A day out from Melbourne is rejuvenating. There’s the drive, the chat in the car and the arrival of the green fields with grazing animals as Melbourne slips away. At the moment the fields are lush with the autumn leaves falling and the world out there is clean and fresh. How’s that for the…
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Mordialloc is a place I usually drive through on my way to somewhere else. This time I stopped. I was with a friend who had an appointment nearby that brought us to lunch time. We were lucky. We found Main Street Cafe. I didn’t expect to find anything with a Brunswick or Chapel Street…
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Have you ever seen a lake of lotus flowers and their seed heads? It is hard to believe that huge pink flowers are real. The place to get the full effect of these magical flowers is the Blue Lotus Water Garden at Yarra Junction just outside Melbourne. When I think of lotus flowers I…
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Do you need some magic in your life? Go down to Phillip Island and watch the penguin parade. It’s magic. I saw it a few weekends ago. It is an outdoor thing to do so the weather is something to factor in. We were lucky it was a mild windless night and I found…
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