Melbourne NOW
The first day of rain in, like, evah! So I headed down to the National Gallery of Victoria south of the Yarra river. We had already seen a photography exhibition there, this time I was in for there permanent collection, which is free (!) to see some of their modern art, from Warhol to Rothko, […] Read More
Lentil as anything
After another day at the Fitzroy pool, my new friend Kieran, a fellow swimmer, took me to the Abbotsford Convent, on the Yarra river, just a bit west of the centre of Melbourne. During the 19th and part of the 20th century, it was one of the largest convents in Victoria. Today, it is a […] Read More
Heatwave
It’s been announced for several days, and now the heatwave that has torched Perth and Adelaide has arrived in Victoria. Yesterday the temperature in Melbourne hit 34 degrees, but it’s a dry heat and you could actually bear it. I spent time at the pool again, doing only a couple of laps, because it was […] Read More
Back to normal
The last two weeks have been pretty intense. Leaving Santiago, flying to San Francisco, meeting my friends there, flying south again, meeting Sven, Kevin and Rajiv, New Year’s Eve, then flying to Melbourne, exploring, meeting new people here… I hardly had any time to breathe or think about all that happened. Now the boys have […] Read More
True Oasis
Today, Sven and Kevin left early for their long flight back from Melbourne to Sydney to Singapore to Frankfurt to Brussels. It’ll take them about 24 hours to be homeâŠ. Rajiv and I cleaned the house and took off to our respective new homes. He is staying with a friend in Brighton, South of Melbourne […] Read More
Penguins at night
The last two days we were just exploring Melbourne bit by bit. A bit of shopping, coffee, strolling, lunch, a stop in the Melbourne museum that’s showing a vast exhibition about James Bond (my friends Sue would have loved it), another stroll, another coffee… The last night of Sven&Kevin’s stay in Australia, we went down […] Read More
Ah ahm stahhhhn’t!
Today I got a copy of Melbourne’s queer festival Midsumma, that will happen most of January and into February. The choice of events is amazing. A play called Everything I know I learnt from Madonna, Madonna shows⊠movies, performances, exhibitions⊠I’ll be very busy! But best of it all, Midsumma brings a special performance of […] Read More
Great Ocean Road Trip
I’m sorry for my beloved California and the Highway 1 that I have travelled up and down a couple of times – but this coast line simply beats everything! Sunday morning we headed south along Port Philipp’s Bay, to catch a ferry over to the other side in Sorrento and head along the Great Ocean […] Read More
ShanDong MaMa
Meet ShanDong MaMa. We were looking for a place with dumplings. A friend of Rajiv, Michael, recommended the MaMa, and reserved a table for us there though another friend. So we took a taxi and got off in the CBD, the central business district, as Aussies call their downtowns. We were looking for it in a […] Read More
With friends
I’m discovering Melbourne step by step these days with Sven, Kevin and Rajiv. It’s great to have them here. My friend Kevin, always keen to sniff out the newest exhibitions, found this great show about early fashion photographer Edward Steichen in the National Gallery of Victoria. They also run an exhibition called MELBOURNE NOW, concentrating […] Read More