I'm going to Bondi, but not to visit this bloke ...

A fellow journo said in court yesterday that it had been a pretty quiet year for news in Melbourne. How that has changed in 24 hours. An awful collision involving a truck and a V/Line passenger train that killed 11 people yesterday followed by the news that the fat fugitive Tony Mokbel was caught in Greece last night. And now word that some high-profile footballers will be charged over a pub brawl last year in St Kilda.

Well, I am going to Bondi in two weeks time for yet another break after last year's memorable trip. And in a strange twist, Mokbel used the alias, Stephen Papas, who apparently hails from Abion Street in Bondi. I'll be able to tell you in a fortnight's time if that's actually the case. But one thing is true. Papas, sorry Fat Tony, could pass as The Fifth Beatle.