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Photo of the Week: Fishing in Carnarvon
Blog: The Travel Project - 8 June 2011
Watching the deep red sunrise grow over Carnarvon from One mile jetty is a must when visiting the Gasgoyne Pilbara region in Western Australia
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HOT: Fly Me To the Moon, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Palais Theatre, St Kilda
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 6 June 2011
The 2011 Melbourne International Jazz Festival kicked off at the glamorous Palais Theatre with an opening night of jazz standards reinterpreted by a group of not-your-usual jazz vocalists – Tex Perkins, Paris Wells, Eddie Perfect and Kimbra. The four singers rotated two or three songs over two acts, accompanied by the impressively tight Sam Keevers Trio [...]
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Sydney Restaurants: Where To Eat in Sydney
Blog: Pommie Travels - 6 June 2011
Australia’s cultural hub, Sydney is famous for the iconic Opera House, swanky harbour and the white sands of Bondi beach. My destination Sydney has it all – sun, sea, surf as well as great bars and nightlife, a vibrant artistic and cultural scene and excellent public transport links in which to tour the city. Sydney [...]
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How To Enjoy The Good Life Down Under
Blog: As We Travel - 6 June 2011
Sydney, Australia was the last stop for my friend and I after 5 months of [...]How To Enjoy The Good Life Down Under - As We Travel - Around The World Travel Blog
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HOT – Lady Marmalade – Cnr Logan Rd and Cleveland St, Stones Corner.
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 5 June 2011
Perched on some age old real estate just next to the Stones Corner round-about, Lady Marmalade cafe is a funky mishmash of retro and kitsch decor with obscure little trinkets and 1950’s dust collectors lining the walls and shelves. It’s got that old school feel that takes you back to school holidays at your Gran’s [...]
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HOT: The Art of the Brick, Federation Square, Melbourne
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 5 June 2011
For a grown woman, I get inordinately excited by Lego. Witness me lining up whilst 8 months pregnant to get into Brickvention, Australia’s premier Lego fan convention. So as quickly as you can say ‘Lego Technic’ I hit the purchase button for tickets to The Art of the Brick, an exhibition of large-scale Lego sculptures [...]
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HOT – Stone and Metal – Shop 3/60 James St (Cnr Arthur St), Fortitude Valley
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 2 June 2011
From June 2nd to 9th, James St businesses will kick things up a notch in with a cool, new local project which sees the showcasing of contemporary art within the design and retail stores that reside on the funky strip. One of the participating retailers is the ultra cool and seriously original Stone and Metal [...]
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NOT: Julio, 171 Miller St, Fitzroy North
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 2 June 2011
Last week The Age’s Melbourne Magazine published its list of top 30 Melbourne cafes. Obviously such a list is going to create some controversy but as I scanned the names I nodded in agreement with most of their choices. Then I got out my diary to make a note of the cafes that I had [...]
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HOT: Underground Cinema Magic, Chinese Museum, 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 1 June 2011
A few days before my trip to Underground Cinema, I was told that the secret location for the screening was the Chinese Museum in Chinatown. Hmm, the theme was Magic and the dresscode Magic/Oriental/Harajuku, yet the location was Chinese? Very mysterious. Down a dimly lit laneway we lined up as the clues to the film were [...]
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HOT – Taro’s Ramen & Cafe – Ground Floor, 363 Adelaide St, Brisbane CBD
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 31 May 2011
A friend of mine ‘checks in’ to Taro’s Ramen & Cafe every Thursday night and just raves about the quality of food. Can ramen really be that good? I eventaully managed to wangle myself an invitation (after some not so gentle persuasion) to see what all the fuss was about. The four of us kicked [...]
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HOT: LuxBite, 38 Toorak Rd, South Yarra
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 31 May 2011
A few months ago I lost my head at a charity auction for Twestival and placed an outrageous winning bid on a macaron tower by LuxBite. Fifty macarons, all to myself! *mwah-ha-ha-ha* There’s been a lot of hoo-hah about macarons in Melbourne and the consensus from the blogosphere seems to be that South Yarra dessert cafe [...]
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NOT: Egg Bistro – 989 Stanley St, East Brisbane
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 29 May 2011
A couple of false starts and high expectations may well be the reason behind Egg Bistro being awarded a NOT; but after much deliberation and consultation with MM and my inner self, I’m now confident this NOT is justified. I’ve being hearing ‘Egg this’ and ‘Egg that’ in every local rag, and unfortunately our first [...]
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Canberra, Australia: The Musical Version
Blog: Travelogged - 28 May 2011
When my friend Felicity Loughrey told me that she was moving to Canberra, she emailed me a link to a video that, well, basically pokes fun at Australia’s capital city. But at least it does so musically! But hey, you gotta love a place that has a sense of humor about itself. And the lyrics [...]
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7 of the Most Famous Walking Trails in the World
Blog: WildJunket - 27 May 2011
Last autumn, I was on Jeju island, South Korea to attend the first ever World Trail Conference. Trail experts from around the world shared interesting information about their trails, stirring my interest in traipsing these trails.
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HOT Chat: Benjamin Roberts of SKAPA BILDA
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 27 May 2011
I recently visited the Portobello Bride Boutique Wedding Market with two of my about-to-be-wed friends and was enraptured with the work of SKAPA BILDA. Who knew you could create such gorgeousness with paper! Todays’ HOT Chat is with Benjamin Roberts, one of the principals of SKAPA BILDA. Thanks Benjamin! Benjamin, tell me a bit more about [...]
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HOT: Moo Moo (The Wine Bar & Grill) – Stamford Plaza, Edward St, Brisbane.
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 26 May 2011
Moo Moo’s probably doesn’t require too much of an introduction – it’s not too hard to guess they know a bit about how to cook a decent slab of meat. Having only sipped on delicious champagne in Moo Moo’s very funky, New York-esk bar on one occasion, it was with utter delight that I accepted [...]
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HOT: The Green Grocer, 217 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 25 May 2011
When Stuff White People Like author Christan Lander visited Melbourne in 2009, he went in search of the whitest suburb in the city. He landed in North Fitzroy. To be precise, he landed at The Green Grocer ‘a trendy cafe-slash-grocer. It’s the sort of place that sells organic vegetables, bio-dynamic meat and expensive pots of jam. [...]
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HOT: Andavanth – 46 Douglas St, Milton
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 24 May 2011
This week sees the return to business for our friends at Andavanth, who were one of the hardest hit Milton based companies in the January floods. With water well and truly over the roof, as well as a couple of random air conditioning units from downstream, it’s been a long road to recovery for owners [...]
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HOT: Friends of Mine, 506 Swan St, Richmond
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 24 May 2011
Friends of Mine is the culinary equivalent of a friendship circle. Everything in the cheery establishment, from the produce to the artwork to the furniture, has been sourced from friends or friends of friends of the owner Jason Jones – hence the name. Isn’t it great to see a cafe really embrace the philosphy of [...]
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HOT: Monk Bodhi Dharma, Rear 202 Carlisle St, Balaclava
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 23 May 2011
What do you expect to find in a supermarket carpark? Cars, trolleys, a rubbish skip and maybe some delinquent kids? Certainly not the coolest cafe-in-a-brick-shed in town. Monk Bodhi Dharma sounds like the temple for some Eastern cult, but in fact it’s a fabulous rustic cubbyhouse cafe nestled away from the bright flourescence of the nearby [...]
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HOT: Grindhouse Espresso – 9/360 Logan Rd, Stones Corner
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 22 May 2011
Remember the theme tune to hit 80’s sitcom Cheers? Something along the lines of “you wanna be where everybody knows your name”….well that’s kind of what came to mind for me when I first stumbled across Grindhouse Espresso. And to be honest, that’s what keeps me going back…as well as the fact they make a [...]
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Underground Cinema giveaway
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 19 May 2011
The lovely people at Underground Cinema are great supporters of the blog ((see my review of their previous event) and once again they’re offering a free double pass to their next screening on Sunday 29 May at 6pm. This isn’t just a bog-standard double pass though – it’s a VIP double pass which includes a [...]
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Top 5 Things to Do In Sydney
Blog: GoBackpacking - 18 May 2011
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HOT: The Maling Room, 206 Canterbury Rd, Canterbury
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 17 May 2011
At first glance, the sign for The Maling Room looks like The Mailing Room. Which is an apt name for the airy cafe housed in a Victorian era former post office, its faux majestic columns hailing the entrance to the little village street known as Maling Road. Maling Road is a favourite pram-pushing destination for Eastern [...]
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NOT: Sticks Restaurant – Chalk Hotel, 735 Stanley St, Woolloongabba
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 16 May 2011
Many a seedy yet fun-filled night has been spent at Chalk Hotel, cutting a serious rug upstairs over a fruit tingle or two. So it was a totally new perspective to visit Chalk in the harsh light of day and sit for a morning meal at Sticks, knowing full well what sins would have occurred [...]
