Sitting on a high ladder style stool feet propped on a bench while overlooking a car park doesn’t sound an ideal place to have breakfast. Strangely, it is pretty good. We shared the veranda space with two spaniels who relaxed at our feet and did not beg for tit bits or fuss about. They…
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This is a monthly free paper. It is not delivered. You need to pick one up from local outlets. I got mine from the Grumpy Swimmers Bookshop in Elwood. Another good place is Safeway in Balaclava. The editor describes this as an Open Newspaper. This means that anyone can write for it and summit…
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There are always people around the entrance to The Local Taphouse in Balaclava. One reason is because it is right on a tram stop and another is that the downstairs bar is popular and people sometimes spill out particularly in the summer. Last week on a surprisingly sunny July day I ate in…
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Middle Park – preserved Old Melbourne Tourists to Melbourne often see this city as the CBD and Lygon Street in Carlton. That was the way I saw Melbourne when I first visited here. I came a couple of times a year re-newed my friendships with these spots and of course the cake shops in…
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Get the flavour of East Timor at the Gallery in the St Kilda Town Hall – enter from Carlisle Street. The gallery is opposite the cashier in the foyer. You can check out the gallery when you pay for parking permits, rates or other council fees, or just pop in and take a look….
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On a recent Monday the beach from Elwood to Port Melbourne was crowded, the roads were hot and the temperature was 37 degrees . And if the waiter was to believed, 50 degrees inside the section of the Nautical Restaurant at 3 Station Pier that is alongside the water at Port Melbourne. The area…
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St Kilda markets are where to hang out in the evening on Thursday 20th December For those who follow this blog I want to let you know about a couple of night markets in St Kilda ( one starting this week) that you can check out before Christmas, it’s another opportunity to browse for…
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An evening picnic to celebrate this birthday has been arranged for this Friday, the 17th of November 2012. The friends of the St Kilda’s Botanical Gardens are celebrating the garden’s 151 birthday by inviting everyone to a free picnic from 5- 8pm – picnic into the dusk is what they are saying. They have…
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We lunched at this stylish restaurant in Carlisle Street recently and enjoyed the experience – its one we hope to repeat, soon. Ilona Staller is in a building which was once a bank then it became a Red Rooster outlet and now it has reinvented itself as a comfortable stylish restaurant. The striking art…
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The Grosvenor Hotel was lit up on a cold rainy night and on a whim we went in for an early meal. Grosvenor Hotel We arrived shortly after 6pm and for a good three quarters of an hour we had the Bistro to ourselves and the waiter’s full attention. We needed this attention. The…
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