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HOT: CERES Organic Cafe, CERES Community Environment Park Cnr Roberts and Stewart Streets, Brunswick East
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 9 February 2012
CERES Community Environmental Park is arguably Melbourne’s hippie hub. CERES stands for Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies and it’s a not-for-profit, sustainable urban farm located on the banks of Merri Creek in East Brunswick. But whether you wear hemp fisherman’s pants or carry a designer label handbag, I think everyone would enjoy [...]
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HOT: Poultrygeist, The Commoner, 122 Johnston St, Fitzroy
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 8 February 2012
As a regular reader of this blog you’ll know that (a) I love movies and (b) I love food. So when one of my local favourites The Commoner invited me to the launch night of their first movie-inspired multi-course menu I could hardly say no. And the theme was chooks! Roast chooks! In the form [...]
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Melbourne Quickie
Blog: Snaps and Flip Flops - 7 February 2012
Every time i visit Melbourne, I couldn't help but second guess my choice of living in Sydney. There are far more events in Melbourne -- be it sports, theatre or concerts, better cafes and restaurants, more extensive transport system and more late night shopping days. True, it doesn't have Sydney's beautiful harbour and beaches, and Sydney's supposedly more temperate weather (nowadays, temperamental is a better way to describe it) but sometimes i feel like my personality is much better suited to the Melbourne lifestyle.
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HOT: Marmalade and Soul, 162 Queens Pde, North Fitzroy
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 7 February 2012
What I love about Melbourne is that you can be going about your everyday mundaneness then bam! There’s a brand new cafe/restaurant right on your doorstep. So it was I was trekking to the bank, chemist and Officeworks when I took a double-take. What used to be the Recreation Hotel has been transformed into Marmalade [...]
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Americans on Australia = Pee Your Pants Funny
Blog: Vagobond.com - 7 February 2012
An example of American Geography at its worst [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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HOT – Urban Bloom Floral Delivery Service
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 6 February 2012
Here’s something a little different – no coffees, no cakes, no booze or burgers. Instead, it’s a review on a local, home grown subscription based floral delivery service. Urban Bloom is bringing sexy back to homes and boardrooms alike in the Brisbane city and surrounding suburban areas; from small arrangements as a beautiful centre piece [...]
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How to Prepare for a Cross-Country Train Trip in Australia
Blog: GoBackpacking - 6 February 2012
ne of the most memorable adventures I have had in Australia until now was when I traversed the entire country by train. This epic trip on the Indian Pacific train, named after the two oceans that the line connects, took me from Sydney all the way to the far reaches of the country — to [...]--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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HOT: Spelt Quinoa, 40 Johnston St, Fitzroy
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 5 February 2012
I think this Sunday Age article is kind of true – in the north there’s yoga for everybody (including dogs), hippies, fixies and all the girls look like they stepped out of frankie magazine. Which is why the shop Spelt Quinoa is perfect for the neighbourhood. This little shop of healthy goodness opened about a [...]
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The Kimberley – Hidden Treasure in Remote Australia
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 5 February 2012
From the saltwater Bardi culture, pristine beaches, rugged red cliffs of Cape Leveque and the multicultural city of Broome to the surreal rock scape of the Bungle Bungle beehives and the hidden waterfalls and palm oases of Echidna Chasm and Cathedral Gorge, the Kimberley is like no other place on earth. Located in the northern [...]
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HOT: My Mexican Cousin, Corner Sturt St and Southbank Boulevard, Southbank
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 2 February 2012
Finally the Arts Precinct has a decent place to eat, in the form of My Mexican Cousin. The all-day restaurant is part of the Melbourne Recital Centre and is a joint project between Savatore Malatesta (St Ali, Plantation) and Jerome Borazio (The Resurrection, Ponyfish Island). It’s named after St Ali‘s most famous breakfast dish ‘My Mexican [...]
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Vamos Rafa!
Blog: Snaps and Flip Flops - 1 February 2012
This is the reason why I often find myself in Melbourne at this time of the year. For the past several years now, I've been hoping to catch Rafael Nadal in action but have always been unlucky. This year, to up my chances of finally seeing him play in person, I decided to buy tickets to both men's semifinals games of the Australian Open. I just have to see him!
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HOT: Carolina, 11 Nicholson St, East Brunswick
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 1 February 2012
Carolina is a new cafe in East Brunswick where pram-pushing mums, bike riders and hip young things collide (or sometimes, in my case, I like to think I’m all three). What was a former Italian shoe store called ‘Invicta’ has been transformed into a casual cafe with all the right elements to appeal to their [...]
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Hosier Lane, Melbourne
Blog: Snaps and Flip Flops - 31 January 2012
This lane is another one of those unexpected, yet fantastic discoveries. We were looking for Yu-U, a popular yet hard to find Japanese restaurant in the CBD, when we chanced upon this cool little alley. We didn't find Yu-U, but who cares? We had so much fun looking and taking pictures of these amazing street arts that we forgot about Yu-U altogether. Yu what?
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HOT: Annoying Brother Espresso + Kitchen, 650 Nicholson St, North Fitzroy
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 31 January 2012
Do you have a brother? Does he make you coffee? Cook you eggs? Bake you muffins? If he’s an annoying brother, then he might just do so. Annoying Brother Espresso + Kitchen is a small new cafe that’s opened on the southern end of Nicholson St village on the corner of Bik Lane. I have [...]
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Australian Open at Federation Square
Blog: Snaps and Flip Flops - 30 January 2012
After two nights of watching the men's Australian Open semis inside the arena, we were content to sit out the women's finals. Besides, we can watch it for free at Federation Square :) Since our trips to Melbourne have always been about the Australian Open, Fed Square now feels like our home away from home.
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HOT: Alimentari, 251 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 29 January 2012
New cafes seem to spring up every week in Fitzroy so when a cafe manages to outlast the competition for over a decade you know it must be good. So it goes with Alimentari. I remember when it used to be just a crushed little front room but the back room now opens up for [...]
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A Visit to My Happy Place – The InterContinental Melbourne: Rialto
Blog: Landlopers - 27 January 2012
I love hotels, from the grand lobbies to the little bathroom amenities, the entire experience of staying with a high quality, luxury hotel is an event unto itself. While traveling through Australia, I partnered with InterContinental Hotels Group to put their famous service to the...Copyright LandLopers All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
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5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Becoming an Expat in Australia
Blog: GoBackpacking - 25 January 2012
n March, Sydney will be my home for 3 years. Three years is a very long time for a person like myself to call one place their home, but really I’m beginning to feel as if the true meaning of “home” will never be applied to my life in Australia. As stated in my introductory [...]--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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NOT: Kokoro Ramen, 157-159 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 24 January 2012
In the documentary and cross-cultural love story ‘Banana in a Nutshell’ there’s a funny moment where the Chinese girl and her Anglo boyfriend argue whether cereal is a breakfast food or ‘anytime’ food. It mirrors the kind of conversations that I’ve had with RM before – to me cereal is only for breakfast, whereas he thinks [...]
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The Weekly Photo: The Secluded Beach
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 22 January 2012
A secluded beach in the Buccaneer Archipelago of Western Australia
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HOT: Mama Baba, 21 Daly St, South Yarra
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 22 January 2012
Another day, another George Calombaris restaurant opens. That man (along with Andrew McConnell and Chris Lucas) is taking over this town! But that’s ok, when he’s able to bring consistently excellent food and service to the four corners of Melbourne. He’s got it all covered – north, south, east, central…the only place missing is west (and [...]
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HOT: St Katherine’s, 26 Cotham Rd, Kew
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 22 January 2012
So George Calombaris may not know about the calculation of penalty rates for his waitstaff, but he does know how to run a good quality restaurant. PM24, Hellenic Republic, The Press Club and now St Katherine’s all get my whole-hearted recommendation. St Katherine’s showcases mid-priced, relaxed, high quality region-influenced food and I think this Greek/Turkish/Middle Eastern hybrid [...]
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Wild Art of the Derwent
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 20 January 2012
I've just had a pleasant short visit to Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, and the four days I spent there were dominated by thoughts of MONA.I refer, of course, to the Museum of Old and New Art, which has rapidly become the city's number one tourist attraction since its opening a year ago.
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HOT: Rooftop Cinema, 6/252 Swanston St, Melbourne
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 20 January 2012
Ah summer! There are certain events that happen every year which really mark the season in Melbourne. Cricket. Tennis. The Suzuki Night Market. Free music in the parks. And one of my favourites, outdoor cinema. Every year I try to get to at least one summer movie screening under the stars – it’s still a [...]
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HOT – Hamptons Home Living – 180 La Trobe Terrace, Paddington.
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 19 January 2012
This is without a doubt the best venue in Brisbane that I’ve been to when it comes to enjoying a view, in conjunction with my first and favourite meal of the day . Not only is the outlook exceptional at Hamptons Home Living, but so too the food, the coffee, the service….the whole lot was [...]
