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HOT: Made to Measure – Treadlie Handmade Bicycle Show, Design:Made:Trade, Royal Exhibition Building, 9 Nicholson St, Carlton
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 21 July 2011
As you all know by now, the theme for this year’s State of Design Festival is ‘design that moves’. So it’s fitting that part of Design : Made : Trade this year is an exhibition all about bikes. Specifically, Treadlie magazine contacted bicycle builders, from professionals to amateurs, and put together an exhibition of eighteen bicycles [...]
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Pic of the Week: Ferrying to Manly
Blog: Solo Traveler - 21 July 2011
This solo traveler took the ferry from Darling Harbour to Manly, capturing a shot with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background. A new article has been added to Solo Traveler
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HOT: Design Made Trade, Royal Exhibition Building, 9 Nicholson St, Carlton
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 21 July 2011
My favourite event during State of Design is Design : Made : Trade. It’s a showcase and market for small manufacturers and designer / makers, some local and some from interstate. Lighting, furniture, jewellery, stationery, ceramics, household goods – it’s all there. Some of my highlights this year: Karton. Living with a cardboard box never looked so [...]
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HOT: Look.Stop.Shop, State of Design 2011, Melbourne
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 20 July 2011
Look.Stop.Shop, a popular event from State of Design 2010, is back again this year with more looking, more stopping and more shopping! To refresh your memory, Look.Stop.Shop is a free, self-guided tour of window displays and in-store installations of some of Melbourne’s favourite retailers, from the flagship Melbourne Myer store to little independent boutiques hidden in [...]
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HOT: Chasing Kitsune, State of Design 2011
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 19 July 2011
Winter in Melbourne can be pretty grey, cold and miserable but it does bring with it some joys – festivals galore! One of my favourite festivals is State of Design, Victoria’s annual design festival. So get ready because from 20-31 July I’ll be bringing you lots of State of Design related blog posts. I’ve got my [...]
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Hot: Montra Thai Day Spa – 117 Annerley Rd, Dutton Park
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 18 July 2011
What better way to celebrate the start of my four day working week than wth a traditional Thai oil massage? I am a sucker for small business and have ridden or driven past Montra Thai Day Spa, a stand alone shopfront, almost everyday since it opened not too long ago…certainly within the last year. The road may [...]
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EVENT-Store Twenty3′s Birthday Party
Blog: The Travel Project - 18 July 2011
Store Twenty3 is turning 2 years old and they are celebrating by having a sweet as birthday party on the 20th of August at Wolfe Lane Bar (near king st, Perth).
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HOT: Wallis & Ed, 1 Bourke St, Melbourne
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 17 July 2011
With so many excellent restaurants to choose from in our city, Melbourne never really had a place in its heart for the Hard Rock Cafe. So the American chain’s prime location on the corner of Bourke Street and Spring Street has now been transformed into the chic space known as Wallis & Ed, named after, of [...]
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HOT: Story In A Cup, Shop 4, 9 Yarra Lane, South Yarra
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 14 July 2011
I know, I know, it’s hardly ice-cream weather at the moment (but forecast sunny today and tomorrow!). But I for one cannot resist ice-cream any time of year. Especially where you can help yourself! For this post I’m lumping frozen yoghurt in with ice-cream as in my mind they’re much the same, though frozen yoghurt is [...]
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HOT: Chez Dre, Rear of 285-287 Coventry St, South Melbourne
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 13 July 2011
Happy Bastille Day! While it’s not our national holiday, why not use it as an excuse to pop into new French boulangerie and patisserie Chez Dre? Right near the bustle of South Melbourne Markets and down a bluestone laneway you’ll find a little bit of pastry heaven. Chez Dre is a large space which makes good [...]
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Coming Home to Melbourne
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 12 July 2011
Hi all, I'm back. Did you miss me?Of course, due to the wonders of modern information technology I never quite went away.
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HOT – Dr Zhivago (An Epic Musical) – The Lyrical Theatre QPAC, Southbank.
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 11 July 2011
Reviewing live theatre whether it be stand up comedy, musicals, ballet and so on is always hard as one’s inclination towards it is such a personal thing. Something that is totally rocking in my opinion could be as entertaining as sticking a pen in your eye to someone else…hence, I was nervous to accept Brisbane [...]
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Photo Junket: The Nullarbor Plain, Australia
Blog: The Travel Project - 11 July 2011
The Nullarbor Plain appears at first to be an open wasteland, a shrine to a dead sea that once inhabited this part of the world. A place of isolation where thoughts of solitude dances with the notions of going walk-about. For this week’s photo junket I thought I’d take you on a road-trip across the Nullarbor, and for me, a trip down memory lane.
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HOT: Madame Truffles, 12-18 Yarra Place, South Melbourne
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 10 July 2011
Melburnians are often tagged as being the shoppers and foodies of Australia, so a pop up shop selling fresh Australian truffles is a most genius idea for our city. Madame Truffles has set up shop Thursday to Sunday 10am-6pm for the whole of July ie prime truffle season. Simon McCrudden and Bernadette Jenner are the brains [...]
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Day 184: Should Have Been Called “The Good Wine Show”
Blog: Brooke vs. the World | RTW Travel Blog - 9 July 2011
Day 184: Should Have Been Called “The Good Wine Show” is a post from: Brooke vs. the World. Don't forget to check out more awesomely awesome travel goodness at WhyGo Australia and Her Packing List.
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HOT List: Melbourne International Film Festival picks
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 9 July 2011
YAY! It’s the time of year when I can bunker down in dark cinemas for hours on end during the Melbourne International Film Festival. This year RM and I have selected the films for our 10 film mini-pass in a slightly different manner. In one way we’ve been constrained by the fact that we have a [...]
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HOT: Pillar of Salt, 541 Church St, Richmond
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 7 July 2011
In The Melbourne Magazine’s recent list of Melbourne’s best cafes, Richmond’s winner was Pillar of Salt. Intrigued by its biblical name, I made a mental note to visit it the next time I was around Richmond. Let me just say at the outset it’s a place worth a trip across town. On a weekday afternoon the place [...]
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Day 177: Pancakes, Because People are Feeling Homesick
Blog: Brooke vs. the World | RTW Travel Blog - 6 July 2011
Day 177: Pancakes, Because People are Feeling Homesick is a post from: Brooke vs. the World. Don't forget to check out more awesomely awesome travel goodness at WhyGo Australia and Her Packing List.
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HOT: Naked for Satan, 285 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 6 July 2011
When Naked for Satan first opened in September 2010, it was all about the drinking. The bar infuses its own vodka in a polished metal engine-like contraption and as the wall of wine attests, it’s a gathering place for people to drink and be merry. A year later, the focus seems to have turned to the [...]
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HOT – Bistrot Bistro – 14 Logan Rd, Woolloongabba
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 6 July 2011
Watch out Montrachet, you have a new contender in the modern French cuisine competition with south side contender Bistrot Bistro. Regulars to the Logan Rd precinct across from the Gabba (with the occasional tipple at nearby Canvas), Bistrot Bistro was a chance encounter for MM and I recently, even though we’d had our eyes on [...]
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Different Australia Visa Options for Different Reasons
Blog: PassportChop.com Travel Blog - Reviews, Travel Experiences - 1 July 2011
PassportChop had received a few email enquiries from confused readers who were not sure on which visa to apply for their trip to Australia. Thus we had prepared this article which hopefully will help to clarify on the visas to apply for.
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HOT – Biagio Restaurant – 191 Musgrave Rd, Red Hill.
Blog: BNE: HOT OR NOT - The decisive guide to Brisbane - 29 June 2011
Congratulations Red Hill, you’re now home to my favourite Italian restaurant! I have no idea how Biagio has remained off my radar for this long, but thanks to a friend who literally stumbled across this little gem, I now know where to go for awesome Italian cuisine. Biagio is essentially a fine dining Italian restaurant, [...]
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HOT: Melbourne Sustainability Drinks, Slate Bar, 9 Goldsborough Lane, Melbourne
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 29 June 2011
Melbourne Sustainability Drinks are part of a national networking evening hosted once a month by the Shaper Group with the byline ‘connecting passionate people to create a better world’. In Melbourne it happens on the first Wednesday of every month and is well attended by ‘light to medium green’ types who work in or have an [...]
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Marvellous Melbourne
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 29 June 2011
“Marvelous Melbourne” (a page from my Travel Journal) Melbourne is a city with aspirations and you can tell. It’s a large city with loads of character, a laid-back pace and a lifestyle that oozes quality. Magnificent Tudor and Victorian buildings graciously reflect the city’s colourful history while impressive skyscrapers and other buildings by world-renowed architects [...]Marvellous Melbourne is a post from: Velvet Escape's blog
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HOT: Melba Mannequins, Melba Restaurant, The Langham Melbourne, 1 Southgate Ave, Southbank
Blog: MEL: Hot or Not - 28 June 2011
Melba Mannequins is the twinning of my two loves – fashion and food. The name of the event comes from experiencing lunch at the Melba Restaurant at The Langham while beautiful models parade fashion around the restaurant. Thanks to The Langham, I attend the first sold out Melba Mannequins event which featured the Autumn/Winter collection from Anthea [...]
