Entries in the ‘Port Melbourne’ Category:
filed in Albert Park, Food, Hotels/pubs, Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Tram Route 1, Tram Route 109 on Oct.15, 2011
The Local Pub is a sports pub and on the evening we were there they had the Rugby world cup on every screen. There are a lot of screens. This is a plus if you are there to watch sport. We had a smallish screen on the wall beside our table. The Rugby Game [...]
Tags: Albert Park, Pubs, South Melbourne, Sunday Lunch
filed in European food, Food, Markets, Melbourne, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Tram Route 96 on Oct.04, 2010
One of my favourite breads in Melbourne is Noisette’s Sourdough Fruit Bread and my favourite Melbourne place to buy it is at the Pickadeli in the South Melbourne Market.
In fact now I think about I only buy it at the Market. I still pop into Noisette’s on Bay Street, Port Melbourne for coffee and cake [...]
Tags: market, Port Melbourne, shopping, South Melbourne
filed in Food, Hotels/pubs, Port Melbourne, Tram Route 109 on Jan.24, 2010
The Hotel Albion is said to be ‘recognized as a Port Melbourne Landmark’. I‘m not sure why this is because its architecture is the same as many corner pubs in the area – solid and square with little decoration.
The facade is even plainer than many pubs around Port Melbourne, Albert Park and South Melbourne– see [...]
Tags: Port Melbourne, Pubs
filed in Albert Park, Melbourne, Parks, Photos, Port Melbourne, Tram Route 1 on Aug.20, 2009
This photo of penguins in Antarctic by Lisa Davidson is on display in the Foyer of the Gasworks Theatre, Albert Park.
There are two galleries in the Gasworks Theatre. The foyer of the theatre is used for exhibitions and then there is the Angela Robarts-Bird Gallery.
The exhibitions in the foyer rotate regularly usually about every two [...]
Tags: Albert Park, Antarctica, Artists studios, Gasworks Park
filed in Beaches, Cafes, Food, Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Tram Route 109 on Jul.08, 2009
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 a great [...]
Tags: cakes, coffee, Sunday Lunch
filed in Parks, Port Melbourne on Apr.28, 2009
Local Authorities do get it right, sometimes!
They have with Gasworks Park in South Melbourne/Albert Park. It was once the old South Melbourne Gasworks that was decommissioned. In 1992 it became Gasworks Arts Park. This includes a theatre.
The Arts in the title is significant. Art works are on show throughout the park and [...]
Tags: Artists studios, Gasworks Park