Fitzroyalty

Hyperlocal news about Melbourne's first suburb: Fitzroy 3065

the colours of Byron Bay

I visted Byron Bay recently for the first time and loved the beach and the colours of the place. From the top down: the lizard living in the garden of our rented apartment, main beach, breakfast at the Byron Beach cafe behind Clarke’s beach, a ladybug, felafel and hummus from Orgasmic foods on Bay Lane, bikes and beer are two of the most common things in town, a plum coloured Renault 12 (definitely not an original colour) and delicious old school pizza with wholemeal bases from Earth ‘n’ Sea on Byron St.…

summer holidays – City Beach, Perth

Over the coming two weeks I’ll be featuring posts related to my summer holidays in the mornings, with Fitzroy posts in the afternoons. This is City Beach in Perth at about 10am on Monday 21 December 2009. Most people are still at work, there’s no fighting for car parking and there’s a decent break for body surfing.…

Onetangi beach, Waiheke Island

There are many places to see and stay when on Waiheke Island, and based on web information I chose Onetangi beach, on the central north coast of the island. It is quiet and a wonderful place to stay where you can fall asleep to the sound of the ocean, which for me is an incredibly relaxing thing.…

Vino Vino on Waiheke Island

When I went to Auckland recently I spent two days on Waiheke Island, which is about 40 minutes by ferry to the east of Auckland. It’s primarily rural and wine country, very touristy, with lovely beaches and a relaxed holiday atmosphere, though it is also a suburb of Auckland and people commute to the city from there by ferry every day.…

Muriwai beach

One of the most beautiful places I went to in New Zealand recently was Muriwai Beach, on the west coast of the north island. The sand is the colour of milk chocolate from volcanic activity. In changable weather I could not resist a quick swim though the strong rip and wind meant I was the lone swimmer in the water, with only a couple of surfers nearby.…