filed in Melbourne, Melbourne Botanical Gardens, Parks on May.18, 2013
Entrance Royal Botanical Gardens Cranbourne
There are two parts to the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens.
1. They contain one of Victoria’s most precious areas of native bushland. This area is full of tracks so that you can shoulder your day pack and experience the atmosphere of walking in an area of native bushland. This extensive area is home [...]
filed in CBD, Cafes, Food, Hotels/pubs, Melbourne, Port Melbourne on Apr.04, 2013
During the wine and food festival the Express Lunch promotion was a good way to check out a top restaurant at a reasonable price. $40 with a glass of Australian wine.
Our first booking was at Bristo Guillaume in the Crown Entertainment Complex, with its wonderful location on Southbank and its striking entrance way.
We were seated [...]
filed in Beaches, Cafes, Food, Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Tram Route 109 on Feb.26, 2013
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 was [...]
filed in Arcades, CBD, Cafes, Food, Hamburgers, Melbourne on Jan.16, 2013
Degraves Street, Hardware Lane, ACDC Lane, Centre Place, Crossley Street, Hosier Lane, Myers Place and Degraves Street.
This is a list of some of the more well-know laneways in Melbourne’s CBD. I have begun and finished with Degraves Street because it’s my favourite laneway. I like its grunginess and dinginess. Its vibe and its people. I [...]
filed in Balaclava, Cafes, Food, Melbourne, Sandringham Line, Sandringham Train Line, St Kilda East, Tram 16 on Nov.09, 2012
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 deco building dominates [...]
filed in Beaches, Food, Hamburgers, Hotels/pubs, Melbourne, Port Melbourne on Nov.01, 2012
The Local in Bay Street Port Melbourne has become a fairly regular haunt, especially for a quick meal after work. I wrote about my first visit here. It has such a nice ‘pubby’ atmosphere – a sort of reminder of what pubs used to be.
There is nothing of the Gastro Pub here – you order [...]
filed in Asian, Cafes, Chapel Street, Food, Melbourne, Tram Route 78, Windsor on Aug.12, 2012
I visited the Red Door in Windsor about eighteen months ago (see here) and had lunch with a friend. The Red Door was relaxed and peaceful. Even though there were a number of customers the feeling was one of intimacy.
Last Saturday evening I returned with a group of ten people for an evening out. Fortunately [...]
filed in Food, Hamburgers, Hotels/pubs, Melbourne, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Tram route 112 on Jul.01, 2012
The Palmerston Hotel has been around forever or so it seems. I have driven past it countless times. It is something to look at when you are jammed in a traffic snarl on Kings Way.
On warm summer days you can see patrons outside. While I am imprisoned in my car I haven’t warmed to people [...]
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 [...]
filed in Asian, Chapel Street, Food, Melbourne, Prahran, Tram Route 78, Windsor on Sep.28, 2011
The Red Door has been operating in the same space for number years. I have seen the red door and the beautiful street art on the side of the wall but never visited until now. I’m not sure why.
A strong recommendation from a colleague prompted my first visit. She went on a week day evening [...]