On the banks of the Merri Creek in East Brunswick, Melbourne, is the prettiest, sweetest-smelling city dump you will ever find. What was once four-and-a-half hectares of landfill has been converted, metre by metre, into an oasis of green, sustainable … Continue reading
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Melbourne dispatch – Rose Street Markets
On any given weekend throughout the summer months in Melbourne, you will meet this guy on the corner of Brunswick and Rose Streets. He spends his days ushering passers-by into the Rose Street Artists’ Markets, a former junkyard just around … Continue reading
Today
Exploring Nicholson Village while it is still cold, holding hands and holding coffee, squinting into the parallel sun. Toy stores with hand-made and hand-painted wooden bicycles, puzzles, little upholstered toddler armchairs made by an old man in his shed on … Continue reading
To market, to market
This morning we decided it was well and truly time to stock the ‘fridge with fresh fruit and vegetables, after a fortnight of eating junk and takeout during the packing, moving out and moving in. First stop was the Queen Victoria … Continue reading