So, I got a little bored of hearing about the exciting things that 'finished last Tuesday, it was great! You should have seen it', or seeing photos and on investigating further, discovered that this event was on the previous day, 2 streets away from where I'd been at the time. Next stop... tourist information centre!
I wholeheartedly advise to anyone, wherever you are - even if you are in your home town, and have lived there for 30 years. Head to the tourist information centre, check out the 'what's on' boards. Ask! There's a whole other world out there.
After perusing the brochures and discovering that the weird (but pretty cool) display at Federation Square is actually a festival of lights that's on all winter, I started digging more and more. Suddenly I realise there's stuff on all over the city... seek and you shall find! It occurred to me that so many people have made recommendations for places to go eat/drink/chill/dance and I've made it to very few. Instead we claim that 'the laneways are hidden! we can't find these places!'. Or (perhaps the slightly more common at the moment 'but it's cold outside, can't I just curl up in front of the TV with my dooner (aussie for douvet) and a glass of wine?'). No more.
So the challenge is set:
I have made a list of everywhere that has been recommended to me by friends, and by the brochures, and we're going to work our way through it! Hopefully at least 1 a week. You never know, we might find something exciting out there. Any suggestions from current/previous Melbournians most welcome!
I managed to hit the first one last night, by going to the Vegie Bar... somewhere we attempted to go to a while back but they lost our booking. The place is always heaving, and people rave about it... and for good reason I found. Yummm. Okay, so that's 'just another restaurant', but it's a start.
