Archive for January, 2011

Wind Farm, The Gap, Natural Bridge and Squid Shack, Albany

After our breakfast at Albany Pie Cafe, we were ready to do some sightseeing. First, we went to Albany Wind Farm. It was a warm, muggy day and the flies swarmed aggressively. I inhaled three that got too close to my nostrils – not intentionally, believe me – it’s a real problem for me every […]

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Albany Pie Cafe, Albany

After checking in at our motel on our first day in Albany, we went for a walk to check out our surroundings. I was on the lookout for a local bakery and gave a squeal of excitement when I spotted the Albany Pie Cafe. We decided to have a bit of a sleep-in the next […]

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Lime 303, Albany

I was really looking forward to our holiday in Albany! Jac made reservations at two Albany restaurants before we even left home. The first was for Lime 303, the restaurant at the Dog Rock Motel, where we stayed. Jac booked a table for our first night in Albany – we figured it would be nice […]

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Cosi’s Cafe, Albany

Shortly after new year’s day, towards the end of my holidays, we stayed three nights in Albany*, a coastal town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, approximately 400 km south-east of Perth (4.5 hours drive by car, or just over an hour by plane). It was too early to check in at our […]

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Golden King BBQ, Northbridge

A few days after Christmas we met up with my sister Juji and her boyfriend Jay to have lunch in Northbridge before going to the Art Gallery of Western Australia to catch the Peggy Guggenheim exhibition, which ends on 31 January. We had planned to go to Tak Chee House but were disappointed to discover […]

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Product review and competition: Peters Overload ice cream

I recently got to sample Peters Overload ice cream, which is, according to Peters, “chunky, smashed up parlour-style ice cream”. From the top, moving clockwise: Violet Crumble, Rolo and Caramel Cookie Madness There are three Overload flavours: Violet Crumble – a bright yellow and brown ice cream that makes me think of bumblebees. …

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Cravings Cafe, East Perth

A few weeks before Christmas, I had two breakfasts at Cravings Cafe in East Perth. First, workmate J and I both had scrambled eggs on toast (AU$10, add $1 for cheesy scrambled), washed down with freshly squeezed orange juice (AU$6.50). The orange juice was indeed freshly squeezed to order, chilled with ice cubes and was […]

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Afternoon tea at home

We had Jac’s niece and nephew over for an afternoon, and Jac thought it would be fun to have afternoon tea. She baked scones and assembled other sweet and savoury goodies, made frothy cold chocolate milk for the kids and a pot of English breakfast tea for her and me. Afternoon tea at home: sausage […]

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Queensland floods

I’ve been feeling upset and worried by all the information and images coming through the news and social media about the floods in Queensland. I can only imagine what the people directly affected by the floods are feeling – those who have had to evacuate their homes, those who may have lost everything or know […]

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Salsa’s Fresh Mex Grill, Cannington

We recently tried Salsa’s Fresh Mex Grill. It’s a franchise that’s relatively new to the food court at Carousel Shopping Centre. We shared a combo of Macho Nachos, Mexicrinkles and a small drink (AU$16.90 for the combo). Macho Nachos and Mexicrinkles, Salsa’s Fresh Mex Grill There are vegetarian nachos options at Salsa’…

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