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ReviewsTravel comedy

Hidden Hobart: Tassie Comedy Gets A Polish

February 22, 2017

If there’s too much confusion, you need relief, and what better than some really good comedy? Even better still if it’s Jokers at the Polish Club.

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Reviews Criterion

Criterion Street Cafe Ticks All The Right Boxes

February 20, 2017

If you want a change from the street food at the Farm Gate markets in Bathurst Street, where do you go? Ha, just round the corner and into Criterion.

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Reviews Honey Badger

What Do A Honey Badger and Plato Have In Common?

February 13, 2017

The honey badger is the badass of the animal world. I think I want to be a honey badger. Unless it’s the one who sacrificed his balls for a cafe in Hobart.

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ReviewsTravel Outlook from The Jetty

Jump Into The Jetty At Brisbane’s Southbank

February 10, 2017

When we finally reached Southbank, the place was a soggy mess. We pulled up at The Jetty, fanging at the bit. Or hungry, if the slang does your head in.

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Reviews Beer

The Pumpyard Brews Up Bonza Beer

February 6, 2017

Arriving from the cool summer of Tassie smack bang into the sultry heat of Queensland, a beer seemed like the idea of the century.

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Reviews tiny

A Tiny Place With A Big Future

January 16, 2017

A tiny place with a big future. A chef’s ride into the terrifying territory of ownership. This is Philippe Leban’s A Tiny Place Cafe.

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Reviews Blue Eye

A Hard Eye Needed For Blue Eye

January 9, 2017

A very fishy business! And in so many more ways than one! A recent trip to Blue Eye Seafood Restaurant down in Salamanca was interesting

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Reviews Born In Brunswick

Born In Brunswick, Burgeoning In Hobart

January 2, 2017

Born in Brunswick, new kid on the block and run by an ex Master Chef contestant, is not perfect. But they ticked enough of my boxes for me to leave happy.

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ReviewsTravel Frogmore

Review: Frogmore Creek Vineyard

December 16, 2016

This was a birthday lunch, and with two dear friends visiting from Melbourne, the celebration called for a special place. Frogmore Creek Vineyard it was.

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Reviews Brooke Street Larder

Review: Brooke Street Larder

November 28, 2016

There are a few places I visit in Hobart where I feel I may just be in a parallel fairy tale world. One of them is the Brook Street Larder.

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