Nights in Melbourne

Melbourne is a great city and is well known for its music and night clubs, but if you are not into the club scene maybe one of these alternatives will appeal.

Etihad Stadium

Melbourne is renown for its sport and sporting stadiums. Aussie Rules, Soccer and Rugby as well as Tennis and a myriad of other sports are well and truly catered for in this vibrant city. Here we were watching soccer; Melbourne Victory playing Sydney for a place in the finals.  We only saw the first half and then had to dash across town to catch Will Anderson in his great one man comedy show.

It was a great show and he is now appearing in Minneapolis.........some distance from Melbourne!

Melbourne is also very well known for its amazing restaurants, not only for the number and variety but for the outstanding quality and value for money. Certainly it has the march on my home town of Perth. On the way to a highly recommended Argentinian themed restaurant we came across this piece of steet art and I marvelled at the time and effort put into something that at best would only last 24 hours.

I do wonder how the artist feels when the ever threatening Melbourne rain finally descends and washes away all that hard work.

Perhaps they are simply pleased that people bother to stop and take a photograph in admiration of the work and their devotion to this transient art form.



San Telmo was the restaurant that we were heading for and to say the meal was delicious is no exaggeration. The dishes are served to be shared; consequently the taste buds get a real workout.

Susi was not the only one who enjoyed the wine.

Talking of wine, one of my most enjoyable experiences this time was a visit to, Milk the Cow,
an innovative wine bar on Fitzroy Street in St Kilda.

Here they serve tasting plates of wine paired with appropriate cheese.  It was an epicurian delight. and pleased us all.

Individual wine and cheese tasting platter

Of course if an hour or two of escapism is more your style there is nothing like a good movie, and so we headed for Chapel Street in Prahan where, in an upmarket centre, we found an equally upmarket cinema showing, The Grand Budapest Hotel.   

The foyer, complete with cocktail bar.

Of course Melbourne has much more to offer and this is just a snapshot of how we spent a few of our evenings over the Easter break.