travel and outdoors

HOT: CycleStyle – Stylish clothing and accessories for the urban cyclist

May 14, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

I have never written an advertorial on the blog, but in this instance I am going to make an exception. Why? Because CycleStyle is my business :–) That’s right – while you’ve all been reading about my eating, drinking and shopping exploits, I’ve been establishing a little business on the side and I think it’s [...]

HOT Chat: Matt Hurst from The Humble Vintage

February 14, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Cycling is one of my passions (don’t worry, I’m no flourescent lycra bike nutter) and I’m a big fan of any business that encourages people to enjoy this wonderfully flat city by bike – ideally travelling with style over speed. Today’s HOT Chat is with Matt Hurst, the owner of bike rental service The Humble [...]

HOT: Melbourne By Foot

January 28, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

The centre of Melbourne, with its many alleyways and riverside walkways, is a place which is best explored by foot. Melbourne By Foot is a recently-launched walking tour run by Dave Carswell. For $25 per person he takes small groups through a three hour stroll through the city sprinkling factoids along the way. The route [...]

HOT: Tony Wheeler, The Hive, Collins Quarter, 86A Collins St, Melbourne

November 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Hive closed off 2009 with a bang as Tony Wheeler addressed over 200 eager listeners with the story of his journey and his passions as one of the founders of Lonely Planet. In fact, interest was so huge that the event had to be moved to bigger premises at Collins Quarter. Tony was a [...]

HOT Alert: Week of 23 November 2009

November 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This coming week is filled with travel, rock, films, shopping, food and parties! Tony Wheeler, the co-founder of Lonely Planet, is speaking at The Hive at The Order of Melbourne on Tuesday 24 November. Read my review of a previous The Hive event here; The Rockwiz Christmas special is coming to The Palais, St Kilda, on [...]

HOT: Adioso.com, The Hive, Order of Melbourne, 401 Swanston St, Melbourne

September 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

One of the many fruitful chats I had the Social Media Club was with Luke Grange of Knowledge Solutions, who told me about a monthly meeting called The Hive. It’s an informal meeting of entrepreneurs held on the second Tuesday of every month featuring a different business guest speaker every time, from Monique Conheady, the co-founder [...]

HOT: Pinnacle Outdoors, 382 Little Bourke St, Melbourne 3000

April 3, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Disaster! I lost my Nalgene-on-the-go on the go in Sydney airport, so I needed to replace it asap. In amongst the big name outdoor stores on Little Bourke Street is the friendly family-run Pinnacle Outdoors. I had a long discussion with the owner about BPA free and non-BPA free bottles, Nalgene vs Camelback, screw tops [...]