Apartment Alkira – Boutique Melbourne Short Stay Accommodation

The Manchester Unity Building Crn Swanston St & Collins St This is the sort of building you look up and expect to see Clark Kent paragliding down in his Superman tights. Not so much strictly art deco as neo-gothic, the building has a myriad of vertical, terracotta clad ‘fins’ streching upwards towards the bell tower. [...]

Collins Street to Little Collins For a chocoholic like me, the highlight of the 19th century Block Arcade is not the intricate etched glass roof.  Nor is it the magnificent decorative wrought iron and timber supports cupping the glass.  Or, in fact the elaborate mosaic floors - apparently the largest in Australia.  For me – and many a chocoholic, the thrill [...]

360 Lt Collins St Melbourne The in house pastries in this bakery-cum-cafe are so light they’d barely do a dint of damage to the hips.  No really.  Flakey and ethereal, teamed with a robust Romcaffe latte, they make a suberb start to a morning in Melbourne.  Gill’s diner and commercial bakery is quite the find.  Fabulous [...]

Often referred to as the ‘lungs of Melbourne’, the Botanical gardens provide a great reprieve from the frenetic pace of the city.  You’ll find monstrous trees with terrific foliage for great shade on a hot day.  The resident bats come out in full force at night, as does the Moonlight Cinema and an annual Shakespeare [...]

Crn Chapel St & Dandenong Rd St Kilda The grand old maam of Melbourne’s cinemas, The Astor is one of this city’s few art deco theatres to have resisted the ugly trend towards “multiplexing” these historical gems.  Featuring a sweeping terrrazo foyer, a staircase with her own sense of occasion, and multiple comfy club lounges, [...]