.org.au/ or http://camarilla.white-wolf.com/
Our game is rarely on these days, and so without us getting together, there is a real threat of things getting too quiet and members loosing interst, so, I'm hoping to use this as a sort of sounding board for things going on in our 'pretend' city.
Snippets that might find their way into the news, on radio or otherwise will be thrown here, that will hopefully give the players a sence that the city does have stuff happening, so there characters are actually in it, rather than in statis between games. It's a way of putting a lot of jumbled thoughts together over the month, rather than trying to ram everything together in one place and time, to hand out to people.
Anyway, I'll see how it goes...