filed in Albert Park, Birds, Cafes, Food, Melbourne, Parks, Tram Route 96 on Sep.20, 2010
Albert Park and Albert Park Lake have moved into spring with the cutest and most beautiful baby swans (cygnets) sifting through the grass and gliding around on the lake. Some are very young – just balls of pale grey fluff and it is amazing to see them staggering about on their little legs.
One family of [...]
filed in Albert Park, Cafes, Food, Markets, Melbourne, St Kilda, Tram Route 96, Vintage on May.19, 2010
You don’t have to be a railway buff to enjoy a stop at the Victorian Railway Arts and Antiques – the place that is like a museum.
Ride the 96 tram that’s the light rail, to St Kilda and get off at the Albert Park Station.
From the platform you walk into the old, red, brick station [...]
filed in Cafes, Food, Markets, Melbourne, South Melbourne, Tram Route 96, Tram route 112 on May.04, 2010
Sunday. The sun is shining and the part of the world that is South Melbourne is buzzing. A good place to take in all this buzz is at an outside table at the Red Star Cafe. On a cold day a window table inside would do just as well.
This cafe is right opposite the main [...]
filed in Cafes, Chapel Street, European food, Food, Melbourne, Prahran, Tram Route 6, Tram Route 78 on Apr.07, 2010
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 [...]
filed in Arcades, Cafes, Chapel Street, European food, Food, Markets, Melbourne, Prahran, Tram Route 72 on Mar.29, 2010
The Prahran Market is a foodies market. It is all about food, preparing it, cooking it and eating it. If that sounds like you The Prahran Market is the place to explore. Take your recipes and search out those unusual ingredients.
I think it is best on Saturday. The produce seems to be fresher as if [...]
filed in Albert Park, Cafes, Food, Melbourne, St Kilda, Tram Route 96 on Feb.07, 2010
One of my favourite places to breakfast in Melbourne is the Mart Cafe at Middle Park – Middle Park tram stop for tram 96 to St Kilda.
This cafe is right on the tram stop – platform 2. Notice the name – tram backwards.
In the summer I wander in early and make my way out onto [...]
filed in Cafes, European food, Food, Melbourne, South Melbourne, Tram Route 1 on Nov.29, 2009
The head office of a company I worked for was in Park Street, South Melbourne, across the road from Chimmys.
Chimmys was the place to grab a coffee before racing to a meeting or a training course. The Head Office moved and I forgot about Chimmys until recently when I was in Park Street and wanted [...]
filed in CBD, Cafes, City circle tram, Melbourne on Nov.15, 2009
There are some fascinating places in Melbourne. Russell House or The Old Corner Shop, as it is often called, is one of them. Places like this are what make Melbourne such an exciting city to explore.
As you are wandering up Kings Street or along La Trobe Street at the edge of the CBD you suddenly [...]
filed in Cafes, Food, Melbourne, Richmond, Tram Route 70, Tram Route 78, books on Nov.05, 2009
At the Booktalk Cafe, 91 Swan Street, Richmond food, coffee and books seem to be of equal importance. The cafe is central to the ambiance of the shop. The tables and chairs are in the middle of the space and then they wander between the book cases to the back of the room. This is [...]
filed in Beaches, Cafes, Food, Melbourne, Sandringham Beach, Vintage on Oct.21, 2009
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 something is difficult. [...]