Melbourne Places

The Station Hotel in Footscray is one of the many corner pubs in Melbourne that has re-invented itself and turned itself into a gastro pub (Gastronomic pub).  No longer the bangers and mash ordered at the counter, now it is dining-room service for these old pubs.  The kitchens are run by chefs who have proved [...]

Recently,  I scrolled through some of the blogs  I follow and read a review of the  Dae Jang Geum Korean BBQ.  We decided to try the restaurant. 
When I mentioned at work  that I would be lunching at a Korean Restaurant everyone said,
“What’s Korean food like?”
It is a good question.  We know so much about [...]

For the next few Sundays life in St Kilda and particularly on Acland Street is going to get more vibrant.  St Kilda is in the middle of holding the Busking Festival.   The actual location for the buskers is being shared by various street venues.
Fitzroy Street have had their turn and last Sunday, April 18,  it [...]

Guilfoyle’s Volcano sits on top of the highest corner of the Royal Botanic Gardens and from here you can look over the rest of the gardens and to Melbourne’s CBD.
For years this strange wonder was hidden under an uncared for wilderness.
It was built in 1876 by William Guilfolye, who is quoted as saying, “ Combine [...]

The  Antalya Restaurant serving Turkish food at 233 Sydney Road Coburg is the genuine article  The Turkish food is as good as you would get it in Turkey.  I have this on the authority of a fellow diner who had recently returned from Turkey.  The place felt authentic. It felt comfortable and had an edge [...]

The Special Cake Shop at 207 Chapel Street, Prahran is an institution in the area.

Over the years Prahran cafes and food outlets have come and gone but not  the Special Cake Shop.  It  just keeps on keeping on.  It was opened in the mid 1950s by a Greek Immigrant and then bought in 1976 by [...]

Mary and Max!  Did you see the movie ‘Mary and Max’?  It is an animation classic  that tells the story of two unlikely pen pals.  Mary from Mt Waverley Melbourne is 8 when she writes her first letter to Max.  He is a chubby 48 year old Jewish man with Asperger’s Syndrome living in fast [...]