New at my Patreon... After comedian Barry Humphries died I visited the laneway named after his most famous creation, Dame Edna Everage, to see what I could find:

Dateline Melbourne: Nothing like a dame https://www.patreon.com/posts/dateline-nothing-82063788

#Melbourne #MelbourneCBD #Laneway #DameEdna

That was unexpected. I'm sitting in a cafe in Fitzroy and a random patron told me he enjoyed my article about living 20 years in the Melbourne CBD. I don’t usually get recognised by strangers! But there are a couple of photos in the article.

Here is is if you'd like to read it:
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What is it like living in Melbourne’s CBD? I’ve been here for 20 years - it’s like this

#Melbourne #MelbourneCBD https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/i-ve-lived-in-melbourne-s-cbd-for-20-years-here-s-what-s-changed-20230216-p5cl0m.html

Nice sunrise! Good morning from Melbourne.

#Melbourne #MelbourneCBD #Sunrise

God it's good to see so many people in the Melbourne CBD again on a Saturday night, milling around, having fun. I absolutely love it. If only I could've somehow seen a glimpse of this future in the midst of the COVID lockdowns, it would've done a lot for my morale.

#Melbourne #MelbourneCBD #Nightlife

I'm off to a hotel opening this morning - the new Le Méridien Melbourne within the old Metro nightclub at the top of Bourke Street. There have been a hell of a lot of new Melbourne CBD hotels opened since the pandemic started - all planned before it, of course. Lucky the city is busy again!

#Melbourne #MelbourneCBD #Hotels

🅿️🌳🌱 Researchers have proposed a plan in #Melbourne to turn 10,000 #parking spots into #green spaces. Why not in (y)our city?! This way, all cities could become more pleasant for everyone! #MelbourneCBD https://buff.ly/3XMuzde

"Coffee at Little Mule, or a beer in the strange loading-zone jumble that was St Jerome’s. A pastrami roll, and music played off vinyl at Rue Bebelons..."

For The Age, I write about 20 years living in the Melbourne CBD, and what should happen next. Read it in print today, or online here: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/i-ve-lived-in-melbourne-s-cbd-for-20-years-here-s-what-s-changed-20230216-p5cl0m.html

Enjoy!

#Melbourne #Australia #Time #Cafes #Bars #MelbourneCBD

If anyone tells you the Melbourne CBD is dead – they are very wrong. I just went out dining with friends on Hardware Lane, and it was packed. Live music, great atmosphere, that magic Melbourne vibe is back.

#Melbourne #MelbourneCBD #Dining #Nightlife

More visually appealing, rustic building surfaces of #melbourne

I love how designers, owners and historical laws preserve these types of structures, to ensure you and I (so too future gens) can marvel at man-made beauty.

Various locations; #brighton #caulfiled #melbournecbd #rustic #brick

Yesterday arvo we dropped into one of our favourite laneway bars, Whitehart. It’s actually right behind our apartment building, so if we step out the fire stairs exit we’re almost there. :)

#Melbourne #Bar #Laneway #MelbourneCBD

Melburnians - if you’re strolling down Bourke Street west of Elizabeth Street today, keep an eye out for people handing out free coffee vouchers for the new branch of Axil in the Galleria shopping mall. Free coffee! That’s a win. #Coffee #Melbourne #MelbourneCBD

New at my Patreon… I visit an exhibition in that fabled and mysterious place - the upper floors of Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station. It’s all about Time: “Dateline Melbourne: Ghost in the Station https://www.patreon.com/posts/dateline-ghost-75120869

#Art #Melbourne #Station #Exhibition #MelbourneCBD