Apartment Alkira – Boutique Melbourne Short Stay Accommodation

Moody and sultry as many sub-terrestrial venues are, Maha is a seductive space hidden in the basement of a Bond Street building.  With very little in the way of neighbors to draw the crowds, this secret treasure is surprisingly busy.  Don’t Melbournians just love a hidden treasure? The exciting menu – an Australian take on [...]

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Craft once belonged to Nanna.  Crocheted paddington bears, twee little doileys, patchwork quilts that induced epileptic fits at a fifty paces. Well move over Nanna, cos Craft’s just got sexy.  And the best place to check it out is not too far from Melbourne Short Stay Apartment Alkira, on Flinders Lane.  Flinders Lane is part [...]

…and now you can.  The recently launched Melbourne Bike Share scheme has these spunky cobalt blue two wheelers dotted all over the CBD, just waiting for your bottom – plump or boney – to nestle itself on the amply comfy seat. Over the next few months, the roll-out plan will see 600 bikes available across [...]

Cutler & Co Gertrude St Fitzroy Swing past this place during daylight hours and you might think you’re passing a mafia hang out or swanky advertising agency.  Understated and utilitarian at first glance, this gastronome’s pleasure palace sparkles and shimmies best in the evening hours. An elegant yet raw aesthetic plays perfectly in what could [...]

Melbourne is a city of many things. Coffee. Excellent Food. Prized Grafitti. Sport (yawn). Trams. The ‘Yellow Peril’ (don’t ask, it’s a long story). Shopping. Daggy cruises down the Yarra. Arty precincts. Laneways. And Laughs. Well at least in April. For almost the whole month, very funny people from far and wide (and some from [...]

Gluttony.  Yes, most of the time I feel bad about it.   Not, however, during one fortnight in March, when the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival consumes the city and insists upon its wholehearted worship. A little-known fact about the festival is that food and wine consumed during it’s fortnight reign has absolutely no calorific [...]

A terrific resource for any visitor to Melbourne – be it for a “short-stay” or “long”, www.threethousand.com is a fab website profiling off-beat and slightly obscure Melbourne happenings. They don’t do advertorials so you can be sure what’s recommended hasn’t been tainted by the lure of advertising pennies. For a good guide to what’s on [...]

A five minute meander from Apartment Alkira, along the banks of the Yarra and over to the other side brings you to an odd space that is the Victorian Arts Centre’s “Blackbox”. This dark cavernous space seems to have multiple personalities – theatre venue for the odd fledgling production, cabaret venue from time to time, [...]

A summer-time only pursuit.  Kick back under a velvety back sky atop  Melbourne’s iconic “Curtin House” and watch that movie you’ve always meant to catch.  The eclectic program offers something old, something new, something borrowed and sometimes something blue.  Comfy deck chair seating and food and drinks available.  Viewing Melbourne’s urban landscape from pidgeon position is offered at [...]