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Hidden away in Lavender Bay is a beautiful hidden garden designed, created and overlooked with great love and care by Wendy. It can be a short walk on it's own but better to make it part of a longer walk, exploring Blues Point in general. There are statues, hand crafted stairs and shady nooks. Take the stairs down through the tunnel under the rail line and you emerge into the sparkling vista of Lavender Bay, washed by the sounds of merry makers at Luna Park.       J Art and nature Antarctica Dicksonia spreading dappled light. lovely stairs and shade tolerant planting grand Morten Bay fig and undergrowth stair and path from Lavender Street framed view and flowering natives pedestrian tunnel under railway line sparkling view relaxing foreshore old slipway

Where do you start ... Melbourne is full of surprising little developments, tucked into back lanes and streets of the inner city. Sydney councils mostly take it upon themselves to be the arbiters of what is suitable for our streetscapes. Like junior town planners really know....    Because of that all the really interesting stuff is down south. These are just a few for your amusement.   J A little taste of organic architecture down the road from the Fitzroy fruit market. Opposite is one of my favourite older, modernist residential buildings. Sinking under the weight of unsightly tags... What were they thinking. Just down the hill from Smith Street this building could almost be seen as an homage to Dame Edna!!  Lovely organic shaped precast walls with beautifully trained foliage on simple wire security fence above lovely heritage style brick base wall. I liked the little modernist fleur de l...

Deep in the heart of the Eastern suburbs lies Centennial Park. On any fair weather day it is packed with walkers, sporting teams, lunchers, cyclists, horses, joggers, dogs and families. But it never feels overcrowded, there's heaps of space for everyone, and there is always a place to park your car if you are driving there. There are several walking trails around and through the park. Today we took the central route which takes you through a diverse landscape. Stuck for something to do on a nice day ........ be stuck no more!         J   Enter through the Western gates. Park near the bi-centennial pavilion. Some Sunday football games on the many sporting fields Passing the football dive into a beautiful pine forest complete with black cockatoos Break out into lovely large open fields used by families to kick a footy around. Mr Dickens new statue looking on ...

These are some cartoons we did to help illustrate Andy Corrigan's upcoming blockbusting, beer banning, book, "Table Talk". Coming to a book shop (or cyber book shop) near you soon. Keep an eye out for it. Has all you need to know about the fine art of mixing wine, food, company and conversation. Enjoy.........        J the fine art of decanting!! entertaining at home the joy of champagne a natural restaurant trend choosing the most suitable glass appropriate food....!!! how to securely store your wine To keep up with Andy, book release dates and all things Oenologistic head to his link at  http://www.ewineconsult.com/