Yesterday was fairly intense at the BVRG; meetings, followed by meetings, followed by the gallery forum ‘So you want to be an artist…?’ – which ran the length of the afternoon and attracted 60-odd art perps. Well, darlings, as you can imagine, by the end of the day we were simply exhausted. And more than ready for that very last meeting of the day…
…the debrief with Rach, Al, Rowie & Megsie (at the newly built beer deck at the Bank Hotel.)
Oooh yeah – now that’s a cage garden (essential these days for protecting country gardens from marauding critters.) We want one bad!! It’s on the way to Paradise (Wapengo) - vege heaven!!
Designed by Andrew Murray, manufactured locally.
On visits to Adders, one of the highlights is a Sunday morning Port Market run with Kez and Deb…
…followed by coffee at Lipson’s Café.
Well, has this now been ramped up in the treat stakes, or what!! Lipson’s has moved – and now literally hangs over the Port waterfront…
It’s fantastic.
Can’t wait for a summer visit – check out the view fom that deck…
Mmm…we’re thinking Coffin Bay oysters and a crisp Barossa white…
The pick of our art-spotto rounds in the City of Churches…
The Gang loves this Deb Jones wall piece. It’s a Falc-hoon bonnet. FABULOUS.
Now that’s art, Nige.
The Gang’s off to Adders on Friday, and we suddenly realised that we’ve still not posted the snaps of Tom’s studio from the last trip!! So here’s an archival treat…
Tom’s studio is like stepping through the looking glass - full of the most curiously adorable critters imaginable…
…and no end of amusements for Megsie…
For lots more silly pink bits, go here.
The Gang and Rachel were in Melbs a week ago for a conference, which was strictly a work trip and incredibly exhausting (we were pathetically diligent - no skiving off to speak of whatsoever. Fair dinkum, darlings.)
Anyhoo, we’re just going to post a swifty photo journal – no time for in depth explanation…
We stopped off at EGAG on the way down to say g’day and check out their artists’ book show…
Then Melbs was just work, work, work interspersed with lovely dinners; Young and Jacksons with Chloe…
Coda with Granny…
…and then Tjanabi in Fed Square for the official conference dinner, where we met lovely Sister Veronica Brady (from the University of WA – we attended her panel session that morning)…
…and the incomparable Constantina Bush…
Gotta love Constantina. We think we’ll book her for Bega.
Other highlights were the opening ceremony…
…the grafitti walk…
…and the Racing Museum…
…a timely reminder that our fave event of the year, the Melbourne Cup, is coming our way.
…the Gang arrived home from Canberra this evening to find Ginger waiting with an echidna, which she’d found hanging out in the garden…
…sooo cute…
We let it free in the next door paddock…
It was a lovely end (that and a lyrebird at the bottom of the Darragh) to a fabbo day of Oz cult-cha-cha; Sidney Nolan at the War Memorial, Nick Cave at the National Library and a circuit of the National Portrait Gallery, punctuated by a ripper lunch. Noice.
Fabbo projection on windows of a building just down, and across the road, from Granny’s in Franklin St.
We’ve since discovered that it’s the Melbourne Propaganda Windows, hosted by Michael Koro Galleries. For more info go here.
Highlight of the Gang’s (work)trip to Melbs was dinner at the joint of the hour, Coda Bar and Restaurant (which has only fairly recently opened and just won its first hat.) We can totally understand the buzz and excitement surrounding the place – the food was gorgey (no pun intended), the decor fashionably scurfy and the vibe entirely unpretentious…
Just the way we like it. Seriously fabulous, no bullshit.
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