Welcome to the Overnighters website
MELBOURNE has its own culture that lives in the ‘wee small hours’ between Midnight and Dawn.
Our Observer Overnighters section (every week in the Melbourne Observer newspaper) and this website includes some of the Overnighters and their interests, many of which are reflected in the top-rating 3AW ‘Overnighters’ radio program, 12 Midnight-5.30am, hosted by Keith McGowan.
For 18 years, Keith McGowan has presented the Midnight-Dawn (5.30am) program, weekdays, on 3AW.
Tune into 693 AM in Melbourne, or listen live at www.3aw.com.au and www.mytalk.com.au
Participate in talkback on (03) 96 900 693 or 13 13 32
Or e-mail Keith at kmcgowan@3aw.com.au
The newspaper page and website are independently operated by the Melbourne Observer newspaper, and are not products of Radio 3AW or its parent company Fairfax Radio.
Upper Gannawarra Football League
Click here for the latest UGFL results
Overnighters Podcasts
Hear Keith McGowan's Latest Interview with André Rieu
You can hear Keith McGowan speak with André Rieu, with our Overnighters MP3 podcats.
Click here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Overnighters TV
View Sorta Dunno Nothing here (You Tube link)
Overnighters Latest News
New 'Bruce's Bits and Phil's Wit' Book from Simon Owens
The new Bruce's Bits and Phil's Wit book is available from Nightline/Remember When producer Simon Owens.
Coupons to order the book are available weekly in the Melbourne Observer.
The book includes many of the poetry pieces that your hear on the Nightline/Remember When programs on 3AW.
You can have a copy of the box delivered to your letterbox for just $10 (includes postage).
Simply complete the form and return it to Simon Owens at PO Box 302, Kerrimuir, Vic 3129.
Copies can also be ordered with Credit Card at www.bruceandphil.com
Overnighters Mourn The Passing of Clinton Grybas
We mourn the sudden passing of 3AW sports commentator Clinton Grybas.
Click here for the Melbourne Observer/Overnighters tribute to the life of Clinton Grybas.
Overnighters Latest News
Baby for Brendan and Christine Scott
Entertainer Brendan Scott and wife Christine have announced that they expecting a baby in May 2008.
See the full story in the Melbourne Observer.
Overnighters TV
Dancing Monkeys - see them here
View the Dancing Monkeys with Riverdance: Lord of the Dance
André Rieu - see him here
View André Rieu with Riverdance: Lord of the Dance (links to YouTube)
View André Rieu with The Dubliners
View André Rieu with My Heart Will Go On (From Titanic)
Isla Grant - see Isla here
View Isla Grant with It's A Dream Come True
Daniel O'Donnell - see Daniel here
View Daniel O'Donnell with Can You Feel The Love
Mary Duff - see Mary here
View Mary Duff with Going Home
Other Stuff
View the football crowd brawl in Central Australia, as mentioned on the Overnighters program by Nick Le Souef
View a special performance of New Zealand's own Ginger Haka. Click here (Windows Media Player or similar required)
View a special edition of 'Blind Date (it's a little bit naughty!). Click here (Windows Media Player or similar required)
André Rieu Meets Keith McGowan
André Rieu Meets Keith McGowan
André Rieu (centre) meets with Overnighters host Keith McGowan, and Melbourne Observer Editor Ash Long.
View the special picture page in the Melbourne Observer (PDF format)
View the feature pages about André Rieu in the Melbourne Observer (Sept. 26 edition): Page 9, Page 10 (PDF format)
Hear Keith McGowan's chat with André Rieu
Keith McGowan's 50 Years In Radio
Keith McGowan - 50 Years In Radio
You can read the 56-page souvenir on Keith McGowan's 50 Years In Radio - Pages 1-28, Pages 29-42, Pages 43-56
You can hear Keith McGowan's interview with Neil Mitchell: click here
Keith's Tribute to Stan Zemanek
Passing of Stan Zemanek
Click here to read the tribute to Stan Zemanek assembled by Keith McGowan - PDF format
Latest News: Simon Tappertit
Here is one of Keith's latest horses in training: Simon Tappertit
This Week's Melbourne Observer
More Than 50,000 Readers Every Week
Our current edition is out now. Available at all good newsagents.
You can read the Observer here in PDF format: Click here (PDF format)
If your newsagent does not have the Melbourne Observer in stock, ask them to order copies from All Day Distribution, phone (03) 9482 1145.
Click here to download free Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 software
Back Copies, 2002-2008, can be viewed at www.melbourneobserver.com.au
'75 Years of Overnight Radio' Souvenir
View the November 2006 Souvenir edition: Pages 1-24
Melbourne Observer History Souvenir
View the September 13, 2006 souvenir edition: Magazine Pages 1-16, Magazine Pages 17-32
Where to obtain the Melbourne Observer:
Click here for a list of approx. 400 distribution outlets in Melbourne, Geelong, Mornington Peninsula and Country Victoria.
Click here for a list in PDF format.
More about the Melbourne Observer:
Latest News
New: Non-Professional Theatre Report
Click here for this week's Non-Professional Theatre Report
Click here to read about the Overnighters 'non-professional Theatre' correspondent, Cheryl Threadgold
New: Overnighters Page
You can see the Overnighters page published in the Melbourne Observer '
See the latest Overnighters page.
Radio Book - 'Don't Touch That Dial'
Discover the fantastic new book about Australian radio by Wayne Mac
Click here to read our review of the book. (PDF format)
Galleon Coffee Lounge Memories
See photos of the Galleon Coffee Lounge, St Kilda (courtesy: Ray Holmes)
See more photos of the Galleon/Lennie Holmes
Rick Milne's 'Garbage of Guru' Website
See Rick Milne's new website - Guru of Garbage - http://guruofgarbage.com.au
Send an e-mail to Rick: mrpp@iprimus.com.au
A Son For Simon and Christina Owens
Congratulations to 3AW producer Simon Owens, and Christina, on their birth of their son.
Click here to go to Simon's website, www.bruceandphil.com, for photos
Updated: Wed., May 31, 2006
Click here to go to the Aranda Arts website, discussed by Keith McGowan and Nick Le Souef
Updated: Wed., May 31, 2006
Anzac Day: Search The War Service History of Your Relatives
Click here to go to http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
Updated: Tue., Apr. 25, 2006
Love Songs From Ireland
Love Songs From Ireland is a collection of beautiful songs for your loved one! Includes artists such as
Clannad, Daniel O’Donnell, The Fureys, Foster & Allen, Charlie Landsborough, Mary Duff, Isla Grant and contains songs such as “My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose”, “After All These Years”, “I Love You Because”, “Stand By Your Man”, “Ringsend Rose” and more.
“Love Songs From Ireland” – CD Catalogue #: CDR0621. R.R.P $29.95. Available: May 13.
Updated: Tue., Apr. 25, 2006
Brian
Dalglish and Bill Bryant ('B1 and B2') are proprietors
of Dalbry Antiques, 237 Canterbury Road, Canterbury.
Phone: 9836 2301. They are stockists of the wonderful Moorcroft.
Click here to see the Dalbry website: www.dalbry.com.au
Updated: Wed., April 19, 2006
Keith McGowan's Photos
Click here for a photo of Keith McGowan (and Angela) being presented with a cake by John Parsons of the Bayswater Cake Kitchen
Click here for a photo of the special birthday cake
Click here for a photo of Keith McGowan and Simon Owens
Click here to see colour photos from Keith & Angela's honeymoon at Mungo National Park (PDF format)
Click here to see a colour photo spread of Keith and Angela's month in Central Australia.
Click here to enlarge group photo.
Click here to find out about the Coober Pedy - Oodnadatta - William Creek 'Mail Run
Click here to enlarge the engagement photo
Click here for the newspaper report on the engagement of Keith McGowan and Angela - May 18 issue
Click here for the Melbourne Observer - Overnighters page (PDF) -May 18 issue
Click here for the Melbourne Observer full-colour front-page - May 25 issue (PDF)
Click here for the Melbourne Observer full-colour portrait - May 25 issue (PDF)
Click here to read the full Mebourne Observer edition - May 25 issue (PDF)
Updated: Wed., Mar. 15, 2006
Melbourne Observer - Radio Program
Click here for details (PDF)
The
Melbourne Observer has expanded across Victoria with our own weekly radio program on
3RPH - 1179FM - Radio for the Print Handicapped.
Articles from the Observer are read in a half-hour program at 9pm every Wednesday. Four readers take turns to read items from the current week’s edition.
3RPH is operated by Vision Australia, under the leadership of General Manager
Stephen Jolley.
3RPH can be heard across the entire Melbourne metropolitan area on a normal AM radio. The 1179 frequency was once occupied by
3KZ.
The Melbourne Observer program can also be heard on the 3RPH relay stations across country Victoria: Albury/Wodonga, Bendigo, Geelong, Mildura, Shepparton, Warragul and Warrnambool.
Melbourne: 1179 AM. Albury-Wodonga: 101.7 FM. Bendigo: 88.7 FM. Geelong: 99.5 FM.
Mildura: 107.5 FM. Shepparton: 100.1 FM. Warragul: 93.5 FM Warrnambool: 94.5 FM.
Updated: Wed., Feb. 8, 2006
Click here for Greg Irvine's Virtual Form Guide
Updated: Mon., Dec. 12, 2005
The Overnighters Book No 6 - 'Down Memory Lane' - is eleased.
Click here - to read the review published in the Melbourne Observer.
It is published by Andrew Rule, of Floradale Productions, and edited by Elizabeth Rule.
For postal orders, send cheque/money order for $20 plus $5 postage and handling (total $25), to PO Box 8023, Camberwell North, 3124.
The book will be available at the Overnighters Christmas parties, and a few selected locations before Christmas.
Click here to see how the Overnighters radio program is made (PDF fomat)
Updated: Tue., Sep. 20, 2005
About The Melbourne Observer
Mark Fletcher, writing for the Australian Newsagency Blog, about matters relating to Australia's 4600 newsagents:
www.towersystems.com.au/fhn_blog/archives/2005/09/melbourne_obser.html
'Melbourne Observer - A Newspaper Success Story'
"We used to sell two or three copies of the Melbourne Observer, a weekly tabloid newspaper. Now, we're selling between 60 and 100 copies a week. This jump in sales has occurred in the last two months. It has happened as a result of the product being re-worked to better connect with a specific demographic. It helps that the local talkback station discusses the newspaper regularly on the overnight shift. Melbourne Observer customers are not your usual newspaper customers so we’re seeing some welcome additional traffic."
Send in your contributions
Be an Observer Overnighters contributor
Your contributions are welcome to this website and newspaper page.
Send in your letters, poems, short stories, photos by e-mail: to mail@overnighters.com.au
Post: PO Box 1014, Research, Vic. 3095
Fax: 1-800 231 312
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The newspaper page and website are independently operated by the Melbourne Observer newspaper, and are not products of Radio 3AW or its parent company Fairfax Radio.
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