Cold Chisel delivers its gospel to its Oz Rock faithful Under a huge, triple-steepled big-top cathedral, the Cold Chisel faithful did gather in Melbourne on Saturday night to hear the rock and roll gospel according to Jim, Ian, Don, Phil and Charley. For more than two hours, a massed choir of disciples did proclaim the gospel from Australia’s premier rock band with shouting, screaming and a seething sea of bodies who hung on every word and every note. And, verily, it was good. Very, very good. The latest round of Cold Chisel’s 50th anniversary tour of Australia and New Zealand took…
Author: Jamie Duncan
There’s an old saying about grocery shopping: never shop when you’re hungry. But at Foodle Asian Grocery + Kitchen, it’s impossible not to be tantalised by its well-stocked aisles of Asian delicacies and the heady aroma of Asian cuisine coming from the kitchen in the one amazing location. Australia’s second Foodle store opened recently within the Lower Ground Food Hall at The Glen shopping centre in Glen Waverley, which already has a lively food scene. The Glen’s Foodle joins its first at Maribyrnong’s Highpoint shopping centre, which opened in 2023, with plans for a third store in Victoria by mid-2025.…
Sometimes, slow development has its benefits. Such is the case in Heidelberg. It’s just 11km from the Melbourne CBD but has a special charm all its own. The first sales of Crown land took place in the Heidelberg area in the 1840s but the railway into the city didn’t arrive until 1888, which stifled Heidelberg’s early residential growth. The lack of services and cheap housing attracted artists like Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin, Arthur Streeton, Tom Roberts and others to gather in the district and take advantage of the country scenery and expansive Yarra Valley views to form the Heidelberg School…