I’m still going through photos from recent travels. I recommend lunch at the Bangalow Dining Rooms, which for me was an epic chicken schnitzel burger with bacon and pineapple and a Thai beef salad for the girlfriend. The covered deck is a fantastic place for lunch.
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A pair of thongs, symbolically face down, abandoned in the entrance of a Bryon Bay drive-through bottleshop.
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Although these frozen fruit treats at the Byron Bay farmers market look like they are shaped for various pleasures, the cold would likely make you somewhat clenchy.
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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.…
While on a quick trip to Sydney I ate at Go Hun, which is not an anti-German organisation but a busy lunchtime Thai cafe in North Ryde where I a surprisingly good lunch recently. My eggplant with basil and chicken mince and rice was under $10, quickly prepared and delicious. Most people get takeaway but there are a few bar seats inside as well. I don’t have anything else positive to say about North Ryde, but Food around Macquarie Uni also likes Go Hun.…
On a brief recent visit to Deniliquin in NSW (the destination of a weekend motorcycle road trip), I had an enjoyable dinner at The Crossing cafe, which locals say is the best place in town. The menu is diverse and could be described as ‘modern international’.
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1 Pure Scenius – Brian Eno, Karl Hyde and the Necks at the Sydney Opera House
Brian Eno was the best gig I saw this year – a fascinating and thrilling performance, with the additional status of being a rare and longheld ambition fulfilled.
I’ve made a Google map of hyperlocal sites and blogs in Australia. If you know of more please let me know.
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There’s a degree of harsh reality amongst the junkies, hookers and homeless people that is far worse in King’s Cross than Fitzroy. We have a few annoying beggars but I have seen nothing quite as confronting as this on the streets of Fitzroy.
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