Music
19 September in Melbourne. We had just left the Footscray Market and crossed the intersection, packed granny trolley in tow, when we heard the unmistakable quality of live music. It sounded pretty good, too. So why not investigate? A band were playing in the Trocadero Arcade outside the Say Cheese
Music
18 September 2026 in Melbourne, supported by Dogworld and Ebop. Just to be clear straight up, I wanted to go to this gig because of Dogworld - I had not even heard of Swapmeet before. Whereas usually I will go to a show and arrive for the support acts as a
Music
12 September 2026 in Melbourne, supported by Bananagun. One thing I can tell you is that I am not the only Belle and Sebastian tragic. There are at least enough of us to fill the Palais Theatre, and probably more. On this tour Belle and Sebastian were playing the album
Music
29 August 2026 in Melbourne, supported by Gusto Gusto and Trickbox x Flash Poetry. Bit slow off the mark posting this one! We headed out to Thornbury to see (and meet for the first time) the infamous Eggs playing saxophone with the algebraically inelegant Ungus Ungus Ungus (a.k.a.
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21 August in Melbourne, supported by Colbey. I think at this point I can admit that I like photos of my view when it's blocked by lots of people. In this case, I could have easily found my way through the crowd to a spot up the front
Food
On the request of Sky Hulk reader Emma, I am here to recount my household's spurtled way with porridge. Most spurtles are about 30 cm long but the spurtle I chose for us last week is a wee cutty-spurtle, at 20 cm. While longer spurtles are good
Music
18 July 2026 in Melbourne, supported by Jungle Jim Smith. This one was a little gig, the kind where you feel like you might be the only genuine punters in the room, and everyone else is the band's friends and family. All the same, Gippslanders GW3 and Jungle
Knitting
Australian Sheep and Wool Show at Bendigo Showgrounds, 17 July 2026. After having such a nice day last year I was guaranteed to drag myself to the sheep show again. This year it was a solo mission, and I caught the train and shuttle bus instead of driving and having
Neighbourhood
All year a family of black swans has been living nearby, between Edgewater lagoon and Dynon Road crossing over the Maribyrnong. There were seven - two adults and five cygnets. I took this photo of them back in January, when the cygnets first started venturing out. Today I saw the last
Movies
June 26 to 28 in Castlemaine. The hook for this one was Secret Mall Apartment, the documentary film that tells the story of a group of artists in Rhode Island who built a hidden apartment inside a huge shopping centre and kept it undetected for four years. Of course, it
Theatre
4 June 2026 in Melbourne, part of RISING festival. It's felt like a struggle to find interesting theatre of late. For the last few years, I've been a bit put off after experiencing some patronising, preaching-to-the-choir productions, and it's been hard
Music
30 May 2026 in Melbourne, supported by Chris Brokaw and Fancy Weapon. Tortoise is one of those bands where it's an automatic 'yes' when you see they're touring. Okay, it's only happened to me twice so far, but still. Last time it