It was 2004, Jennifer Hawkins won the Miss Universe contest, Case Donovan won Australian Idol, Cheez TV left our mornings and Australian captain Steve Waugh retired from cricket.
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Locally there was a lot happening! Junior sport was dominating the back end of the paper.
School was out so there was holiday fun at the skate park and a scout award ceremony.
Once school resumed there were excursions for many schools in various years.
There were babies born who would be 17 now.
Check it out in the gallery below.
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Remember these?
MUSIC
Take me out
Franz Ferdinand took out 2004's Triple J Hottest 100.
MOVIES
Shrek is love
Shrek 2 set a new record for total gross by an animated film making it the highest grossing animated film of all time, the record was latter surpassed by Toy Story 3 in 2010, as well as the 3D rereleases of The Lion King and Finding Nemo in late 2011 and late 2012 (which are the second and third highest grossing animated films of all time).
GAMES
With the touch of a finger
Nintendo launches its DS handheld in the United States. It later went on to become the second-highest selling video game platform of all time and the highest-selling handheld video game platform of all time.
TV
Only one thing on my mind
Saturday, 20 August 2005 was the last episode of Cheez TV broadcast after 10 years on the air, though Lappin and Gatt's final on-air appearance took place during Friday, 31 December 2004.
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