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Play Me I’m Yours – The joy of piano music in the CBD
The sounds of the piano being played has added to the fun and delight of being around the City of Melbourne during January. British Artist, Luke Jerram, came up with the idea of placing pianos around a...
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Melbourne Central and the Little Library – a community project.
Melbourne Central buzzes these days. There is action here and in amongst this action there is an oasis of quiet. A corner where you can sit or browse and take time out. Wander around the different...
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Christmas in The Melba Room at The Langham Hotel
In the month of December The Melba room ups the prices and gives you a Christmas buffet experience. And they do it well. It is a stylish and satisfying experience for this time of the year. What do...
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Melbournalia – Melbourne souveniers, showcasing local art and craft work
Visiting Melbourne or just browsing the CBD. How about finding a piece of Melbourne to take home, or a piece of Melbourne for a present or something essentially Melbourne to have in your own home, to...
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Michaels Camera Museum – Melbourne CBD – It’s free!
I take a lot of pictures either on my iPhone which is ‘at the ready’ all the time or with my camera. It is so easy. One of the most popular presents for Christmas 2014 is reported to be a...
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Making the Australian Quilt at the Ian Potter Centre, Federation Square,...
It has taken me some time to get to the exhibition called Making the Australian Quilt: 1800 – 1950 at the Ian Potter Centre. I read about it back in June and I have only just made time to view these...
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Laneway Learning, Melbourne
Have you heard of Laneway learning? It’s what I’m talking about at the moment . I have been getting updates on their courses for a while now but I have only just attended one – ‘Write Your Own Short...
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Guildford Lane and Rustica Canteen, Melbourne CBD
“I could live here,” that was my first thought when I stepped into Guildford Lane. It wasn’t such a silly thought. People do live among the businesses that operate here. Guildford Lane is tucked away...
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Arbory on the Yarra and Flinders Walk
I have lived in Melbourne for a number of years and thought I knew the place fairly well. But there was one great omission in my knowledge of this great city. I have never walked along the north side...
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NGV Festival of Photography
It is so easy to take a photo and so easy for us to make our photos look like those of the professional that I wonder what I am going to find in a photography exhibition. The NGV is running a festival...
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Books for Cooks – their new location is beside the Queen Victoria Market
Books for Cooks has moved. The shop is no longer in that cute little house on Gertrude Street in Fitzroy. After all these years it now has a greater and more comfortable space at the Queen Victoria...
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Christmas at The Old Treasury Building Museum
It is almost the time of the year for me to scramble under the spare bed and pull out the box of Christmas decorations. I’ve had these decorations for years and every year I try to find another bauble...
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Basement Discs – Free concerts – Block Arcade
Melbourne has been my home for a number of years and I am amazed that it is only now that I have discovered Basement Discs. A friend suggested I meet her there as she was picking up a CD she had...
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