Category: Melbourne and Surrounds
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Hometown Tourist: Immigration Museum and Birrarung Wilam Walk
I took the day off on Wednesday to be a hometown tourist. I needed to go into the city to drop some books off at the theological library so I decided to make a day of it. I caught the train into the city and then the tram up to the library. While I was…
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A Half-Day in the City
Thursday morning I was at a stand still with the work project I’d been doing this week as I had to wait for out IT guy to give me some extra permissions. I decided to grab the opportunity while I waited, to go into the city and get some shoes for E’s wedding. While I…
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Friday Thoughts #21
Each year the NGV puts on a special Winter Masterpieces Exhibition. I went to The Picasso Century in 2022 and last year I went to Pharoah. Yesterday I took myself off the the city for this year’s exhibition—French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This was actually one that we had plans to…
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List #19: What I Did on A Mid-Week Day For Myself
Last year, I started booking my next hair appointment after I got my haircut. There were too many times when I was overdue because I forgot/ put off / procrastinated over ringing for an appointment. When I was planning for this week and saw my haircut appointment for yesterday, I decided to shuffle my week…
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A Bayside Walk
To get my walking back up to a reasonable distance after my stress fracture, I’ve been taking some time on the weekends to go for longer walks. On Saturday, I walked towards Black Rock from home along the beach and the bay trail. I had a time crunch, as I’d booked into a talk at…