filed in Cafes, Food, Markets, Melbourne, Richmond, Tram Route 109 on Jun.26, 2009
Take a trip into Asia on a Melbourne Saturday morning.
Take the 109 Tram and head to Victoria Street in Richmond. The moment you cross Hoddle Street the atmosphere changes. You are entering a different world.
Many people call this area little Saigon. I’ve been to Saigon but it’s not Saigon to me. To me it is [...]
filed in Cafes, Food, Melbourne, South Melbourne, Tram route 112 on Jun.20, 2009
Gas Eateries and Supply Cafe in South Melbourne is a place to hang out. Not necessarily to be seen or to see who is there rather because it’s that sort of a place.
It’s where to go to eat or sip a coffee and read the paper. There are singles, couples, friends and groups doing that [...]
filed in Cafes, Chapel Street, Food, Melbourne, St Kilda on Jun.13, 2009
Carlisle Street in East St Kilda was the Melbourne Place I got to know well when I first came to Melbourne. It was here I became familiar with Russian and Eastern European food for the first time.
The St Kilda Library in Carlisle Street has a large selection of Polish and Russian books in their foreign [...]
filed in Gardens, Melbourne, Melbourne Botanical Gardens, Parks, St Kilda, Tram Route 67, Tram Route 96 on Jun.07, 2009
One of the attractions at the St Kilda Botanical Gardens is the Giant Chess Board.
There is an area set aside especially for Chess near the pond and the conservatory. It has built in bench-seats and tables. The tables have regular chess boards set into them so you can bring your own set, sit in the [...]
filed in Arcades, CBD, Cafes, Federation Square, Melbourne on Jun.03, 2009
The Ian Potter Center in Federation Square is a great way to spend a damp and misty winter’s day.
The Atrium Ian Potter Centre.
This wonderful space houses part of NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) . This Gallery shows only Australian Art – which, as far as I know, makes it unique in Australia. Take one of [...]