Truly a troubadour city
By JON FAINE Let’s celebrate the nation’s cradle of music and creativity – Melbourne Amid the outpourings of grief and the flood of memories triggered around the nation by the death of Olivia Newton-John , so soon after Archie Roach and Judith Durham, it cannot be overlooked that all three emerged from the music and cultural incubator that is Melbourne. What is it about this city that nurtures so much of the creative output of...
Royal Exhibition Building
The Royal Exhibition Building is one of my favourite buildings in the world. Completed in 1880 to host Melbourne’s first International Exhibition All sorts of things spring to mind when I think of this building and the Carlton Gardens they are in: Royal Exhibition Building the stone protest – if you go to the south eastern corner of the building, you will find a stone with a story on it. Traffic School Melbourne Museum Carlton...
When We Think About Melbourne
Whenever I’m asked what is my favourite Melbourne book, the answer is easy: When We Think About Melbourne by Jenny Sinclair. Her non-fiction book When We Think About Melbourne: The Imagination of a City is a personal survey of Melbourne through its art and fiction. When We Think About Melbourne the imagination of a city Jenny Sinclair What exactly makes Melbourne unique? And why do we always struggle to describe the city’s...
Melbourne By Tram
What an amazing image by Nikhil Sachdeva of a Melbourne tram. Melbourne’s tram network is one of the largest in the world with more than 178 million passenger trips taken across the network every year. The network is operated by Yarra Trams with nearly 500 trams from eight depots servicing 26 routes as well as the free City Circle tram. City circle via La Trobe Street, No 959 Taken on May 13, 2015 #tram #australia #Melbourne #vintage...
From Seed-to-Plate
From Seed-to-Plate: The Melbourne Fine Dining Restaurant You Need To Visit My foodie friends, we certainly aren’t short of fine dining restaurants in Melbourne. And, yes, while our refined palates are spoilt for choice, sometimes we want a little more. We want something innovative, something that will push the culinary boundaries, something that makes us cry ‘oh my!’ We’ve come across a Melbourne fine dining...