ABC Radio in Melbourne is inviting listeners tonight to describe their memories of 1986. That’s a long time ago! Two things stand out for me.
Fitzroy made the VFL preliminary final. It was the club’s last finals appearance before extinction 10 years later.
Halley’s Comet flew past the earth that year. I was a member of Traralgon [...]
Juliet and I went with the babies to Milawa for lunch. There’s a cheese factory there that makes some tasty brie, camembert and chevre.
They also have gourmet chutney, pickles, jam, etc. We bought some spicy pickles, apple and ginger jam, trout pate and smoked trout, which was lovely with some crisp fresh bread and [...]
Juliet and I went with the twins to Milawa today. Strangely, it was
the first time we’d experienced the "gourmet" attractions that little
town has to offer in the eight years we’ve been living at Porepunkah.
We started at the cheese factory. It’s an attractive complex that
also includes specialty sweets and ice-cream, a bakery, wine cellar and
a furniture [...]
I’d like to congratulate the local Michelini family on their excellent Devils Creek 2002 Merlot. We enjoyed a bottle of this wine with our meal at Porepunkah Pub on Friday night.
On Saturday at the Alpine Enoteca wine bar in Myrtleford we each bought a bottle to take home, having discovered it was great value at [...]
