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...
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...
The G
Is there a stadium like it anywhere in the world? Is there a cauldron of fire that is the M.C.G.? The mighty Melbourne Cricket Ground, known locally as the G. Memories I was lucky enough to grow up living a short distance from the G, with the footy crowd easily heard on a Saturday afternoon. Ron lighting the flame for the start of the 1956 Olympics. Betty Cuthbert lunging for the finish line. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth twice.. in...
Tickets Please
Conductors once cried “Tickets Please” in Melbourne, home of the tram! Back in 1855 there were horse-drawn trams, followed by cable-driven trams [1885], then electrified tram network [1906] not forgetting the world’s first Tramcar Restaurant [1983]. Could something about Melbourne be the form of transport synonymous with Melbourne, the humble TRAM. Melbourne’s light rail system is one of the largest networks in...
Chris Hemsworth’s Melbourne
Chris Hemsworth’s favourite beach in Australia, Cape Woolamai on Friends of Phillip Island. From the right hand point break of the iconic Bells Beach to a favourite of Chris Hemsworth’s, Cape Woolamai in Phillip Island, Victoria’s coast is home to some great surfing locations. Friend of Australia and actor, Chris Hemsworth recalls a childhood spent surfing the waves at Phillip Island and more recent days enjoying the...