Melbourne: The Working Holiday Top 10
This is it. My Australian Working Holiday visa is about to expire. After 24 months of major and minor excursions, the time has almost come for me to say goodbye […]
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Melbourne Attractions: 1000 Steps
The Dandenong Ranges are a wilderness visible from the city. Often nothing more than a dark shadow on the Eastern horizon. The drive out to the foot of the mountains […]
Cooking with Beer: Baking Bread & Goat’s Cheese, Stout and Onion Tarts
After our visit to the Holgate Brewhouse and the starter of garlic beer bread, I decided baking bread with beer had to be next on my ‘to-make’ list. Being made […]
Melbourne: Hanging Rock & The Holgate Brewhouse
First on today’s agenda: some exciting news, if you haven’t already heard from my Mum. I’ll be moving back into my sister’s old bedroom, the master bedroom. Oh yeah! Just […]
Philosophy of Travel: Disrupting Reality
Everyone loves a holiday. Even if you don’t go anywhere, if it’s just a break from the normal routine. Doing something different has a powerful effect on the mind. It […]
Cooking With Beer: Anzac Biscuits & Steak and Ale Pie
Cooking and baking are likely to be a regular feature over the next couple of weeks. The kitchen is where I’m spending a reasonable amount of my time. Cooking with […]
Melbourne: South Western Breweries
The time has come to start checking items off my list of things to do in Melbourne. Funnily enough most of the things I have left involve beer in some […]
Philosophy of Travel: Why I Travel
With the current journey approaching its end, I have found myself considering my reasons for travelling. I’m going home in two months for the third time and I’ve been thinking. […]
Melbourne: Cooking With Beer
Elena and I go to her parents house on a Thursday evening for dinner. Over the past few months I’ve picked up the responsibility for providing the dessert. Baking is […]
Melbourne: The Great Australasian Beer Spectapular
Good Beer Week has long been over. The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular, GABS for short, marked its closing weekend in the most excellent fashion. There were over 100 exclusive festival […]
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