Tucked away in the back streets of Collingwood, this traditional Japanese bath house is designed to “help you to relax and forget your worries”. With recent evidence suggesting the benefits of soaking in hot water include stimulating blood circulation, calming the nerves and curing aches they may well be on to something. Built in 1999 and the first of it’s kind in… Read More The Japanese Bath House
John and Sunday Reed are your original Melbourne hipsters, purchasing a 15-acre block in 1932 , building a retro French style cottage, growing a kitchen garden and settling down to enjoy a self-sustained lifestyle. Their hobby was modern art and not only did they collect a heap of it but they let their bludger friends like Barrett Reid, Albert Tucker and Sid Nolan stay… Read More Heide Gallery of Modern Art
Australian Centre for the Moving Image Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) is a bewdy. Bewdy of course being the highest honour a part-time internet blogger can bestow upon an organisation. ACMI is a tribute to the moving image; a celebration of film, television and all things digital culture. Despite being a relative newcomer to the cultural… Read More Five Reasons to Visit ACMI
Organ Pipes National Park is a small haven positioned between the Melbourne Airport and Calder Highway. It is named after its key feature, a rock formation caused the cooling and cracking of molten lava over a million years ago, which now gives the appearance of a giant organ (the musical instrument that is). It has all your picnic facilities, tables, chairs… Read More Organ Pipes National Park
At various stages throughout it’s history, Carlton has been considered a home to middle and upper class families, an industrialised factory precinct, a desolate slum-land and a gentrified suburb. It has welcomed and been shaped by immigrants from every corner of the world. It gives its name to Melbourne’s most popular beer, most successful football club and is… Read More A Day in Carlton
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