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A Tour of Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market

A Tour of Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market

Why join a tour of Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market when you can easily walk around the overflowing stalls of fresh produce, clothing and other goods yourself? For me it’s about discovering the market’s history, learning more about the produce and…

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A Bar Tour of Melbourne: Not only Bars

A Bar Tour of Melbourne: Not only Bars

Choosing a bar tour of Melbourne took some research. Some dates didn’t work. One tour looked like too much of a party tour for my liking. Another boasted that they visited up to sixteen bars. How could that be? In…

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A slow Road Trip from Sydney to Adelaide

A Slow Road Trip from Sydney to Adelaide

A date with Midnight Oil in Adelaide provided the impetus for a road trip from Sydney to Adelaide, taking time to explore along the way. Ignoring warnings to “book everything before you go” because Australians are “holidaying at home”, we…

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Lake Tyrrell near Sea Lake in Northwest Victoria

Lake Tyrrell: a Surprising Find

Last night we slept in Ouyen (pronounced Oh-yen). The man at the Mallee Bakery in Ouyen tells me “Jeff Kennett did a good thing. He put Ouyen on the map” when Jeff Kennett claimed that Ouyen had the best vanilla…

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Clocks at Flinders Street Station

Melbourne in 48 hours: Street Art, Laneways & More

A Self-Guided Walk in Melbourne Download the Walking Map and Notes An exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria brings me back to Melbourne, a city I lived in many years ago, and a city I know reasonably well. After…

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