On the way to see Psychedelic Porn Crumpets tonight, a band who's name I love saying whenever possible. #Naarm #Melbourne #LiveMusic

It's late March and I'm wearing three layers, bed socks & slippers while working from home. Damn it's chilly.

#Naarm #Melbourne

I enjoy taking the #MetroTunnel to speed up my commute home but I still haven't adjusted to the increased length of time being in a tunnel compared to a typical City Loop is slightly unnerving. Always a relief to get out from the tunnel near Hawksburn. #Naarm #Melbourne
Chalkies strike is big. Victorian teachers are striking because the supposedly left-wing state and federal governments don't think public education is worth funding properly. We need to chuck Labor in the bin and elect some real progressives.
https://www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/completely-unacceptable-school-staff-to-walk-off-the-job-in-victoria/288857
My daughter reports it is the best behaved protest ever.
#Strike #naarm
There's a massive new live music venue opening near Melbourne's CBD

Melbourne’s underground rave crew Slack Sound System is about to go above ground — literally, in fact, straight into the open air. The local outfit has announced Shipment, a brand new 1,200-capacity open-air industrial events space located just five minutes from the CBD. Shipment will launch on 28 March with an eight-hour daytime event called […]

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Hmmm. I think the fig jam is fig paste

#figs #foraging #Melbourne #Naarm

Hey Melbourne it's the Frankston Street Art festival this weekend
I've just been on a free one hour tour - very informative as usual :)
By some miracle Frankston trains are running so do yourself a favour

#Melbourne #Naarm #StreetArt #LoveFrankston

@bud_t boosting visibility #Naarm #Melways #maps #map

One of the great things about being back on my bike is I can go foraging.

I knew of a fig tree hanging over the back fence of a factory but it was too far away to walk and awkward to drive.

Most of the figs aren't fully ripe so I put olive oil over the fruit end. Any other tips for ripening/softening figs?

#cycling #figs #Melbourne #Naarm #foraging

Behind Melbourne Museum's shiny facade sits a world hidden from view

Museums display only a fraction of their collection so we went behind the scenes at the Melbourne Museum to find the untold stories kept from public view.