From the yearly archives: 2018
This is a wonderful restaurant at 83B Gamon Street, Yarraville. We went last Wednesday night. Saturday nights are booked out until the end of the year. It’s very small, with room for about 25 diners, some sitting at a bar overlooking the kitchen. But that’s not the only reason it’s hard to get into. The [...]
There is so much art to see at the Biennale it’s quite exhausting. Lucky locals get to go back to the different locations many times. We really only saw a fraction of the total, but even then were overwhelmed after a day and a half really. We visited some of the smaller galleries near the [...]
Some of the most impressive artwork at BOAA was found in the Art Gallery. Remember to click on the image to enlarge it. Starting with Three Installations from Asher Bilou. In the catalogue he talks about one being The lightness of light which I presume is this one. On the wall plaque it’s called in-visible. [...]
The second place we visited at the Biennale is now known as the Welcome Centre, but in my day it was Sacred Heart College where my paternal aunts and cousins went to school as boarders many years ago. I’ve never set foot in the building despite spending six years at Loreto Abbey on the other [...]
Ballarat’s first BOAA was great. We visited on the week-end of 20-21 October 2018. First up, we visited the George Farmer Building in Eureka Street. Locals describe it as a former bacon factory. But I surmise it must have been a smallgoods operation and whilst wandering through it I was trying to work out what [...]
