talks and tours

The Casual Cyclist’s Guide to Melbourne Giveaway!

December 2, 2011 ⋅ 48 comments

I am a big fan of Melbourne-based bike rental company The Humble Vintage and the limited edition hand-drawn maps coming out of it called Melbourne for Visitors and Casual Cyclists. Now author and entrepreneur Matt Hurst has written The Casual Cyclist’s Guide Melbourne, a book bringing a fresh perspective to cycle routes in Melbourne interspersed with articles on cycling tips, [...]

HOT: Melbourne Tweed Ride 2011

November 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Tally-ho ladies and gents! Thanks to some Sunday sun, a group of about 50 well-dressed cyclists gathered for the annual Melbourne Tweed Ride. Tweed wearers and vintage-stylers rode out from Federation Square along the tweedy brown Yarra River to Como House, which was hosting the Paris to Provence Festival. We got many amazed glances, friendly waves and [...]

HOT: Adriano Zumbo at Books for Cooks, 233-235 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

October 26, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

We’re so lucky to have Books for Cooks in our city. This independent book store in Fitzroy is Australia’s only retailer specialising in books on food and wine. The five rooms of an old Victorian terrace typical of the area are filled floor to ceiling with densely packed books, from the popular to the obscure. [...]

HOT: The Duldig Studio, 92 Burke Rd, Malvern East

August 24, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

The Duldig Studio is a most unusual museum – because it’s housed in…a house. From the outside it looks like any other residence on a residential street in Malvern. Go beyond the gates and you’ll find the building filled with artwork and antique furniture, a most restful and interesting sculpture garden at the back and [...]

HOT: Melbourne Sustainability Drinks, Slate Bar, 9 Goldsborough Lane, Melbourne

June 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Melbourne Sustainability Drinks are part of a national networking evening hosted once a month by the Shaper Group with the byline ‘connecting passionate people to create a better world’. In Melbourne it happens on the first Wednesday of every month and is well attended by ‘light to medium green’ types who work in or have [...]

HOT: Funerals & Food: Inspired by Tradition, Nelson Bros Funeral Services, 81 Kororoit Creek Rd, Williamstown

March 15, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

http://www.melhotornot.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=9872&message=10 Funerals & Food: Inspired by Tradition is definitely the winner of Most Intriguing Event during the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (though technically it’s not part of the festival’s official program). Nelson Bros is Australia’s oldest family owned funeral company and at their historic Williamstown funeral home they hosted an afternoon of panelists exploring [...]

HOT: Thorsten Schmidt event, Denmark House, Level 3, 428 Little Bourke St, Melbourne

March 9, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

New Nordic cuisine is so hot right now. You may know that best restaurant in the world according to San Pellegrino’s World 50 Best Restaurants is Noma, in Copenhagen. The chef of Noma, Rene Redzepi, has been instrumental in building a movement to reinvent Nordic cuisine using local, oft-forgotten ingredients. In 2004 some of the [...]

HOT: Shocolate Chocolate Appreciation, 3/296 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

September 13, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

How much chocolate can I eat in one sitting? Quite a lot it seems. On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights, Fitzroy chocolatier Shocolate holds a chocolate appreciation session for chocolate lovers. Thanks to Scoopon I was able to sate my chocolate appetite for $35 rather than the usual $80 and I spent an hour tasting, [...]

HOT: Melbourne Open House, Melbourne

July 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I think one of the best free events held as part of State of Design is Melbourne Open House. The 2-day event sees public and private buildings all around Melbourne throw open their doors for a rare opportunity for you and I to discover the hidden histories and spaces in and around the CBD. There [...]

HOT: Tim Burton: The Exhibition, ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne

June 28, 2010 ⋅ 8 comments

One really great way Melbourne embraces its winters is to hold special exhibitions dubbed ‘Melbourne Winter Masterpieces‘. Over the years they have had some wonderful shows, but I think nabbing the Tim Burton exhibition from the Museum of Modern Art in New York is pretty high on the wow list. I can’t say that Tim [...]