The spring racing season isn’t just about horse and, well, racing. It’s also about spring racing fashion! Earlier this month I entered a guest blog competition at SportsBet for a chance to win two tickets to the Melbourne Cup, the three-and-a-half-minute horse race that stops the nation. And I won! Thank you very much, dear …
Last weekend, my partner Theo and I went on the Worldwide Photo Walk in Kyneton. The Worldwide Photo Walk is a social photography event in which photographers all over the world gather to walk around, shoot photos, and hang out. I don’t fancy myself a photographer. My point-and-shoot camera sticks out in the sea of fancy cameras, …
A representative from SportsBet.com.au approached me about entering its guest blog competition on the subject of the Melbourne Cup, the horse race that stops the nation. I blogged about the Melbourne Cup last year. The Melbourne Cup is attracts people who are otherwise not interested in racehorsing and is one of the biggest betting events in …
Last month, Diane over at Oui in France wrote a piece about shopping carts, or shopping trolleys, as they’re called in Australia. I realised that this has become part of normal life here in Melbourne, but it’s something I never did until I came here. In Melbourne, shopping trolleys refers to two things. One is the kind …
When I stepped out of Victoria Station and caught my first glimpse of London during a 2006 vacation, I immediately decided I wanted to live there. A few days later, when I traveled to the quaint Shakespeare-happy town of Stratford-upon-Avon, I decided I wanted to live there. When I visited New England for the first …
Open House Melbourne is an annual event that celebrates Melbourne’s culture through its architecture. The program includes talks, tours, workshops, and interviews. My favourite part is Open House Melbourne weekend, which provides the public an opportunity to explore buildings, some of which you wouldn’t get the chance to see otherwise. Last weekend, more than 100 …
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