2005 Australian Blog Awards – Nominations

It’s been almost a year since the inaugural Australian Blog Awards were held, and based on last years experience, I’m starting the nominations phase earlier this time.

So, I’m pleased to announce that nominations for the 2005 Australian Blog Awards are open.

The categories this year are:

  • Best Overall Australian Blog

  • Best Post on an Australian Blog

Location Categories

For a blog to be eligable for one of the location based awards, the blog’s main contributor(s) must reside in that state, territory or be overseas. A blog cannot be nominated for more than one of these blogs. Blogs with contributions coming equaly from more than one location will have to nominate which category they wish to contest.

  • Best NSW Blog
  • Best Victorian Blog
  • Best Tasmanian Blog
  • Best Queensland Blog
  • Best West Australian Blog
  • Best South Australian Blog
  • Best Northern Territory Blog
  • Best Australian Capital Territory Blog
  • Best Overseas Australian Blog

Style Categories

  • Best Humourous Australian Blog
  • Best Designed Australian Blog
  • Best Australian Personal Blog
  • Best Australian Political Blog
  • Best Australian Photo Blog
  • Best Australian Tech Blog
  • Best New Australian Blog
  • Best Australian Collaborative Blog

Nominations can be made by leaving a comment on this post, and they will accepted until the first week of January 2005 (exact date to be announced). Once the nominations have been compiled they’ll be announced, the voting phase will begin and votes will be accepted up until ABOUT the 25th of January 2005. Once again, the announced of the winners will be SCHEDULED to coincide with Australia Day i.e. 26th of January. However, ALL dates quoted are subject to change depending on work load… so don’t be surprised if there’s slippage in the schedule.

The voting system will once again be the much loved optional preferential voting system… but before you take the easy way out and take advantage of the “optional” aspect of the system, please keep in mind that preferences were vital in several categories last time.

Finally, I ask that when you’re making your nominations

  1. you provide the sites name
  2. you provide the sites address
  3. you limit your nominations to ONE per category (that way each nominations should get at least one vote)

As I don’t want to have to try to decipher the nominations. Also, if you notice that a site you considered nominating has already been nominated in a category, feel free to NOT nominate it again 🙂

Okay. Time to get nominating… and spread the word about the 2005 Australian Blog Awards, and spread it early.

[Update 15/12/04 23:25 – “Best Australian Collaborative Blog” category added]
[Update 16/12/04 23:55 – “Best Post on an Australian Blog” category added… suggested by Tim Dunlop of The Road To Surfdom fame. Also deleted to request that people not nominate sites already nominated, as doing so may have encouraged them to nominate another blog in its place, thereby potentially increasing the number of blogs that will not get a single first round vote 🙁 ]
[Update 01/01/2005 23:32 – Nominations will close on the 3rd of January. Lists of the nominations will be posted and the voting phase of the 2005 Australian Blog Awards will begin on the 4th of January, 2005, and remain open until the 25th of January. Winners will be announced on the 26th of January, 2005.]
[Update 03/01/2005 23:59 – Nominations are now closed!!!]

Related Links:
2004 Australian Blog Awards Nominations
2004 Australian Blog Awards Winners

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224 Comments

  4. Best Overall Australian Blog : Kitta.net
    Best West Australian Blog : Kitta.net
    Best Australian Political Blog : Kitta.net
    Best Humorous Australian Blog :Kitta.net
    Best Australian Personal Blog: Kitta.net

    Fear the little red monkey!

  9. Beelzebub II votes.

    * Best Humourous Australian Blog- THERE AIN’T NO SANITY CLAUSE

    * Best Australian Personal Blog- DOCK OF THE BAY

    * Best Australian Political Blog -BACKPAGES

    * Best New Australian Blog- PLODDING ALONG TO GLORY

    * Best Australian Collaborative Blog- TROPPO ARMADILLO

    * Best NSW Blog- DIOGENESIAN DISCOURSE

    * Best Victorian Blog- BOYNTON and THE MELBOURNE LEFTY

    * Best Tasmanian Blog – BIG BOB’S

    * Best South Australian Blog- DOCK OF THE BAY

    * Best Australian Capital Territory Blog- CRAZY BRAVE

    * Best Overseas Australian Blog- ROAD TO SURFDOM

    BEST OVERALL BLOG – BARISTA.

  10. SORRY Beelzebub hates to read instructions before tackling something.

    ADDENDUM to ABOVE (I think) WITH LINKS

    * Best Humourous Australian Blog- THERE AIN’T NO SANITY CLAUSE

    * Best Australian Personal Blog- DOCK OF THE BAY

    * Best Australian Political Blog –BACKPAGES

    * Best New Australian Blog- PLODDING ALONG TO GLORY

    * Best Australian Collaborative Blog- TROPPO ARMADILLO

    * Best NSW Blog- DIOGENESIAN DISCOURSE

    * Best Victorian Blog- BOYNTON

    * Best Tasmanian Blog –BIG BOB’S

    * Best South Australian Blog- DOCK OF THE BAY

    * Best Australian Capital Territory Blog- CRAZY BRAVE

    * Best overseas Australian Blog-ROAD TO SURFDOM

    *BEST OVERALL AUSTRALIAN BLOG – BARISTA

  22. Best NSW Blog
    darpism.com

    Best Victorian Blog
    knifey-knifeyard.blogspot.com

    Best Queensland Blog
    houseofdebaucheryandbeeyotching.blogspot.com

    Best West Australian Blog
    tealou.com

    Best South Australian Blog
    dogfightatbankstown.typepad.com

    Best Australian Capital Territory Blog
    teejmahal.com

    Best Overseas Australian Blog
    Facepalm.blogspot.com

    Best Humourous Australian Blog
    reasonsyouwillhateme.blogspot.com

    Best Australian Personal Blog
    nadstown.boudist.com

    Best Australian Political Blog
    robertcorr.net

    Best Australian Collaborative Blog
    ausculture.com

    Best post on an Australian Blog
    “Listen to the radio” – Ausculture

  27. Best NSW Blog
    blastradius.blogspot.com

    Best Victorian Blog
    moreaustralianramblings.blogspot.com
    melbournelefty.blogspot.com

    Best Queensland Blog
    houseofdebaucheryandbeeyotching.blogspot.com

    IF DAVE DOESN’T WIN, SOMETHING IS TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY WRONG!

    Best West Australian Blog
    robertcorr.net/blog

    Best South Australian Blog
    watchdogofthewankers.blogspot.com

    Best Australian Capital Territory Blog
    teejmahal.com

    Best Overseas Australian Blog
    Facepalm.blogspot.com

    Best Humourous Australian Blog
    reasonsyouwillhateme.blogspot.com

    Best Australian Personal Blog
    fulminationofthought.com

    Best Australian Political Blog
    robertcorr.net

    Best Australian Collaborative Blog
    ausculture.com

    Best post on an Australian Blog
    “Jessie’s Girl/Tony Abbott – Ms Fits”

    Where can I find a woman like that?

  33. Best overall Australian Blog-
    http://www.darpism.com

    Darp is one of the only bloggers who actually gets off his arse and makes a difference. He doesn’t just write about the issues he goes that step further and acts upon what he believs in. Go darp Go!!!

  37. Also (if I may), Best Victorian Blog: jazzyhands.
    She is gritty, determined, won’t give up! She is the bushman’s wife in the old bark hut, lugging great heavy cooking pots around. Yes, and stirring up a feed on an open fire! She is dauntless, fearless – she battles on. Yet in her heart are the tenderest emotions….
    Her Best post: Peep Show. Cop onto it. Bloody ripper! And just so happens, my comments feature in it. Well, what a coincidence. (heh heh)

    http://jazzyhands.blogspot.com

  38. I think all the blogs I’m nominating have been URL’d, so i’ll save time.

    Best: Road to Surfdom
    WA: Yobbo
    NSW: Darp
    QLD: Paul n Carl
    Vic: Sedgewick and Jeremy
    Tas: Big Bob
    Personal: She Sells Sanctuary
    Best post: Gianna’s post noted above – “Of tradesmen and marsupials”, or Gianna’s other post on the kind, but freaky, old woman that disappeared (which I can’t find at the moment – the post, not the old woman)
    Best new: Sailing Close to the wind

  45. Best Overall Australian Blog – Reasons You Will Hate Me
    Best Post on an Australian Blog – Diana Elgar Unplugged
    Best NSW Blog – Nadstown
    Best Victorian Blog – The Missing Ingredient
    Best West Australian Blog – Too Askew
    Best Overseas Australian Blog – AntiPixel
    Best Designed Australian Blog – Looby Lu
    Best Australian Personal Blog – Floating Signifier
    Best Australian Political Blog – Darpism
    Best Australian Photo Blog – Diversionary
    Best Australian Collaborative Blog – AusCulture

  48. Best overall:
    Ausculture
    Best Aussie Humour:
    < a href="http://www.reasonsyouwillhateme.blogspot.com/">Reasons you will hate me
    Best NSW:
    Darpism
    Best New: