Fancy a fright with your pint (or piña colada)? On a very cold and rainy winter night in Melbourne, my plus one and I ventured down a laneway off Melbourne’s iconic Queen Victoria Market. While it was chilly outside, we…
Fitzroy, cafes galore, home of the uber-cool, and where everyone is a ‘creative’? Take a turn around a different corner for a view into the bloody backstreets of ‘Melbourne’s first suburb’ in Melbourne Historical Crime Tours, where walking the cobblestoned…
‘For How Long Must I Hold On?‘ you may cry when in search of a public convenience to relieve yourself whilst in the city. A fun history walk around Melbourne’s CBD gave the answer: If you are a woman, for…
In the still dark of a fresh autumn Friday night, 20 locals gathered for Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust’s Night Cemetery Tours in the Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, as part of the National Trust’s Australian Heritage Festival. Entering via the 1853…
By day Como House is a bright handsome home with exquisite terraces, elaborate trim and intricate decoration. By night, the charming life-size doll house turns into a spine-chilling haunt. After multiple staff members and visitors of the home reported frequent creepy…
The 30th Birthday activities are well hidden in the programme. I only found out in time for last weekend’s serve! Each Sunday afternoon, Rod Quantock gives a tour of the 30th anniversary exhibition, followed by a live panel discussion hosted by Cal Wilson….
Beer, Pizza, and Comedy. Melbourne Brewery Tours knows what we like. I joined a merry group of beer drinkers for their Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, ‘Beer Makes Me Funny‘. This unique comedy festival experience included everything we needed for…
Little May first jumped right into my radar with their Triple J Like a Version cover of Great Southern Land by Icehouse, complete with soulful soft vocals. Hearing them play it live was even better– there were no nerves, high…