: ๐ฝ Milly & Romeo’s, Koonwarra, Vic. Opened today. Choice! ๐ Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Kings Creek Hotel, Hastings, Vic. Always a classic. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Ria, South Melbourne, Vic. I has hoping for Pho but the Vietnamese place was closed. This is โฆ
: โ๏ธ Kuranga, Mount Evelyn, Vic. Did really well, considering how busy they were. Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ As Thick As Thieves, Albury, NSW Rating: ๐
: ๐ Broadmeadows, Vic. Broadmeadows โ Albury Trip on the XPT
: ๐ฝ Malay Blossom Kitchen, Polaris, Bundoora, Vic. First time I had nasi lemak. Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ A Minor Place, Brunswick, Vic. Random place I found on Albion St. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ The Veneto Club, Bulleen, Vic. Still the same old Veneto club. โบ๏ธ Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Templestowe Hotel, Templestowe, Vic. No Veneto Club for lunch today. Apparently they are booked โฆ
: โ๏ธ Canberra Airport, ACT CBR โ MEL
: ๐ฝ Bella Vista, Belconnen, ACT Yeah, quite good. Come at 6 thought. 5:30’s a little early for โฆ
: ๐ฒ Mount Rogers Reserve, Frasier, ACT
: โ๏ธ The Midge, Tallong, NSW More of a general store, but their coffee is decent enough. Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ The Primula Cafe, Bundanoon, NSW Decent enough lunches. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฒ Gambells Rest campground, Bundanoon, NSW Walked the Erith Coal Mine track, and the Fairy Bower โฆ
: ๐ฝ Moba Moga, T1, Melbourne Airport, Vic. Enjoyed their Chicken Burger combo. Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ Melbourne Airport, Vic. MEL โ CBR By far the best flight I had for a while. Smooth, not crowded โฆ
: ๐ฒ Days Picnic Grounds, Macedon, Vic.
: ๐ฒ Hanging Rock, Woodend, Vic. Yes, I finally visited Hanging Rock. I see it all the time from the โฆ
: โ๏ธ Milko, Woodend, Vic. A decent cafe in Woodend. Shocker. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฒ Ruffey Lake Park, Doncaster, Vic.
: ๐ฝ Harmonie German Club, ACT Unbelievably great place for a German lunch. Lovely staff and fantastic โฆ
: ๐ฝ Family Hotel, Gundagai, NSW Lovely setting outside. Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ Main Street Cafe, Benella, Vic. Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ Old Paper Shop Deli, South Melbourne, Vic. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Royston Hotel, Richmond, Vic. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฒ Creswick St, Hawthorne, Vic.
: โ๏ธ A Treat of France, Melbourne, Vic. Craving a cheese and tomato toaste. Like how they presented โฆ
: ๐ฝ The Imperial Hotel, Melbourne, Vic. Celebrate the PGBC Final 2023. Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ The Print Room, 8 Exhibition St. Melbourne, Vic. Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ Mr. Martins Cafe, Watsonia, Vic. Open on weekends at around 7:30. Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ Cranberra Airport, ACT CBR โ MEL
: โ๏ธ Bean Origin, Bruce, ACT This is next to Cafe MoMo, which wasn’t open when I arrived. Hate โฆ
: ๐ฝ Soul Origin, Tullamarine Airport, Vic. Well, if you can’t get into the business โฆ
: โ๏ธ Tullamarine Airport, Vic MEL โ CBR
: โ๏ธ Changi Airport, Singapore SIN โ MEL Saw all the gardens while waiting to board
: ๐ฝ Hawker Chan, Singapore Rating: ๐
: ๐ฒ Green Corridor, Old KTM Railway, Singapore Total distance: 17 km
: ๐ฝ Etna Italian Restaurant, Singapore Rating: ๐
: ๐ธ Long Bar, Raffles Hotel, Singapore Yes, I had the Singapore Sling. Nice drink. Little bitter but โฆ
: ๐ฝ Long Beach UDMC, Singapore Sea food restaurant. Quite good. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Komala Vilas, Little India, Singapore You will need to queue, but very authentic Indian. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Love Seafood Restaurant, Batam, Indonesia Rating: ๐
: โด๏ธ Harbour Front, Singapore Singapore โ Batam
: โ๏ธ Cafe Sol, Tullamarine Airport, Vic What was once some bar with an aeronautic-based name โฆ
: โ๏ธ Tullamarine Airport, Vic MEL โ SIN Fitting that this trip was to fall 10 years to the day from โฆ
: ๐ฒ Loch Memorial Reserve, Loch, Vic. Provides access to the rail trail via a suspension bridge.
: โ๏ธ The Borough, Korumburra, Vic Place in Koonwarra was closed so went to my backup place. Pretty โฆ
: โ๏ธ Sis N Me, Surry Hills, Vic. Decent place for lunch. Food wasโฆ okay, but they were pretty fast, โฆ
: ๐ฝ The Shamrock Hotel, Kyneton, Vic. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Hue’s Kitchen, South Melbourne, Vic. Great Pho. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฉ The Ridge Medical Centre, Eltham, Vic. Routine matters.
: ๐ฉAuscart Racing, Port Melbourne, Vic.
: ๐ฒ Caulfield Park, Caulfield, Vic.
: ๐ฝ Old England Hotel, Heidelberg, Vic. Always a classic. Italian restaurant at Ivanhoe was full so โฆ
: ๐ผ๏ธ Heide Museum of Modern Art, Heidelberg, Vic.
: ๐ฝ Pascoe Vale Hotel, Pascoe Vale, Vic. Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ Flughafen Zรผrich, Zรผrich, Switzerland ZRH โ DXB โ MEL
: ๐ฝ Al Parlamento, Venice, Italy Good menu selection. Great tiramisu. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Trattoria dal Biassanot, Bologna, Italy Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ La Frasca Al Vicolo, Bologna, Italy Decent meal. They’ve got a pretty good craft beer menu. โฆ
: ๐ฝ Poldo Panini, Parma, Italy Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ Tamandi, Milan, Italy Good focaccia place. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Le Bistroquet, Aix-en-Provence, France Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Apostrophe Cafe, Arles, France Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Chez Rani, Nรฎmes, France Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Chez Henri, Perpignan, France Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Ocaรฑa, Barcelona, Spain Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ La Fonda, Barcelona, Spain Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Restaurante Katxarro, Elorrio, Spain This was fine, although local opinions seem to be that they โฆ
: ๐ฝ Cรดte & Mer, Biarritz, France Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Juantxo Taberna, Donostia, Spain This came up in the Google Map results for “pintxos”, โฆ
: โ๏ธ EsCafรฉ, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ La Cuchara de San Telmo, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain Excellent pintxos. Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ Tahona Okindegia, Donostia, Spain Good cafe for breakfast. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฝ Iturrioz, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain Decent place, but they forgot the sparkling water we โฆ
: ๐ Gair Montparnasse, Paris, France Paris โ Hendaye
: ๐ฝ Au Bourguignon du Marais, Paris, France Absolutely lovely Beef Bourguignon, finished with great โฆ
: ๐ฝ Royal Opรฉra, Paris, France You’ll be paying the “tourist tax” here, given how โฆ
: โ๏ธ Cafรฉ La Perle, Paris, France Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ L’Horizon, Montparnasse, France Great place for breakfast. โฌ13.00 for a croissant, โฆ
: ๐ฝ Le Paris Montparnasse, Paris, France A good place for those staying in Montparnasse who’d โฆ
: โ๏ธ Tullamarine Airport, Vic. MEL โ DBX โ CHR
: ๐ฝ The Pinsent, Wangaratta, Vic. Always a favourite. Rating: ๐
: โ๏ธ Mawson Bakery Cafe, Eurora, Vic. Cappuccino not bad, but apparently the long black is too large, โฆ
: ๐ฉ Golang Meetup at DigIO, Melbourne, Vic.
: ๐ฝ๏ธ The Bavarian, Belconnen, ACT Enjoyed Easter lunch here with the family. Rating: ๐
: ๐ Macquarie, ACT Easter weekend.
: ๐ฝ๏ธ Geppetto Trattoria, Jollymont, Vic. You can tell how good an Italian restaurant is by how well โฆ
: ๐ฝ๏ธ The Imperial Hotel, Melbourne, Vic. Pro tip for anyone feeling like a parma: consider the half โฆ
: ๐ฝ๏ธ Pascoe Vale Hotel, Pascoe Vale, Vic. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฉ Ballarat Beer Festival at Wendouree Park, Wendouree, Vic.
: โ๏ธ Cafe Lekker, Ballarat, Vic. Rating: ๐
: ๐ Southern Cross โ Ballarat / Wendouree
: ๐ฒ Springthorp Grounds, Bundoora, Vic. Bocce.
: ๐ฉ Twilight market at Ivanhoe library, Ivanhoe, Vic. This is where I bought this print.
: ๐ฝ Woodfire Pizzeria & Cucina, Ivanhoe, Vic. Quite good. The gnocchi was very well done. Not โฆ
: ๐ฒ Darebin Parklands, Darebin, Vic.
: ๐ฝ Copperwood, Carlton, Vic. Rating: ๐
: ๐ฒ Calton Gardens, Calton, Vic.
: โ๏ธ Harry Reid International Airport, NV, USA LAS โ LAX โ MEL Nice feature about the first leg: no โฆ
: โ๏ธ Vesta Coffee Roasters, Las Vegas, NV, USA Rating: โ โ โ Good cappuccinos. Worth the walk.
: ๐ฝ๏ธ Geylang Claypot Rice, Resorts World Las Vegas, Paradise, NV, USA Rating: โ โ โ โ
: ๐ฝ๏ธ Cafe 325, Las Vegas Marriott, Las Vegas, NV, USA Rating: โ โ โ A pretty solid meal.
: ๐ Las Vegas Marriott, NV, USA Rating: โ โ โ Pretty comfortable hotel. About a 30 minute walk to the โฆ
: โ๏ธ Tullamarine Airport, Vic. MEL โ LAX โ LAS Expected travel time: 18 hr 19 min
: โ๏ธ Canberra Airport, ACT CBR โ MEL
: ๐ฒ Mt. Ainslie, ACT Elevation: 846 m
: โ๏ธ Cafe MoMo, Belconnon, ACT Rating: โ โ โ
: โ๏ธ Local Press Cafe, Kingston, ACT
: ๐ฒ Lake Burley Griffin, ACT
: ๐ฒ William Palmer Park, ACT
: โ๏ธ No. 10 Resturant & Bar, Belconnon, ACT Rating: โ โ โ Has a breakfast menu.
: โ๏ธ Tullamarine Airport, Vic. MEL โ CBR
: ๐ฒ Main Ridge Reserve, Main Ridge, Vic.
: ๐ฝ๏ธ Flinders Hotel, Flinders, Vic Rating: โ โ โ Traditional pub menu, not pretentious. Watch out for โฆ
: ๐ฒ Bushrangers Bay Track, Cape Shank, Vic.
: โ๏ธ Extracted, Ivanhoe, Vic.
: ๐ฒ The Donino Trail, Trentham, Vic
: ๐ฝ๏ธ Little Swallow Cafe, Kyteon, Vic.
: ๐ฒ Macedon track by the railway, Vic.
: โ๏ธ Mr Martins Cafe, Watsonia, Vic.
: ๐ฝ๏ธ The Local Taphouse, St. Kilda, Vic. Rating: โ โ โ The Aftermath (Double IPA) was nice but at 9% it โฆ
: ๐ฆท Banyule Dental, Greensborough, Vic. Teeth cleaning.
: ๐ฝ๏ธ The Pig and Whistle, Olinda, Vic. Rating: โ โ โ
: ๐ฝ๏ธ Pascoe Vale Hotel, Pascoe Vale, Vic. Rating: โ โ โ
: ๐ฝ๏ธ Old England Hotel, Heidelberg, Vic. Rating: โ โ โ
: ๐ฝ๏ธ L’Artigiano, Ivanhoe, Vic. Rating: โ โ โ โ
: ๐ฝ๏ธ Newmarket Hotel, St. Kilda, Vic. Rating: โ โ โ
: ๐ฝ๏ธ Railway Hotel, Castlemaine, Vic. Rating: โ โ โ
: ๐ซ Watsonia Library, Watsonia, Vic. Went in to use scanner, which does support scans to email.
: โ๏ธ Canberra Airport, ACT CBR โ MEL