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Insignia on Flinders
I walked in and IMMEDIATELY did a double take – What is THAT behind the BAR?! It’s a FISH TANK! What a delightful surprise Insignia on Flinders! IT IS right across the road from the Melbourne Aquarium, so that checks. AND if you look bottom right of this PIC – there’s a grey GROUPER fish…
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Goldilocks
GATHER ROUND, and let me tell you a tale of a CHICK who walked into a bar… Once upon an evening, she set off in search of the PERFECT bar> The first place she found was nearly empty, the music barely a whisper, and the bartender indifferent. One sip of her drink, and she knew—”Too…
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Evie’s Disco Diner
EVEN THO I was on my way to another bar > when I changed trams: Evie’s Disco Diner was RIGHT THERE. AND with a name like that: I HAD TO POP IN! BLUE and RAINBOW on the outside – PINK and DISCO on the inside!! I love it already. Up to the bar for ONE…
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Carwyn Cellars
CAN’T complain when I move to Melbourne and it’s CHILLY, right? It was a Wednesday in the middle of WINTER and I caught a tram and a train to Thornbury for Carwyn Cellars, let’s go! Literally here’s me WALKING IN> FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Wow, LOVE a bottleshop that organises it’s BEERS according to HOPS. I’m sure…
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Bar HumBug
BECAUSE I’d been shopping in the CITY all day, WHY NOT tick a B bar off my list? What’s OPEN on a Wednesday arvo in Melbourne? Bar HumBug! A basement bar, near Southern Cross Station. Let’s go! WALKED down Little Bourke Street, to this colourful strip – looking warm and inviting. OK I only stumbled…
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Arbory Afloat
AND so it BEGAN, my first A bar in Melbourne. Armed with a voucher from my mate ANDREW, and assisted by a DELIGHTFUL Saturday AFTERNOON: it was time to find Arbory Afloat! As the name suggests: it’s a FLOATING BAR, on the YARRA River! It was a lovely May DAY, so Melburnians were OUT enjoying…
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GABS: 2024 Melbourne
The GREAT AUSTRALASIAN BEER SPEC-TAP-ULAR (GABS): they say it’s LIKE Disneyland for BEER lovers.. but I reckon it’s more like BEER CHRISTMAS. >it comes once a YEAR, >the build-up is BIG! >and BEER elves work all year-round to make it known: Beer Christmas is coming. WELCOME to GABS 2024: BEER FESTIVAL at the Melbourne Showgrounds.…
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