🌲 Hillcrest Reserve, Donvale, Vic.

Part of the Mullum Mullum park trail.

☕️ Huff Bagelry, South Melbourne, Vic.

Nice place, despite being only a few doors down from the office, with the security guard eyeing me (it’s all good, he’s a nice guy 🙂). Good bagels too.

Rating: 👍

🍽 The Clyde Hotel, Calton, Vic.

Classic uni hangout that I never went to. 😜

Rating: 👍

☕️ Diamond Creek Tram Cafe, Diamond Creek, Vic.

Rating: 👍

☕️ Angie’s Cafe and Bakeshop , Kyteon, Vic.

Quick, quaint, and simple. Just what the doctor ordered.

Rating: 👍

🍽 Milly & Romeo’s, Koonwarra, Vic.

Opened today. Choice! 🙌

Rating: 👍

🍽 Kings Creek Hotel, Hastings, Vic.

Always a classic.

Rating: 👍

🍽 Ria, South Melbourne, Vic.

I has hoping for Pho but the Vietnamese place was closed. This is Indonesian street food but they did have Nasi Goreng.

Rating: 👍

☕️ Kuranga, Mount Evelyn, Vic.

Did really well, considering how busy they were.

Rating: 👍

☕️ As Thick As Thieves, Albury, NSW

Rating: 👍

🚄 Broadmeadows, Vic.

Broadmeadows → Albury

Trip on the XPT

🍽 Malay Blossom Kitchen, Polaris, Bundoora, Vic.

First time I had nasi lemak.

Rating: 👍

🌲 Carlton Gardens, Vic.

☕️ A Minor Place, Brunswick, Vic.

Random place I found on Albion St.

Rating: 👍

🍽 The Veneto Club, Bulleen, Vic.

Still the same old Veneto club. ☺️

Rating: 👍

🍽 Templestowe Hotel, Templestowe, Vic.

No Veneto Club for lunch today. Apparently they are booked out. That’s a sentence I didn’t think I’d ever write.

Rating: 👍

✈️ Canberra Airport, ACT

CBR → MEL

🍽 Bella Vista, Belconnen, ACT

Yeah, quite good. Come at 6 thought. 5:30’s a little early for dinner.

Rating: 👍

🌲 Mount Rogers Reserve, Frasier, ACT

☕️ The Midge, Tallong, NSW

More of a general store, but their coffee is decent enough.

Rating: 👍

☕️ The Primula Cafe, Bundanoon, NSW

Decent enough lunches.

Rating: 👍

🌲 Gambells Rest campground, Bundanoon, NSW

Walked the Erith Coal Mine track, and the Fairy Bower Falls track.

🍽 Moba Moga, T1, Melbourne Airport, Vic.

Enjoyed their Chicken Burger combo.

Rating: 👍

✈️ Melbourne Airport, Vic.

MEL → CBR

By far the best flight I had for a while. Smooth, not crowded (had the seat next to me vacant), and on time. Marvelous.

🌲 Days Picnic Grounds, Macedon, Vic.

🌲 Hanging Rock, Woodend, Vic.

Yes, I finally visited Hanging Rock. I see it all the time from the freeway when coming home from Castlemaine, so it was good to have visited it once. Not sure I’ll return though.

☕️ Milko, Woodend, Vic.

A decent cafe in Woodend. Shocker.

Rating: 👍

🌲 Ruffey Lake Park, Doncaster, Vic.

🍽 Harmonie German Club, ACT

Unbelievably great place for a German lunch. Lovely staff and fantastic food. Definitely recommend.

Rating: ⭐️

🍽 Family Hotel, Gundagai, NSW

Lovely setting outside.

Rating: 👍

☕️ Main Street Cafe, Benella, Vic.

Rating: 👍

☕️ Old Paper Shop Deli, South Melbourne, Vic.

Rating: 👍

🍽 Royston Hotel, Richmond, Vic.

Rating: 👍

🌲 Creswick St, Hawthorne, Vic.

☕️ A Treat of France, Melbourne, Vic.

Craving a cheese and tomato toaste. Like how they presented it. I think they burnt the milk in the cappuccino though. Still, nice place.

Rating: 👍

🍽 The Imperial Hotel, Melbourne, Vic.

Celebrate the PGBC Final 2023.

Rating: 👍

☕️ The Print Room, 8 Exhibition St. Melbourne, Vic.

Rating: 👍

☕️ Mr. Martins Cafe, Watsonia, Vic.

Open on weekends at around 7:30.

Rating: 👍