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Airbnb Review – Chic country retreat, Lost and  Found, in Murray River Country

Airbnb Review – Chic country retreat, Lost and Found, in Murray River Country

Barham in New South Wales’s western Riverina district, on the banks of the Murray, is actually closer to Melbourne (300 km) than it is to Sydney (823 Km south-west of the NSW capital).  But it doesn’t matter where you’re coming from as long as you make your way to this special treasure, the newly opened...

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Melbourne’s Amphlett House lives up to its rock star name – a taphouse pulling cool ales, cocktails with a native Oz spin and a sharp menu

Melbourne’s Amphlett House lives up to its rock star name – a taphouse pulling cool ales, cocktails with a native Oz spin and a sharp menu

Tucked away at the top end of Melbourne’s Little Bourke Street, in the heart of the theatre district and just a wizard-wand throw from Princess Theatre for Harry Potter fans, Amphlett House is a Taphouse with a gastropub menu and a little Brit nostalgia. But let’s start with the drinks (don’t we always?). On-tap beverages...

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Hotel Review: The Royce Hotel slips into top gear, showing off its Roaring Twenties origins, and a luxurious sense of contemporary style

Hotel Review: The Royce Hotel slips into top gear, showing off its Roaring Twenties origins, and a luxurious sense of contemporary style

It may have been in the ‘workshop’ a while, but The Royce Hotel, in Melbourne’s leafy St Kilda Road boulevard, has been fine-tuned into a boutique hotel that channels luxury, elegance, opulence.  Not to mention a sense of fun. This 1928 Art Deco–Spanish Mission building began life as luxury car showroom – the original home of...

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