Happy birthday to our littlest furkid, the famous Miss Charlotte! Five years ago you came into the world, and joined our little family a couple of months after. You may have been the smallest of the litter, but there was never nothing small about your attitude! You quickly let your older brother..and us…know who was […]
Travelling via my mail
By Sarah in Gadgets, Photography, Vintage Tags: 35mm film, Argus C3, eBay, film photography, online shopping, Rollei 35S, vintage camera
I have fallen back into the shopping rabbit hole that is eBay. But it isn’t just the treasures I am finding that is addictive…it is watching the parcel’s subsequent journey across the world until it lands in our post box. Over the last few months, I have bought two vintage cameras from overseas and I […]
Rollei 35S – First Film
By Sarah in Photography, Vintage 1 Comment Tags: 35mm film, film photography, Rollei 35S, vintage camera
This little camera caught my eye when it appears on Film Never Die’s Instagram feed, and I was lucky enough to be able to borrow it for a few weeks. Borrowing it made me fall in love with it, so when I sadly had to give it back, I was quickly onto eBay to find […]
DonateLife Week 2016 – Talking Organ Donation
By Sarah in Liver Transplant, Organ Donation Tags: donatelife, DonateLife Week 2016, Liver Transplant, organ donation, PSC
For those who follow Zinc Moon on social media, you will know that we had an awesome day yesterday. And it all happened because my husband has had a liver transplant! DonateLife Week 2016 is coming up….July 31st till August 7th…so we are helping to spread the word about just how important and just how […]
All things film in Geelong – the Analogue Academy
By Sarah in Photography, Vintage 1 Comment Tags: Analogue Academy, Film, film camera, film photography, Geelong
We love discovering places where we can indulge in our new found passion for film photography. One thing we have discovered about going retro when it comes to taking photos is the friendly community. In Melbourne, we often hang out at Film Never Die, talking all things film, drinking chai and making new friends. And […]
Book Review – The Girl on the Train
By Sarah in Book Reviews 4 Comments Tags: book review, Paula Hawkins, The Gril on the Train
I was given this book last year, but had forgotten about it…until a week or so ago. On a whim, I picked it up to read while on holidays and from the first page, I was hooked…so much so that I read it in just two sittings. The Girl on the Train is the debut […]
High Tea at Rose Hill on Barkly
By Sarah in Eating Out, Melbourne, Tea Tags: High Tea, Melbourne, Rose Hill on Barkly
This city never fails to surprise me…in a suburb which I have visited and driven through hundreds of times, there turns out to be a wonderful gem. Rose Hill on Barkly is a gorgeous circa 1915 Edwardian house which is hidden down a local Box Hill street… And I had the opportunity to discover this […]
The Dressmaker Exhibition – Rippon Lea
By Sarah in Fashion, Melbourne 1 Comment Tags: Dungatar, Marion Boyce, Rippon Lea, tea room, The Dressmaker
After visiting the Miss Fisher’s Murder Mystery exhibition last year, we were excited to hear that the costumes from The Dressmaker were now on display at the beautiful Rippon Lea estate… The designer who did the costume for the Miss Fisher’s series…Marion Boyce…was one of two designers to work on this Australian film. Set in […]