There is a new luxury retail precinct in Melbourne, and it is set to rival The Emporium with many new-to-Australia brands opening their stores. Situated in the old Australia on Collins site, St Collins Lane runs between Little Collins St and Collins Street. It opened it’s doors a couple of days ago, with Coach, Review […]
I was browsing through a local magazine yesterday, and came across fantastic initiative that is helping the homeless of Melbourne. HoMie is the brainchild of Nick, Marcus and Robbie…the guys who behind the popular Facebook page, Homeless of Melbourne. In December 2014, Australia’s first ever Street Store was held in Melbourne’s Federation Square, with a […]
Yesterday, we attended the Dawn Service, held at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne…an amazing experience that everyone should do at least once in their lives. The Shrine itself is imposing…built on top of a man made hill, looking directly up St Kilda Road towards the city… This iconic building was originally built after the […]
Like many other Australians and New Zealanders, our Anzac Day started very early as we joined the huge crowd that went to the Dawn Service at the Shrine in Melbourne. When I was younger, I had always wanted to attend this service…and now I can say that this was the third time we have been. […]
On the 25th April each year, we stop to remember the anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli in 1915. We also remember all Australians who have served for this country and who died in war or while on operational service. And one of the traditions of Anzac Day is the playing of the Last Post….a […]
If you head into the city (Melbourne), and along Burke Street to the RACV Club, you may notice an interesting structure in their courtyard. I was fascinated by it, so did a little research to find out what exactly it was…and I discovered it is a traffic signal, which were used in parts of Melbourne […]
While wandering through Armadale, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, to visit Mister Zimi, I happened to look down while waiting to cross the lights at the corner of Kooyong Road and High Street. And I saw this just behind the tram stop sign…it threateningly reads that there is “A curse upon the removal of this […]
One thing we have learned about living in Melbourne is that there is so much to be discovered…the laneway I am featuring today is one we had no idea existed, yet it contains so much of Melbourne’s history! Bank Place runs between Little Collins Street and Collins Street, and features some heritage pre-war buildings dating […]