Have You Seen the “Melbourne City-Bikes?”

Maybe you caught a glimpse of them during the Commonwealth Games, maybe you saw them zooming round the city…But just incase you didn’t know Melbourne has a new eco-friendly transport service; The city-bike!

This efficient form of transport offers a quick A to B service for city travellers; Emission-free. Makes you feel good doesn’t it. The Bikes are similar to asian style tut-tuts for CBD transport and are also a great vehicle for advertising. Another aim of the project is to raise the profile of cycling and road safety which has been of concern to many city cyclists…

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Journalism

These are the places which make melbourne, Melbourne. Covered with beautiful wooden furnishing, journal has a quiet ART DECO feel about its presence. The shelves are filled with national geographic magazines dating back to the late nineties. The final litmus test, the coffee…. beautifully made and presented. Read more about…

First stop, Degraves Street.

This is the street where i fell in love with melbourne. I flew in from Wellington, and was desperately in need of a cup of coffee. i Asked a few locals and they all directed me to this beautiful laneway known as Degraves Street. With cafes on both sides of the outdoor seatings…looks like something straight out of some european postcards.

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World Music coming loud and clear from Sydney Road

The Brunswick Music Festival has been held annually in March since 1989 and is one of Victoria’s premier music festivals and a major multi cultural event for Australia. The festival is an integral part of a statewide circuit of visual, sporting, culinary and performing art celebrations held in the early months of the year - during Australia’s summer and autumn seasons. This year , the festival starts playing from 30th of March till the 9th of April. Read more about…

Catch the Next Wave

With hundreds of the hottest artist and creatives converging onto Melbourne for the few weeks, you get to catch a glimpse of whats coming up or the next trendiest trends. Melbourne Australia is again living up to its name, Arts and creative capital of Australia.
With more than six hundred artists across over forty major projects including performance, visual and media arts, and a series of art forms they don’t have names for yet, Next Wave’s Empire Games will question and consider, challenge and provoke, explore and incite, entertain and inspire. Grab a program and start paddling.

For tickets and information on the events….check out www.nextwave.org.au

Shirt and Skirt Market in St Kilda

You will find more than just shirt and skirt in this market. The market features up and coming designers in melbourne. Cute products from skin care, tshirt to bags. So if you are looking for something unique or a special giftware, the market is open every Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Oh, gotta try the veg burger…

Lost city of Toys found in the Red Elephant.

I remembered great memories playing on a toy stores. Picking up dinosaurs and demolishing toy soldiers on the floors of the toy store. Toy stores are little dream lands where things dont have to make sense, or had any purpose. Its just there simply for the fact its fun. I found this store just around the corner from where i live. Read more about…

Acland Street Cake shops

These cake shops on acland street are evil. They actually speaks to you after you had a beautiful meal at either grill’d or the vineyard or the other million other beautiful restaurants in st kilda. All you hear people whispering under their breath, no no keep walking, or there is no cakes, there is no cakes. But when you do get a chance to walk in an taste these beautiful temptations, they are worth it.