Books set in Melbourne
One of the things I like to do before visiting any destination is to compile lists of novels or memoirs set in …
Reflections on walking in her shoes
I’m now over half-way through the CARE Australia Walk in Her Shoes Challenge. 50 kilometres of walking in one week. And all …
What is a White Night?
If you’re a Melburnian, you would have to be living under a rock not to know that last night was the annual …
The most Googled questions about Australia Day
This post is part of a series of “Ask Google? Ask Fairlie!” posts. Today, I’m asking Google about Australia Day. Using the auto-complete suggestions, …
Carols by Candlelight – a Melbourne institution
When I was growing up in country Western Australia, there was a comforting predictability to Christmas Eve. After we came in from …
Let’s fill up the bucket!
As I’ve posted before, I don’t have a written set-in-stone bucket list as such. I’m more of a, “Oooh, look! Shiny new …
Advent activities in Australia
We’re just a few days off the start of Advent, which according to the Christian calendar is the period including the four …
How to tackle the museums of the world
So, you’re planning a trip to London or Paris or New York…Washington, Florence or Rome…(insert any city of the world here) and, …
Two great laneway restaurants in Melbourne
There was once a time when a red light glowing over a doorway hidden down a cobbled laneway in Melbourne signified a …
FAQs about The Melbourne Cup
Emirates Melbourne Cup is known as ‘the race that stops the nation’. And growing up in Western Australia, I can certainly remember …
