This blog was originally intended mainly for recipes. My approach has changed. I have found it both fun and useful to write about blogging, cafe visits, travels, craft, my kitchen and many esoteric topics.
On this page:
REFLECTIONS:
About me | Awards/Memes | Blog events I've hosted | Blogging reflections | Children | Christmas | Collations | Colours | Cookbooks | Cookbook Reviews | Covid Pandemic | Craft | Easter | Esoteric/Miscellaneous | Kitchen/Home | In my kitchen posts | Music | My Monthly Chronicles: eating out, excursions and reflections | New Year Reflections | Open House Melbourne | Recipes | Street Art | Vegan | Vegetarian
EATING OUT - MELBOURNE:
Melbourne City | Abbotsford | Armidale | Ascot Vale | Brighton | Brunswick/East Brunswick | Carlton/North Carlton | Clifton Hill | Coburg | Collingwood | Eltham | Fairfield | Fitzroy/North Fitzroy | Footscray | Moonee Ponds | Mulgrave | North Melbourne | Northcote | Pascoe Vale | Prahran | Preston | Richmond | South Melbourne | South Yarra | St Kilda | Thornbury | Yarraville | Various Melbourne Locations | Markets | Food Shopping and Other Excursions
EATING OUT AND TRAVELS - REST OF AUSTRALIA:
Victoria: South West of Victoria | Geelong | Lorne | Ocean Grove | Torquay | Port Fairy | West of Victoria | East of Victoria | North of Victoria | Australian Capital Territory | New South Wales | Northern Territory | Queensland | South Australia | Tasmania
EATING OUT AND TRAVELS - OVERSEAS:
Europe 2024 | Edinburgh, Scotland 2024 | Edinburgh, Scotland 2016 | Edinburgh, Scotland 2012 | Edinburgh, Scotland 2009 | London 2024 | Rome 2024 | Zurich 2024 | Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2023 | Paris, France 2016 | Dublin, Ireland 2012 | Auckland, New Zealand 2013
About me:
- About Me page (updated regularly and includes links to yearly round ups)
- About Me Me Me Me (2008)
- About Me, Part 1 – mostly about Melbourne and food...(2008)
- About Me, Part 2 - mostly about travels (2008)
- Eight random facts about me and my day (2007)
- Index of Favourites
- The ABC of GGG (2012)
- Accolades and some random facts
- Awards, Food Gawker, Cassoulet and 21 Questions
- Awards and a kreativ meme
- Awards with substance (and quicklinks)
- A-Z bookish survey
- Gang of Four meme
- Kudos
- Liebster award - a meme of elevenses
- Memes are due. Thanks are due
- Random facts that speak of me
- 10 Things/Bloggers that Make Me Happy
- Two Liebster Awards
- A Neb at Nut Roast – round up
- A Neb at Nut Roast - an invitation and nut roast information
- A Neb at Nut Roast II - announcement
- A Neb at Nut Roast II - round up
- Breakfast Club #11 Vegetarian Savoury - the round up
- (Long) Pasta Please #9 - September 2013 round up
- We Should Cocoa #70 - Malt is the June 2016 Challenge
- We Should Cocoa #70 - 7 Chocolate and Malt recipes round up
Reflections on Blogging
- A-Z of old school blogging and ch-ch-changes
- How has blogging changed: reflections on my blog and fellow bloggers
- My ten rules for food blogging
- Planet of the Blogs (reflections and resources About Blogging)
- Shoots, Eats and Blogs (Top 10 List of what blogging means)
- Why do we need another food blog anyway?
Green Gourmet Giraffe blog reflections
- Blog Housekeeping 2024: header, indexes, subscriptions etc
- Blog housekeeping and some quicklinks
- Blogging: reflections and ch-ch-ch-changes
- FAQs - comments, recipes and promotions
- Google Reader is closing... and I am not sure I am upset
- Gremlins in the machine - an IT update
- Housekeeping
- Housekeeping: Facebook, Updates and the photos FoodGawker rejects
- IT Reflections: Apple Photos, Cake fails, Zomato, Blog updates and Quicklinks
- Ombre pink cake, IT challenges and a 9th blog anniversary
- The relentless tide of technology
- Seven Links Meme - notable links on my blog
Blog design
Photos
Search terms leading to this blog
- In search of . . . (search terms and blogging)
- In search of (2)...
- in search of (3)
- In search of (4)
Miscellaneous about blogging
Children:
- Child-Friendly Almanac - recipes, eating out, play ideas
- Fussy eating, trying new food, and a child's dinner
- Lunchboxes - a reflection on a year of vegetarian school lunches (2014)
- Parenting wins: A bowl of marbles, a box of coco pops and a diary
- Raising a vegetarian child to be tolerant of meat eaters
- Ripple in still water
- Welcome little one! (Sylvia)
- Christmas day, food and presents 2025
- Christmas sights and lights in Melbourne 2025
- Festive Art on Windows, Sydney Road Brunswick 2025
- Christmas food, presents and links 2024
- Christmas lights and sights in Melbourne 2024
- Festive Art on Windows, Sydney Road Brunswick 2024
- Bluey in Myer Christmas Windows 2023
- Christmas day presents and pudding (2011)
- Christmas day food, presents and quicklinks (2013)
- Christmas day food and reflections (2015)
- Christmas day food, reflections and quicklinks (2016)
- Christmas day food, presents and random links (2017)
- Christmas eating 2019 (including Coburg Night Market)
- Christmas eating (2020)
- Christmas Day 2023: food and presents
- Christmas giftas: Edible Gift Ideas (2010)
- Christmas gifts: 10 Foodie Christmas Gift Ideas (2013)
- Christmas in Melbourne, Gifts in a Jar and Quicklinks (2011)
- Christmas in Melbourne: Gingerbread village and other gingerbread (2013)
- Christmas in Melbourne, salt dough decorations and quicklinks (2014)
- Christmas in Melbourne lights, trees, pancakes and local decorations (2015)
- Christmas in Melbourne: Myer windows, Gingerbread village, Lego tree etc (2015)
- Christmas in Melbourne nights and lights (2016)
- Christmas in Melbourne nights and lights 2017
- Christmas photos in Melbourne (2018)
- Christmas sights and lights - gingerbread village, trees and gumnut babies (2019)
- Christmas in Melbourne and Geelong 2021
- Christmas in Melbourne and Geelong 2022
- Christmas in Melbourne: trees, street art, lights 2023
- Christmas - cheesmas tree, food, presents and random thoughts (2018)
- How to serve (vegetarian) haggis
- Our favourite Christmas picture books for children
- Vegetarian Christmas Recipes - menu planning ideas (2011)
- 20 facon recipes for vegetarians and vegans in Bacon Week
- Australia Day recipes
- Blogging Catch Up - breads, raw brownies, cheezly pizza and more (2011)
- Catch up recipes from 2013, some good ideas, and craft carousel
- Halloween recipes, cakes and snacks
- More catch up recipes from 2013
- Nutella recipes and ideas
- Novelty Cakes from the Archives II
- Pizza ideas - bases and toppings
- Quicklinks from my archives
- Salad dressing ideas
- Savoury sandwich ideas
- 20 Vegemite recipes for the 100 year anniversary, plus reflections and products
- Green food for St Patrick's Day
- Green Home, Green Houses
- Index by colour for World Autism Day
- Moody Blues - the juice and the colour
- Purple Pleasures, Purple Dinner
- A Taste of Yellow
- Cookbook Challenge
- Favourite food books
- In Praise of Cookbooks
- My Cookbook List
- Show us your (shelves of) Cookbooks
- But I could never go vegan by Kristy Turner - a review
- Living Candida-Free by Ricki Heller - a review
- Culinary Quandries: A Vegan Dinner Party - e-book review
- Naturally Sweet and Gluten-Free - interview with Ricki Heller and a giveaway
- Isa Does It by Isa Chandra Moskowitz - a review
Covid Pandemic
- Covid19 lockdown reflections and signs (June 2020)
- Covid19 lockdown reflections and signs 2.0 (November 2020)
- Covid signs in Melbourne (and Sydney) after lockdown 2.0 (til April 2021)
- Covid19 lockdown reflections, sights and signs 4.0 (June 2021)
- Covid Tier 1 exposure, quarantine and testing - a Melbourne experience (October 2021)
- Covid Vaccination signs in Melbourne (October 2021)
- Covid19 lockdown 6 reflections and signs in Melbourne (October 2021)
- Photos from Covid Lockdown 6 in Melbourne - walking and biking (October 2021)
Craft
- Craft ideas for kids - a list of activities on my blog
- A backyard mural: forest, fairies and fireworks
- Bath bombs
- Craft interlude: the dolls house and cardboard houses
- Fairy nook for backyard garden: part 1: upcycling a toy oven and overview
- Fairy nook for backyard garden: part 2: painting
- Fairy nook for backyard garden: part 3: creating the cafe
- Fairy nook for backyard garden: part 4: creating the garden
- Halloween toilet paper roll and hot glue gun candles
- How to make a minion pinata
- How we made a paper fireplace out of a cardboard box
- Lockdown crafts (for kids)
- Making a magical miniature bookshelf
- Making playdough - either stovetop or microwave
- Salt dough Easter eggs
- Sock doughnuts and doughnut mania
- Easter links (2012)
- Easter egg pizza and Easter quicklinks (2013)
- Easter recipes - sweet, savoury and salt dough (2015)
- 5:2 diet - vegetarian meal plans, reflections and recipes
- A-Z of my international travel (places and stories)
- A-Z of my Australian travels
- Advice for Gluten Free beginners and kids
- Coles Little Shop Collectables: the evil genius of supermarket marketing
- Farewell Zinc
- Hospital food and mum’s cooking
- Plane food: a tale of two vegetarian meals
- Rainbow food - in pictures
- Travel in the 1990s - A-Z of changes
- TV Dinners series: favourite television shows, memories and food
- Why does food history matter?
- 5 changes that are making my life kinder to the environment
- About my oven (or why the nose is mightier than the timer)
- Basics - recipes, cake tins and conversions
- Fridge Door Confessions
- Garden update December 2013
- Garden update - June 2017
- Froothie Optimum 9400 Blender: review and recipes
- How does our garden grow
- Kitchen Notes, Ingredients and Substitutions
- New Kitchen, Old Stuff (2011 renovations)
- Mum's Kitchen
- Our house painting experience (interior)
- A tale of three water bottles
- Teatowel Interlude
- Tea Towels of Scotland
- Tea Towels III
- Tea Towels IV
- What does home mean to you?
- 2012: May 2012, July 2012, August 2012 (with craft), September 2012, October 2012, November 2012, December (the Edinburgh edition)
- 2013: February 2013, March 2013, April 2013, May 2013, June 2013, July 2013, August 2013, September 2013, Vegan MoFo and new kitchen table, October 2013, November 2013, December 2013
- 2014: January 2014, February 2014 (lunchbox, heatwave and fun), March 2014, April 2014, May 2014, June 2014, July 2014, August 2014, September 2014 - Vegan MoFo edition, October 2014, November 2014, December 2014
- 2015: January 2015, February 2015, March 2015, April 2015, May 2015, June 2015, July 2015, August 2015 (recipe testing and apple pie, September 2015, October 2015, November 2015, December 2015
- 2016: January 2016, February 2016, March 2016 with travel plans, April 2016: Edinburgh, Paris, Melbourne, May 2016, June 2016, July 2016, August 2016, September 2016, with a vegan reuben, October 2016, November 2016 (Vegan MoFo), December 2016
- 2017: January 2017, February 2017, March 2017, April 2017 , May 2017, June 2017, July 2017, August 2017, September 2017, October 2017, November 2017, December 2017
- 2018: January 2018, February 2018, March 2018, April 2018 - with an oven repair, May 2018, June 2018, July 2018, August 2018, September 2018 - the Vegan MoFo edition, October 2018, November 2018, December 2018
- 2019: January 2019, February 2019, March 2019, April 2019, May 2019, June 2019, July 2019, August 2019, September 2019, October 2019, November 2019, December 2019 and changes
- 2020: January 2020, February 2020, March 2020, April 2020, May 2020: lockdown comfort food, craft and garden, June 2020, July 2020, August 2020, September 2020, October 2020, November 2020, December 2020
- 2021: January 2021, February 2021, March 2021, April 2021, May 2021, June 2021, July 2021, August 2021, September 2021, October 2021, November 2021, December 2021
- 2022: Christmas In My Kitchen, February 2022, March 2022, April 2022, May 2022 (Easter), June 2022, July 2022, August 2022, September 2022, October 2022, November 2022, December 2022
- 2023: Christmas: January 2023, February 2023, March 2023, April 2023, May 2023, June 2023, July 2023, August 2023, September 2023, October 2023, November 2023, December 2023
- 2024: January 2024, In My Kitchen February 2024 and making fresh pasta, In My Kitchen: March 2024 - in holiday kitchens in Europe, March 2024, April 2024, May 2024, June 2024, July 2024, August 2024, September 2024, October 2024, November 2024, December 2024
- 2025: January 2025, February 2025, March 2025, April 2025, May 2025, June 2025 (and the upheaval of painting the house), July 2025, August 2025, September 2025, October 2025, November 2025, December 2025
- 2026: January 2026,
- If music be the food... (food in song titles and band names)
- If music be the food ...(reprise)
- On the Stereo: the soundtrack to my life!
- 2024: March 2024, April 2024, May 2024, June 2024, July 2024, August 2024, September 2024, October 2024, November 2024, December 2024
- 2025: January 2025, February 2025, March 2025 (Sydney Rd and talks), April 2025, May 2025, June 2025, July 2025, August 2025, September 2025, October 2025, November 2025, December 2025
- 2026: January 2026,
- New Year's Eve 2007 - Reflections on my Blog
- Happy New Year for 2009
- Reflections on 2009
- Reflections on 2010
- Reflections on 2011
- Reflections on 2012
- Reflections on 2013
- Reflections on 2014
- Reflections on 2015
- Reflections on 2016
- Reflections on 2017
- Reflections on 2018
- Reflections on 2019
- Reflections on 2020
- Reflections on 2021
- Reflections on 2022
- Reflections on 2023
- Reflections on 2024
- Reflections on 2025
- 2024 - Bundoora Homestead
- 2023 - ABC Southbank Studio
- 2017 - Arlington Primary School Preshil, Mandeville Hall, Victorian Artists Society, Newman College and Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre
- 2016 - South Melbourne Town Hall, Australian Tapestry Workshop and Portable Iron Houses
- 2014 - Old Treasury Building
- 2013 - Hellenic Museum, Victoria Law School, Phillips Shirt Factory, St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne Synagogue
- 2012 - Mission to Seafarers, Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne Town Hall
- 2012 - Hamer Hall, Queen Victoria Women's Centre, Myer Mural Hall, Tasma Terrace
- Recipe Index
- Recipe planning - latest ideas and jottings
- Recipes - favourites
- Recipe index - by ingredients
- Street Art in Melbourne #1 Croft Alley
- Street Art in Melbourne #2 Ann Street, East Brunswick
- Street Art in Melbourne #3 Fitzroy
- Street Art in Melbourne #4 She dreamt of running away
- Street Art in Melbourne #5 Brunswick alley
- Street Art in Melbourne #6 Aboriginal art for Sorry Day
- Street Art in Melbourne #7 Brunswick miscellaneous
- Street Art in Melbourne #8 miscellaneous
- Street Art in Melbourne #9 Hosier Lane June 2014
- Street Art in Melbourne #10 Coburg Street Art and MoreArt 2014
- Street Art in Brunswick, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Fitzroy
- Street Art in Abbotsford, Brunswick, CBD, Northcote
- Street Art in Melbourne: Chapel Street, Fitzroy and surrounds
- Street Art in Melbourne: Collingwood
- Street Art in Melbourne: Coburg II
- Street Art in Melbourne: Coburg III
- Street Art in Melbourne: Coburg IV
- Street Art in Melbourne: Coburg V
- Street Art in Melbourne: Coburg VI
- Street Art in Melbourne: Coburg VII
- Street Art in Melbourne: Coburg VIII
- Street Art in Melbourne: Coburg IX
- Street Art in Melbourne: Aboriginal art (2) for NAIDOC Week
- Street Art in Melbourne: Aboriginal art (3) for NAIDOC Week
- Street Art in Melbourne: Aboriginal art (4) for NAIDOC Week
- Street Art in Melbourne: Aboriginal art (5) for NAIDOC Week
- Street Art in East Brunswick (OConnor St and Piera St)
- Street Art in Brunswick - Florence St (Sinch memorial)
- Street Art in Melbourne: Tinning Street, Brunswick
- Street Art in Melbourne: Brunswick 2017-2018
- Street Art in Melbourne: Brunswick 2020
- Street Art in Melbourne: Brunswick - Manallack and Saxon Streets
- Street Art in Melbourne: Brunswick 2021
- Street Art in Melbourne: Brunswick 2024
- Street Art in Melbourne: Brunswick 2025
- Street Art in Melbourne: Fitzroy
- Street Art in Melbourne: Hosier Lane 2015
- Street Art in Melbourne: Hosier Lane 2018-2019
- Street Art in Melbourne: Hosier Lane 2021
- Street Art in Melbourne CBD: ACDC Lane and Duckboard Lane
- Street Art in Melbourne: Hosier Lane, AC/DC Lane and Duckboard Place
- Street Art in Melbourne city: (CDB) 2019
- Street Art in Melbourne city (CBD) 2021 with covid images
- Street Art in Melbourne city (CBD) 2022-2024
- Melbourne street art CBD - Presgrave Place
- Street Art in Melbourne: Carlton
- Street Art in Melbourne: Caulfield, Hawthorn, Richmond 2023
- Street Art in Melbourne: Northcote 2023
- Street Art in Melbourne: Northcote, Thornbury, Fairfield
- Street Art in Melbourne: Camberwell and Canterbury
- Street art in Melbourne: Preston
- Street Art in Geelong: 2022
- Vegan eating out in Melbourne
- Vegan MoFo 2011
- Vegan MoFo 2012
- Vegan MoFo 2013
- Vegan Mofo 2014
- Vegan MoFo 2016
- Vegan MoFo 2018
- Vegan MoFo 2011 recipe quicklinks
- Vegan MoFo 2011 recipe quicklinks II
- Vegan MoFo 2012 quicklinks
- Vegan MoFo 2013 quicklinks
- Vegan MoFo 2013 quicklinks II
- Vegan MoFo 2014 quicklinks
- Reflections on Vegan MoFo 2013
- Sayonara Vegan MoFo 2014
- Vegan MoFo 2016 - reflections and quicklinks
- Vegan MoFo 2018 - reflections and quicklinks
- My Personal Vegetarian 100 List
- My Personal Vegetarian 100 List - the second list
- On being a vegetarian
- Raising a vegetarian child to be tolerant of meat eaters
- What vegetarian is that?
- Where have all the vegetarian salads gone?
Eating Out - Melbourne
Melbourne City:
1000 Pound Bend- closed- ACMI Cafe
- Boatbuilders Yard (South Wharf)
- Café Issus
- Cat Cafe
- Cookie
- Degraves Espresso Bar
- Don Don
- Dymocks Bookstore Cafe
- Flora Indian Restaurant and Bar
- Gaijin Bistro
- Gaylords
- Gekkazan @ GPO - CLOSED
- Gopals
- Hotel Windsor - high tea
- Hotel Windsor - accommodation and breakfast
- Koko Black
- Lane's Edge Cafe and Bar
- Laneway Greens
- Laurent Bakery Cafe
- Lord of the Fries
- Mad Mex
- Maha
- Nila
- Pancake Parlour
- Paperboy Kitchen
- Pepe's Italian & Liquor
- Publique Bakery, Queen Vic Market
- Purple Peanuts
- Queen Victoria Market - lunches 2010
- Queen Victoria Market - 2024
- Quik Wok
- Raw Trader
- ShanDong MaMa
- Shanghai Noodle House
Snag Stand- closed- St Collins Lane: 70 Grams, Burger Project,
Sake Jr. - Tazio
- Tea Rooms 1892, Block Arcade
- Tea Salon -CLOSED
- Tori's bakery cafe
- Udon Izakaya Maedaya
Abbotsford
Armadale
Box Hill
Brighton
Brunswick / East Brunswick
Carlton / North Carlton
Coburg
Collingwood
Eltham
Fairfield
Fitzroy / North Fitzroy
Footscray
Moonee Ponds
North Melbourne
Northcote
Pascoe Vale
Prahran
Preston
Richmond
South Yarra
St Kilda
Thornbury
Yarraville
Various Melbourne Locations
Markets
Brunswick / East Brunswick
- Acustico
- All Day Doughnuts / Juanita Peaches
- Bar Idda
- Baba
Café Bellino- closed- CERES Café
- Chooka's Cafe
- Code Black
- Cornish Arms
Crafternoon- closed- Crust Pizza
Court Jester Cafe- closedEach Peach- closedEast BrunswickClub - closed- East Elevation - closed
- Ge'ez Ethiopian Restaurant
- Green Refectory Café
Green Tambourine Cafe- closed- Handsome Her - closed
- Hellenic Republic - closed
Lentil as Anything- closed- Malabar Hut - closed
- A Minor Place
- Moroccan deli-cacy - closed
- PachaMama Wholefoods and Kitchen - closed
- Pope Joan
- Rays Cafe
- Rumi
- The Snug - closed
- Steam Junkies
- Sugardough Panificio and Patisserie
Thai Nee Cafe- closed- Three hands cafe
- Tom Phat
- Very Good Falafel
- Wide Open Road
Carlton / North Carlton
Black Ruby- closed- Brunetti
- Budapest Cafe
- Cafe Lua - closed
- Calle Bakery
- The Carlton Paragon Cafe - closed
- The Clyde Hotel
- Good Measure
- Green Man's Arms
- Grill'd Burgers
- Hotel Lincoln
- Jimmy Watson's wine bar
- Naughty Boy
- Papa Gino's
Rathdowne Street Food Store- closed- Shakahari Vegetarian Restaurant - closed
Teatime and tales- closed- Tiamo Italian restaurant
- Trotters - closed
- University of Melbourne buildings - arches, the quad and the new
- University of Melbourne - lunches
- University of Melbourne Farmers Market: Vegan Lunches
- University of Melbourne Meals, Buildings and Changes (with memories of Union House)
- University of Melbourne places to eat
Vina Bar- closed- Vincent the Dog
Caulfield
Clifton Hill
Coburg
Andre's Coffee House- closed- Boot Factory
- BrewDog Bar, Pentridge
Little Deer Tracks- closed- Glass Den
- Grounds of Eden
- Half Moon Cafe
- Lucky Little Dumplings at Pentridge
- Post Office Hotel
- True North
- Vegan 365: Vietnamese cafe - closed
- Wang Wang Dumpling
- Wild Timor Cafe
- Zaatar
Collingwood
Eltham
Fairfield
Fitzroy / North Fitzroy
Bimbos- see Kewpie Bar- Django Django
The Green Grocer- closed- Grumpy's Green
- Kewpie Bar
- Lord of the Fries
- Moroccan Soup Bar
- Mr Natural Gourmet Vegetarian Pizza
- The Rainbow Hotel
- Smith and Daughters
- Smith and Daughters: the Italian Feast
- Smith and Deli - moved to Collingwood
- Transformer
- Trippy Taco
- The Vegie Bar
- Yong Green Food
Footscray
Hawthorn
Moonee Ponds
Mulgrave
North Melbourne
Northcote
- Fish Rock Fish and Chippery
- Gypsy Hideout - closed
- For the Love of Pizza
- Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant
- Ruckers Hill Cafe
- TaxiBoat
Urban Alice- closed- Wesley Anne
- Yuni's Kitchen
Pascoe Vale
Prahran
Preston
Richmond
South Melbourne
South Yarra
St Kilda
Thornbury
Yarraville
Various Melbourne Locations
- Unbloggable but not forgettable - eating places (2010)
- Blogging catch up - eating out (2011)
- Catch up eating out in 2013
- Eating out catch up 2012-2013
- Catch up eating out 2014-2015
- Catch up on eating out 2015-2016
- Catch up eating out 2017-2018, Melbourne's inner north
- Fish and chips (Brunswick, Collingwood, Thornbury)
- Nutella doughnuts in Coburg
- Vegan eating out in Melbourne
- Vegan lunches, Melbourne's inner north (2018)
Markets
- Batman Market (Coburg)
- Camberwell Sunday Market
- Carlton Farmers Market
- Coburg Farmers Market
- Coburg Farmers Market 2025
- Coburg Night Market 2013
- Coburg Night Market 2014
- Coburg Night Market 2016
- Coburg Night Market 2017
- Coburg Night Market 2023
- Coburg Night Market 2024
- Coburg Night Market 2025
- Collingwood children’s farm Farmers Market (Abbotsford)
- Flemington Farmers Market
- Gasworks farmers market (South Melbourne)
- Good Food Night Noodle Market, Melbourne 2013
- Kinglake Farmers Market
- Preston farmers market
- Queen Victoria Market (City)
- Queen Victoria Summer Night Market 2017
- St Andrews Market (St Andrews)
- St Kilda Farmers Market (Fitzroy Street)
- Slow Food City Marketplace 2008 (City)
- Urban Revival Market, Pentridge, Coburg
Food Shopping and Other Excursions
- A Miracle Constantly Repeated (Patricia Piccinini at the Flinders Street Ballroom) Rising Festival 2021
- Andy Warhol - Ai Weiwei and Studio Cats at the NGV
- Joy Exhibition, Immigration Museum
- Julian Opie at the NGV 2019
- Melbourne Now - art for the people at the NGV
- Potter Gallery First Nations exhibition: 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art
- Time by Rone, Art installations
- Triennial at the NGV, Melbourne 2018
- Triennial NGV, 2021
- NGV Triennial 2024
- NGV Yayoi Kusama retrospective, 2025
Museums and Historic Houses
- Bundoora Homestead and Cafe
- Como House dolls house exhibition
- The Dressmaker Exhibition, Barwon Park, Winchelsea
- Johnston Collection: Fit for a King exhibition, East Melbourne
- Monsalvat Artists Colony, Eltham
- Science Gallery - "Mental: Head Inside" exhibition, University of Melbourne
- Scienceworks Museum (Spotswood)
- Victorian Parliament House: photos of a tour
- Wallace and Gromit and friends: the magic of Aardman, ACMI, 2017
Outdoor Art Exhibitions
- Gertrude St Projection Festival 2019
- Lightscapes, Melbourne Botanic Gardens 2023
- Lightscapes, Melbourne Botanic Gardens 2024
- UooUoo artwork for RCH 50th anniversary 2021
- White Night Geelong 2018
- White Night Melbourne 2015
- White Night Melbourne 2016
- White Night Melbourne 2018
- White Night Melbourne [Reimagined] 2019
- Donut Fest, Melbourne, August 2017
- National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, 2024
- SpudFest 2019 (Trentham)
- Sydney Road Street Festival 2011
- Taste of Melbourne 2010 (Carlton)
- Winter Solstice at CERES 2024
- Australia Day Poffertjes at Kings Domain 2011 (City)
- Green Renters Vegan Roast Masterclass 2014
- Lazy Leftover Lunch at Coburg Lake
- MCG lunch and reflections 2012
- The Onigiri map, Melbourne 2024: Daikokuten, Kuu, Chook.
- Summer holidays - meals and outings (2023)
- Sydney Road – bakery tour and street party 2008 (Brunswick)
Miscellaneous other outings
- ArtVo - visual illusions in the Docklands
- The Geelong Show 2011
- Melbourne Cat Cafe
- Moonlight Cinema, Botanic Gardens (South Yarra)
- Pictures and Pages children's bookshop, Coburg
- The Royal Melbourne Show 2013
- The Royal Melbourne Show 2016
- The Royal Melbourne Show 2018
- The Royal Melbourne Show 2024
- Tempting Fete at Spensley Street Primary School 2012 (Clifton Hill)
- Wilson Avenue Launch, Brunswick 2015
South West of Victoria
- Barwon Heads: At the Heads restaurant
- Camperdown bakery: Loaf and Lounge
- Portland: Isabella's Cafe
- St Leonard's: Sirens Kiosk
- Tower Hill, Koroit and Kangaroos
Winchelsea Larder- closed- Winchelsea Shire Hall Tea Rooms
- Road Trip: Tower Hill , Warnambool, Colac, Winchelsea
South West of Victoria: Geelong
- East Geelong: Pizzas with attitude
- Geelong: The Backyard
- Geelong: GO café
- Geelong: Grovedale Hotel
- Geelong: Hog's Breath
- Geelong: Hungry Jacks
- Geelong: La Vista Restaurant and Bar
- Geelong: Little Creatures Brewery
- Geelong: Paddington Cafe
- Geelong: Van Loons Nursery Cafe, Wallington
- Geelong: Wah Wah Gee, Asian Restaurant
- Geelong: Waterfront Kitchen, 2 Little Birds cafe and Zen Bakery
South West of Victoria: Lorne
- Lorne accommodation: Grand Pacific Hotel
- Lorne: beach, bush and eating out (2012)
- Lorne holiday and eating out (2019)
- Lorne cafe: Bottle of Milk
- Lorne cafe: HAH Lorne Beach
- Lorne cafe: Swing Bridge Cafe and Boathouse
South West of Victoria: Ocean Grove
- Ocean Grove beach house and what we ate (2013)
- Ocean Grove holiday and eating (2014)
- Ocean Grove holiday and eating (2018)
- Ocean Grove Hotel
- Ocean Grove: Kyosk
South West of Victoria: Torquay
- Torquay holiday and eating out (2016)
- Torquay: Kindness Co cafe
- Torquay: Cafe Moby
- Torquay: Uforic Food Cafe
South West of Victoria: Port Fairy
- Port Fairy holiday and eating out (2010)
- Port Fairy holiday and eating out (2013)
- Port Fairy holiday and eating out (2014)
- Port Fairy holiday, Rebecca's, Le Crepe Man, etc 2019
- Port Fairy: Clonmara Tearoom
- Port Fairy: Farmer's Wife Harvest Cafe
West of Victoria
West of Victoria: Daylesford
- Daylesford: 12 shopping and sightseeing highlights: lake, museum and mill markets
- Daylesford accommodation
- Daylesford Convent Gallery
- Daylesford eating out: Cliffys, Hot Chocolate Apothecary and Daylesford Larder
- Daylesford: Harvest Café (2009)
- Daylesford Hotel: a grand country pub
West of Victoria: Grampians
- Grampians: eating out and holidays 2023
- Grampians: Halls Gap Zoo
- Grampians: Australian bush, flora and fauna 2017
- Grampians: Halls Gap, holiday and eating 2017
- Melbourne to Grampians Roadtrip 2017
East of Victoria
- Gippsland Getaway: Yarram, Tarra Bulga National Park and Wilson's Prom.
- Healesville Harvest Cafe
- Kinglake: Aus 57 Pizza and Pasta Bar
- Mornington, Royal Hotel
- Mount Hotham holiday
- Mt Hotham: The Bird Cafe
- Philip Island holiday and eating out (2008)
- Philip Island, Penguins, Cape Woolamai, Cowes (2022)
- Point Nepean Quarantine Station tour
- Sassafras: Miss Marple’s Tea Room
- Shoreham: work retreat, eating, beach, Red Hill Market
- Traralgon: Store 61, Momo, and Grounded Paws Cat Cafe
- Walhalla Witchery cafe and meals at holiday accommodation
- Walhalla accommodation and sightseeing
- Walhalla-Traralgon-Garfield Road Trip
North of Victoria
- Beechworth holiday and eating out
- Echuca holiday, accommodation and eating
- Echuca holiday and sightseeing
- Echuca: Wistaria Tea Rooms
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
- Jugiong: Sir George Pub
- Lake George: retreat near Canberra
- Orange - a visit (the town not the fruit)
- Orange roadtrip - a long long way from Melbourne
- Orange - surrounding areas: the vision splendid
- Roadtrip Melbourne to Lake George near Canberra
- Sydney: Aquarium, Harbour Bridge, Opera House etc 2018
- Sydney, Harbour, Aquarium, QVB etc 2019
- Sydney: Bourke Street Bakery, Surry Hills
- Sydney: Coogee Bay Hotel and work trip
- Sydney: Chinese Garden of Friendship and Tea House
- Sydney: a Gaytime and some lessons
- Sydney: Gigi's Pizzeria, Newtown
- Sydney: Grounds of Alexandria
- Sydney: Harrys Cafe de Wheels, Darling Harbour
- Sydney: Luna Park
- Sydney: Moo Gourmet Burgers and Manly Beach
- Sydney: Sappho Bookstore Cafe
- Sydney: The Tea Cosy tearooms, The Rocks
- Sydney: Vaucluse House
Northern Territory
Queensland
Europe 2024
- European holiday - souvenirs (and a list of posts from my trip)
- Planes: meals, views and reflections
- European Trains: food, views and reflections
- In My Kitchen: March 2024 - holiday kitchens in Europe
- For more see below: Scotland 2024, London 2024, Rome 2024, Zurich 2024
Scotland 2024
- Edinburgh dispatches: Kildonan Hotel, Longniddry and meals
- Edinburgh miscellaneous eating out (and our apartment)
- Edinburgh: shops and signs, including Harry Potter and Scots language
- Edinburgh: National Scottish Portrait Gallery and random buildings
- Edinburgh markets - Farmers, Grassmarket, Tron Kirk
- Edinburgh: Maison de Moggy cat cafe
- Edinburgh: Mimi's Bakehouse, City Art Centre
- Edinburgh: David Bann Vegetarian Restaurant
- Edinburgh: Makars Mash Bar
- Edinburgh: Fiddlers Arms pub
- Edinburgh fry ups: Holy Cow, Coffee Mill, Edinburgh Larder
- Glasgow: Kelvingrove galleries and Glaschu at the Western Club
Scotland 2016
Scotland 2012
Scotland 2009
London, UK 2024
- Edinburgh dispatches: jetlag, camera, ready meals etc
- Edinburgh dispatches: Longniddry, kitchens, buses
- Edinburgh accommodation: Kildonan Lodge Hotel
- Edinburgh legend: The Baked Potato Shop
- Edinburgh cafe: Mimi's Bakehouse
- Edinburgh cafe: Summerhall
- Edinburgh cafes: Southpour, Lovecrumbs, Forest, Scottish Storytelling Centre
- Souped Up (kiosk) on St Patrick's Day
- Edinburgh pub: The Beehive Inn
- Edinburgh pub: The Auld Hoose
- Edinburgh pubs: World's End, The Southern and Tiles
- Edinburgh restaurants: Kalpna, Vegetarian Indian
- Minions in Edinburgh
- Edinburgh sightseeing, Stockbridge Market, Peter's Yard, Botanic Gardens and Epic Chalk Day
- Edinburgh sightseeing: Cafe at the Palace (of Holyroodhouse)
- Edinburgh sightseeing: National Museum of Scotland and balcony cafe
- North Berwick: Steam Punk, Westgate Gallery, JPs, beach and more
- Glasgow day trip: Stereo, The Tenement House, Willow Tearooms
- Edinburgh miscellany - meals and shops
- Edinburgh reflections: daffodils, black bins, sightseeing, tv, plane food etc
Scotland 2012
- Edinburgh Castle views and the Deacon's Hoose
- Edinburgh Larder and the National Museum
- Edinburgh : Forest Cafe, Kings Theatre and St Gile...
- Edinburgh cafe - Hendersons @ St Johns
- Edinburgh cafe: Jenners Department Store
- Edinburgh cafe: lovecrumbs
- Edinburgh cafe: National Library of Scotland
- Edinburgh cafe: Scottish Storytelling Centre
- Edinburgh cafe: Spoon
- Edinburgh pub: The Kenilworth
- Edinburgh pub: The Last Drop
- Edinburgh pub: Sheep Heid Inn
- A trip to Cramond (The Cramond Inn and Cramond Gallery Bistro)
- Edinburgh restaurant: Stac Polly
- Edinburgh Farmers Market and a fete
- Edinburgh Christmas, Big Wheel and German Markets
- NCR Snow Snow Snow and Edinburgh Botanics
- A vegetarian Christmas dinner in Scotland
- In my kitchen: The Edinburgh edition
- North Berwick: Bunney's and the Scottish Seabird Centre
- Peebles, Snow and the Prince of India
- Edinburgh Reflections
Scotland 2009
- David Bann - Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Winter Wonderland/German Christmas Markets
- The Elephant House - King Goerge IV Bridge, Edinburgh
- The Last Drop, Grassmarket, Edinburgh
- Marks and Spencer Cafe, Princes St, Edinburgh
- Queen Anne Cafe - Edinburgh Castle
- Ramblers, Peebles
- The Scottish Cafe and Restaurant, National Gallery of Scotland
- Scottish storytelling centre cafe, Edinburgh
- Terrace Cafe, Royal Botantic Garden Edinburgh
- Tiffany's Tea Room - North Berwick
- The Witchery by the Castle - Edinburgh
- More Edinburgh Food - places and products
London, UK 2024
- London hotel: Holiday Inn High Street Kensington
- London Eastend: Vagina Museum, Museum of the Home and Hackney City Farm
- London: Shoryu Ramen, Kensington
- London: Camden market
- London: The Muffin Man tea room in Kensington
- London: Borough Market and The Mudlark pub Sunday roast
- London: Victoria and Albert Museum
- London: Covent Garden and West End
- London: Nopi, an Ottolenghi restaurant in SoHo
- London: Highgate Cemetery
- London: Whiskers and Cream cat cafe
- London: Mercato Mayfair food hall
- London: Westminster Abbey
- London: Wallace Collection private art collection
- London: London Eye, transport, shops and miscellaneous
Rome, Italy 2024
- Rome dispatches - our apartment, an aqueduct and buildings
- Rome miscellaneous: ancient buildings, fountains and food
- Rome: Molino bakery pizza cucina, San Giovanni
- Rome: Basilica Santa Croce, Aurelian walls, Giardini di via Carlo Felice
- Rome: San Giovanni Lateran Basilica and Scala Sancta
- Rome: Trevi Fountain, Amorina Gelato and al Picchio Restaurant
- Rome: Romeow Cat Bistrot
- Rome street art
- Rome: Alfredo Alla Scrofa restaurant, birthplace of Fettuccine Alfredo
- Rome: Babington's Tea Rooms and the Spanish Steps
- Rome: Campo de' Fiore Market, Forno and the Pantheon
- Rome: Colosseum visit with lunch and a touch of confusion
- Rome: Vatican Museum, Pastasciutta lunch and Cafe Vaticano gelato
Zurich, Switzerland 2024
Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2023
Paris, France 2016
Dublin, Ireland 2012
Auckland, New Zealand 2013
- Paris dispatches: Notre Dame, Nutella crepes and the evening baguette
- Paris: Pompidou Centre, Restaurant Georges and street food
- Paris vegan cafes: Le Grenier de Notre Dame, Brasserie Lola, Potager de Marais
- Notre Dame Towers, Cafe and Entrance, Paris
- Paris doors
- Paris street art
- Paris sightseeing: Catacombes, Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, The Marais etc
- Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, Paris
- Paris shops, cafes, and Marché des Enfants Rouges
- Paris: Rue des Rosiers apartment and airport transfers
Dublin, Ireland 2012
- Dublin sightseeing and other places
- Dublin cafe - Queen of Tarts
- Dublin cafe: Fallon and Byrne
- Dublin cafe - Bewley's in Grafton Street
- Dublin streets and miscellany
Auckland, New Zealand 2013
