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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Brunswick Street on a busy Saturday afternoon and you’re shopping until you drop. Give yourself a break – feed your soul for a moment? Duck into the Fitzroy Nursery – The Artists Gardens at 390 Brunswick Street. Listen to the fountains playing, gaze at the lush plants, take in the garden art and find…
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Want an ice cream or a cake fix? The Gelobar at 47 Lygon Street, East Brunswick is the place to start. It is also the place to end – a visit there and you won’t need to try anywhere else. You’ll leave there with a grin on your face. And if you are someone…
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The funky end of Chapel Street – that is the end by the Windsor Station and Dandenong Road – is one of the first places in Melbourne that I explored. It was different from any place I’d seen and it is still different. Over the years places have come and gone and some have…
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The Alister Clark Memorial Rose garden is one of the highlights of a visit to the St Kilda Botanical Gardens, in Blessington Street. It is autumn now and many of the roses are still in bloom – pruning hasn’t started yet so there is still a lot to admire – and smell. The garden…
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Get away from the crowds at St Kilda Beach and take the train to Sandringham Beach. The Sandringham Train Line takes you right to the beach. The station is literally two minuets walk from the beach. Grab the train at Flinders Street, sit back and relax while you gaze at the passing parade of…
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St Kilda is a great place to see some of Melbourne’s population of Rosellas. They sleep in the palm streets around the tram stop at Luna Park. In the morning you can see them flying off and at dusk they head for home in great flocks swooping into the palms and yelling to each…
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It’s in your face Motorbikes. The décor at La Porchetta in Charlton North is stunning – gob-smacking if you are seeing it for the first time. Full sized motorbikes hang from the ceiling that is already covered with motorbike posters. It’s worth a trip to Carlton North to experience it. The pizzas are at…
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This weekend Inkerman Street in East St Kilda has a change in culture. The railway bridge on the Sandringham Line that spans Inkerman Street between Windsor and Balaclava stations is being strengthened. Inkerman street has been block in both directions for vehicles and foot traffic. So to access the Inkerman Hotel, the popular café…
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