Yesterday, I had the opportunity to experience High Tea at the Myer Mural Hall…an iconic ballroom, built in 1932 on level 6 of the Myer Building. It was built to host private fashion parades and exclusive events for the Melbourne elite, and the National Trust lists it as being “one of the finest Art Deco […]
My regular readers will know that I love reading books about the fabulous city we live in…the world’s most livable city…Melbourne! The last few books on Melbourne I have reviewed on the blog have been more photographically oriented, but the focus for today is on an anthology of contemporary Melbourne writing. The idea for Melbourne […]
I haven’t done a Mag Monday for a while but I have a really interesting publication to share with you today. When we were at Melbournalia about a month or so ago, I came across the first edition of the Melbourne Dura…a unique print magazine that presents historical “Melbourne tales of intrigue and wonder”. Printed in black and […]
Today saw one of the biggest sporting events in this county, if not the biggest…the AFL Grand Final! It is a day when thousands of people jam into the Melbourne Cricket Ground…the famous mecca of sports grounds…to watch the two best teams fight it out to be the 2015 AFL Premiers. My husband went for […]
For the first time ever, the day before one of the biggest sporting events of the year has been made a public holiday, giving us Victorians a lovely long weekend. There has been a lot of fuss about this new public holiday, especially from small businesses who are doing it tough enough as it is. […]
Both my husband and I are musicians, and we love live music…so we always keep an ear out when in the city to find what buskers are out performing…and this particular group has become our favourite! Mixed Up Everything is a band consisting of four brothers, aged 16, 14, 13 and 11…but don’t be deceived […]
Pentridge used to be a notorious prison in Melbourne…Coburg to be exact. Built in 1851, Pentridge housed Victoria’s worst criminals…the very worst… I remember going there when it was first opened to the public after it closed in May, 1997…it was eerie and creepy, but strangely fascinating. I can still remember chills when going into […]
Last week, I wrote about my husband retiring from playing in brass bands, but there is one band that he is still involved in…and it is a brand new one. Over the weekend, about 30 or so brass and percussion players gathered to put in some long hours rehearsing…Victoria Brass was in session for it’s […]