Mention the Stokehouse where I live and everyone has an opinion and something to say about it. The entrance to the Stokehouse. Its location has to be one of the best in Melbourne. The view from upstairs is spectacular as I discovered during a couple of office Christmas lunches. So good in fact that…
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Saigon means Vietnam, to most of us, yet Cafe Saigon 159 – 161 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park serves a variety dishes from a number of Asian countries. I’m not sure if this is an advantage or not. The people with me have been to Cafe Saigon several times and knew exactly what they were…
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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…
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Summertime in Melbourne is market time and markets spring up all over the place – Pre-Christmas I had great success with some Christmas presents at a market set up in the Elwood School grounds. This flurry of summer markets led me to forget the markets that just keep-on-keeping-on. The Esplanade Market in St Kilda…
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I had the luck to find myself at Blairgowrie Beach on the Mornington Peninsular for Christmas. On Christmas Day it was amazingly quiet there. I expected the little village to be filled with Christmas revelers. It wasn’t. It was closed and empty. All these photos were taken on Christmas Day – when the lack…
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The St Kilda Beach Night Market has become an annual event on the St Kilda calendar. I love night markets. The first one I explored was in Yogyakarta in Indonesia. There was magic in the air with the music and colours but I felt uneasy being in such a crowded place with so many…
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Cuppa Cottage? What a name I thought. Who would think that up? Would someone really expect people to be drawn to a cafe with that name? I have a friend who can’t get the words the right way round and calls it Cottage Cuppa. Either way it is a silly name. I guess naming…
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Weekend biking around the Eastern Bays is a Melbourne tradition. On Saturday and Sunday mornings hordes of bikers, in the very best lycra and helmets, form packs and peddle furiously along Beach Road to Marine Parade in St Kilda and then on to Port Melbourne. Those of us who drive have to keep a…
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Winter afternoons are a great time for coffee and cake – well any afternoon but in winter I am more comfortable about indulging myself. A reward for being out and about in the chill of the afternoon. If you are out and about in Port Melbourne and feel the need for such a reward…
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The Hotel Nest in Albert Park is an ideal place for Sunday Lunch. I’m not talking brunch here. This is a place for lunch. It’s an old Pub on the corner of Victoria and Page Streets that like so many pubs in the area has taken on a new lease of life. It has…
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