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Postcards Season 2025 Episode 32
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00:00Today on Postcards, Brodie's in Brunswick discovering art, coffee and a
00:06relaxed bistro along the train line. We're joined by Shelley Craft for a tour
00:11of Daylesford complete with plenty of regional produce and lunch with a local.
00:15I need my hit of city life, city things, but this is a soulful place for me.
00:23Chris Kohler takes to the streets of Footscray finding a cosy bookshop and
00:28some delicious Argentinian food along the way, and I spend a day in the city in
00:33search of French masterpieces. It's simple, buttery and delicious.
00:51An hour and a half northwest of Melbourne is Daylesford. It's been a tourist favorite for
00:55the longest time and is home to stunning bushland, a vibrant art scene and some
01:00of regional Victoria's best hospitality.
01:05This year the block is calling Daylesford home for three months at least. We try to
01:10live like locals and find the best spots in town, so today you'll get to see my
01:13favorite places. We're going to start with brunch at Clippies.
01:17Clippies is a treasure trove of local produce, warming meals and great coffee.
01:22You've been coming here a long time, Megan.
01:27I have been coming here a long time.
01:28What keeps bringing you back to Clippies particularly?
01:30I just love it because I think it's got heart. It's got everything that's great about a cafe.
01:36It's fabulous stuff, great food, wonderful coffee, and the best thing I think about it is that Sam and
01:43Liam have done such an awesome job at restoring it because it was an historical building, belonged to
01:49Cliffies as a general store and he would be delighted to see how much love and care they've put into
01:55resurrecting it, you know. And the fact that there's usually a line-up out the door, I feel like I had
01:59to gang up with you to get myself a seat this morning. I do know people in this place.
02:05Yeah. You've been to Daylesford a long time now.
02:07Yes. What's so special about it?
02:09I think Daylesford's a magical place. It's got beautiful nature. It's a healing place.
02:15Daylesford's got a magic. Having moved up from the city, what, over 40 years, you can't see yourself
02:20going back to the big smoke? I lived in Europe for about seven years and I lived in Moscow and
02:26I lived in London and I did a whole lot of things but always come back here. I need my hit of city life
02:32but this is a soulful place. While the block is set to make its mark on the Daylesford property scene,
02:39there's another home with a history and gardens that make it one of the most significant in the
02:44region. Wombat Park Estate dates back to the early 1850s and while it is a private residence,
02:51a few times a year the gates are open to the public to come and experience the magic of their garden.
02:58You get to live the dream in these beautiful gardens every day?
03:01Yeah, it's definitely an interesting journey walking around here and trying to work out what
03:06to do with it all. So it was planted by William Stanbridge in 1850. This is the old garden where
03:12we're walking through now which was the first planting and he lived here for at least 50 years
03:18until his daughter Florence built the main house and then the new gardens. The upcoming open garden in
03:23October is going to be the second one we've done and it's an amazing day where people get to come and
03:28see it for themselves and really feel like it's their own garden for the weekend.
03:34Back down the road and directly across from the block is the Farmer's Arms Hotel.
03:40The team here have absolutely nailed the balance between destination dining and local watering hole.
03:45Yes, we spend a lot of time at the Farmer's Arms and I've tried everything on the menu so if you're after
03:50pub classics you'll find that too but if you want something a little bit more special they really do
03:55pride themselves on the paddock to plate experience. If you're talking the filet mignon, yes it was
04:01grazing in the paddock just next door. If you're vegan you'll find the mushroom bourguignon just
04:07outstanding. There is something for everyone. Wash it down with a local red from the Massenden Ranges
04:14and you'll be one happy camper. Thank you so much for having us, Stalesford. It has been a treat.
04:19If you're keen to learn more about any of the places I've visited today, head to the websites
04:24on screen and don't miss the next open garden at Wombat Park Estate. And of course don't miss the block
04:31tonight at 7 o'clock on 9. Melbourne's most iconic German beer hall is buzzing with Oktoberfest energy. At
04:42Hofbrauhaus celebrate with giant steins of imported German beer and live Bavarian music filling the air.
04:49Throughout the month you'll find an authentic Oktoberfest experience without even leaving the city.
04:56The Melbourne International Games Week returns with a jam-packed schedule of events.
05:01Take part in workshops with game developers, check out exhibitions and live demonstrations
05:06and get involved yourself in demos of the newest works from game studios.
05:11And the Bolabeck Garden Fair is a delightful weekend of touring beautiful gardens, learning about
05:17horticulture and shopping at market stalls full of plants, art, produce and more. A long-standing
05:23community event. Make your way to the Macedon Ranges next weekend to experience it for yourself.
05:30After the break we're exploring some great spots in Brunswick that are a little off the well-worn path.
05:36We're swapping Sydney Road for this track along the train line and you'll be surprised at what we find.
05:41There's no denying Brunswick is funky. It's one of Melbourne's coolest suburbs and sure you could
05:59fill a whole day exploring Sydney Road but in the spirit of being cool we're taking a more offbeat approach.
06:06This is the Upfield Shared Path and it runs all the way from Faulkner to Princess Park and along
06:16the way you'll find a bunch of quirky places to stop in starting with a cuppa of Albion Street.
06:25Soy really just feels like a home for us both. We've got photos of our family and friends and
06:30little figurines we really like to collect. The drinks that we like, flavours we like. I think it reflects a
06:35lot of my personality as well as Dewey's personality and it's been really nice to share that with the
06:41community. Tell me what are some of your favourite items on the menu? Um for me it's the Vietnamese
06:46coffee. We do a fun twist on it where we put a yuzu cream. It's my favourite drink. That sounds good.
06:51Yeah it's like a dessert in a drink. Tell me about the Crocs. Um yeah we these are the comfiest shoes
06:58ever so Crocs if you're watching please sponsor us. Is your mascot here every day or has Winston just
07:02come to visit us today? Uh he's our boss so he's here to watch us, supervise, pay child complaints,
07:08go to Winston, start bringing him to work every day and he really enjoys it. Customers really enjoy it
07:14so it's been really great. A hundred metres up the path on Tinning Street is Studio Arthouse Gallery
07:21Australia. This artist-run gallery doubles as an event space and studio hub and is a testament to
07:28the suburb's creative spirit. Saga's all about community. It's all about bringing people together
07:35and engaging through art and it's about establishing strong relationships with people and having a great
07:42time putting the fun back in life again. Whatever you dream up you can pretty much do in this blank
07:46canvas of a space like collage class workshops, art therapy. As you can see here we have an exhibition
07:53at the moment with 26 artists. This was curated with iSquared Gallery so it's our first collaboration
07:58with another gallery which is really exciting and to curate is Isabella Monacas and Isabella Dredge,
08:04the Isabellas and they did a great job in representing the artists. What is it that you love about being
08:10part of the Brunswick community? It's the people. Since we've opened we've had so many shows here and so
08:16many people interested in engaging with us and working with us and it's been great.
08:23When it's time to eat it's off to Nina's Bar and Dining on Florence Street. Just a four minute
08:29stroll away this restaurant is big on bringing the community together both on and off the plate.
08:35Shay, Hayley, this is such a great place for the neighbourhood to hang out. What made you choose
08:40this location next to the bike path? Shay just sent me a link one day and we came and had a look. We saw
08:46the big windows and we saw the bike path and it was just had such great bones. We just wanted to make
08:51it everything that's good about hospitality but without all of the fuss. You can come and have a
08:56few drinks, you can come and have a full meal, you know somewhere people could come back two or three
09:00times a week. Who's Nina? Nina is my niece and she shares my name. She's Nina Shay so I thought I'd return the
09:08favour and name a restaurant after her. So the ethos is we get really good produce, some of which Hayley
09:15grows on our rooftop garden. We work very closely with Dayswalk Farm in Keylor which is just 15
09:22kilometres away so we get a lot of organic vegetables to come in and our meat comes from Flinders & Co.
09:28Try and show respect to the ingredients and not do too much with them. What would some of your favourite
09:33dishes base and standouts? Everybody asks me and I just start listing absolutely everything so I'm not
09:39very good at that question. I'd imagine you're getting the same faces coming in a lot too. You have
09:45your regulars? Absolutely yeah. It's a brilliant community around here. Everyone's really supportive
09:50of each other and all the businesses and yeah we're lucky. So explore more of Brunswick along the
09:56Upfield shared path. All the details are on the screen. After the break we're tucking into authentic
10:03Argentinian food in the heart of Footscray.
10:14Today I'm trading finance for Footscray and I bet when you think about Footscray you think of three things
10:20four if you include the Bulldogs which we're not today. So three things are hyper trendy cafes,
10:25a thriving art scene and multicultural food and today we're knocking all three off our list
10:31starting with a coffee at Dumbo. Milk bars turned cafes are a definite trend these days but back when
10:37Dumbo opened its doors it was a totally refreshing take on a tired building that had sat neglected for
10:4220 years. Almost a decade on they're keeping things fresh with an ever-changing menu inspired by
10:48different cities around the world. Avotoast and Eggs Benny are among the crowd favourites here and
10:54then there's this the XO Eggs comes with a chilli sambal sauce which gives it a real kick and it's quite
11:00popular. I'm told that the kitchen has actually tried to take it off the menu a couple of times
11:05but each time the regulars have just not been having a bar of that so I'm keen to see what all the fuss is about.
11:10Also offering a caffeine fix is the chestnut tree over on Barclay Street but this one comes with a
11:19side of something literary. It was opened in 2021 by Reem Swede who saw a bookshop sized hole in Footscray
11:26and thought it was high time someone filled it. The West sometimes has a depiction of being you know just
11:32for migrants and for food and there was really not enough bookshops here. We have The Sun and Yarraville
11:38but that was it and I believed that the community was there that would support it and that if I just
11:43built it they would come. Is this a community hub that you dreamed of? More than I could have dreamed
11:47of to be honest. People are using it as an extension of their homes. We have things for newborns all the
11:54way to great-grandmas and grandpas and that's kind of what we pride ourselves on. They can kind of be able
11:59to offer people what they're looking for. And what are they looking for? What's flying off the shelf?
12:04Fantasy and sci-fi is always popular. Australian literary fiction. We've got graphic novels for
12:09the kids that's kind of flying off the shelf as well so it really ranges. So what is it about bookshops
12:15that really bring the community together? Bookshops I don't know if you've ever traveled around the
12:19world but I always found that going to a bookshop is a bit of a safe space. It's somewhere where if I
12:24have a few hours to kill I can go in and I can look around and I can chat to the person working there
12:29about what's happening in the world. It is a space where people can share ideas and their thoughts.
12:34It creates a community space. The kids can spend hours here. They'll just lie down on the floor and
12:39just flick through and they love the Peter Rabbit that we have and they come in. The little ones love
12:44to give it a cuddle and the older ones love to undress it. But it's really nice to see a passion for books
12:51still in the younger kids and to be contributing to that and keeping books alive is a huge honour.
13:00For the longest time Butch Grey was Melbourne's home of Vietnamese and it still is but you'll find
13:05so many different cuisines here. Ethiopian, Italian, West African, Filipino and today's flavour,
13:11Argentinian, which is exactly what you'll get at Caminito La Boca. Roxana as soon as you walk in you
13:17see some familiar faces. When you were setting this place up how important was it to get the menu right
13:21but also to get these guys on the wall? Obviously the food is very important but for me number one
13:26thing to have Diego on my wall. He's my idol. I even pray to Diego. I know it sounds weird but yeah I pray
13:34to Diego. He's my guardian angel. Yes well tell us a little bit about this well I want to call it a
13:40restaurant but that's not quite what you'd call it right? It is but we call it Bodegon. It's a place where we
13:46cook everything that our grandmothers used to cook and the portions are very very big. You'll find
13:52milamese which is the schnitzels, we make that here too, very big, bigger than the plate sometimes.
13:57That's why we call it Bodegon. I cook the way that I love to eat you know the taste, the size of the food
14:04is very important you know and when I see people enjoying what I cook it makes me so happy honestly.
14:12When you opened the doors did you find people coming from far and wide who've got connections
14:17to Argentina? They do but not only Argentinians, Latinos and even Australian people they love our
14:23culture. I used to go to places like this and to Caminito with my grandpa when I was little
14:29and then when Abuelito passed away I thought I'll do a replica of Caminito the place that I used to go
14:35with my Abuelito. The asado, my Abuelito used to make it exactly like this with chinchulines and I was
14:42always right next to him making asados and drinking mattes. I'm sorry I'm getting a little bit emotional
14:49when I talk about him. Yeah he's like he's my guardian angel yes yeah and then after him Maradona.
14:56For details on any of these Footscray favorites head to the websites on screen.
15:05After the break we're admiring French artistry but in two forms paintings and pastries and where
15:12to find the best of both in the city right now.
15:28You don't have to be an art expert to recognize names like Monet, Renoir or Van Gogh and some of
15:33their most renowned artworks are on display right here now at the NGV. I'm really excited about this
15:40exhibition and I'll take you in and show you why. Hello. This year's Melbourne Winter Masterpieces
15:47exhibition is all about French Impressionism and is one of the biggest exhibitions of its kind to
15:54ever visit Australia. Tell me about French Impressionism. Why are people so drawn to it?
16:00It's a really interesting movement. I mean it's a really pivotal moment in art history where
16:05artists began to paint what they wanted to paint not listening to all of the traditional kind of
16:10rules about painting so it was quite a rebellious movement in the 1870s in Paris. There's a lot of
16:17different artists who came together they began to exhibit independently. The majority of them wanted
16:23to paint landscapes they wanted to paint the world around them as they were seeing it at that moment.
16:28I think we can see in their paintings a freshness of vision that I think we can imagine they could have
16:33been painted yesterday even though the majority of paintings in the exhibition are actually about
16:37150 years old. Some artists really mentored others introduced sort of ideas into their painting and then
16:43they often took those ideas and passed them on to a new generation. So Impressionism isn't a single
16:48moment in time in a way it's it's an evolving movement so painters who were iconically associated
16:54with Impressionism they're the core of the exhibition here. We've got a hundred paintings and we've got
16:59a wonderful suite of prints they've all come from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Part of
17:03their incredible collection it's considered the best collection of French Impressionism outside of
17:07France. A lot of these works are by artists who are very familiar but the paintings themselves I
17:11think will be not very familiar with our audiences because they rarely travel and certainly very few
17:16of them have been seen in Australia before. Is it fair to say that this would probably have to be
17:22the most famous painting in the collection? I think it's certainly up there it's one of the most
17:27recognizable paintings from Boston's collection. It's Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Dance at Bougeval from
17:331883. There's a sense of a crowd you can almost hear the music so it's a really loved painting. So is this
17:40an accurate representation of what Paris would have been like at the time? Between 1850 and 1870s Paris
17:46has undergone the most enormous transformation. There was a huge building program to modernize Paris.
17:52It's a fascinating character in the exhibition Paris as a city and how changing it is
17:57at this time and the inspiration it provides many of the painters whether that's to to go outside and
18:01seek the fresh air of the countryside or to depict the people of Paris the very changing nature of the
18:06city. How these artists became artists is fascinating and that's something you really learn about.
18:13Renoir for example came from quite a poor family background. It took him a lot longer to become a
18:18successful painter than some others. We sometimes forget the struggle that was behind them at the
18:22time. Claude Monet took decades to become a successful painter. In this room you see him
18:28seeking to capture the sun on the canvas the radiant landscapes that he saw around him. There's
18:34good reasons why he's perhaps the most famous name amongst the Impressionist movement. I mean first of
18:38all the the movement itself the name of it came from a Monet painting. He created a work in 1872 called
18:44Impression Sunrise and a critic rather snootily referred to it as an impression as if it was
18:50just a sketch something that wasn't finished rather than a completed painting. Suddenly art became
18:55something that was very much about the moment the contemporary time because many of these artists
19:00were painting what they saw before them and it really allowed painters to then pursue what they
19:05felt was most important that they wanted to express themselves in art in painting. So the paths
19:12after Impressionism go in many different ways because the Impressionists allowed artists to be freer to
19:17be able to pursue their own vision. About 20 years before the Impressionists were painting Paris another
19:28French icon was starting to rise the croissant. The pastry may have Austrian roots but France made it famous
19:36and here in Melbourne Loon is known for making some of the best in the world. Just a 10 minute walk away
19:43from the gallery on Russell Street you can sit inside and enjoy one while watching the world go by
19:49or take it home for a little less public devouring. There's a reason that people queue down the street
19:56for these. The layers, the crunch, the smell. They do creative monthly specials but if you're new
20:04start with the classic it's simple buttery and delicious. I mean just look at this guy. Bon appétit.
20:15So treat yourself to an edible work of art at Loon before experiencing the masterpieces at the NGV's
20:22French Impressionism exhibition on display until October 5. Join us again next time when Shane checks out a
20:31brand new burger spot in Brunswick. Guest presenter Mitch Tambo takes a gallery tour through Collingwood
20:38and Maddie discovers some delicious food worth stopping for along the Surf Coast Highway.
20:43That's all we've got time for tonight. As always thanks for tuning in and we'll see you again next time.
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