Eat, Drink Melbourne

Price: $0.00

Location: Melbourne
City: Melbourne
Country: Australia
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 60 min
Class: Walking
Date Created: 7/18/2007
File Size: 27.45 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments: pdf map
Description: 774 ABC Melbourne invites you to put on your walking shoes, turn on your MP3 player and discover Melbourne's secrets with the ABC Melbourne Podtours: Eat, Drink Melbourne, Death, Dirt & Disease and Showbiz, Sexy Spectacles and Sideshows. Whether you are a visitor to the city or a born and bred local, you'll be surprised at the stories you'll uncover in Melbourne's hidden lanes and historical buildings. Join Derek Guille, Jon Faine and Red Symons as they guide you through the sights, sounds and smells of Melbourne town with the free audio tours that you can download to your MP3 player. The tours are a co-production with the University of Melbourne's Cultural Heritage Unit. Presented by Derek Guille with food writer Stephanie Alexander. Let Derek Guille take you on an exploration of Melbourne's culinary hotspots as Eat, Drink Melbourne takes in the great eating and drinking sites of today and decades past, interspersed with cooking hints from Stephanie Alexander. Highlights Include: * The story of Australian food icons, like Vegemite, the Freddo Frog, and the Dim Sim, which were all invented in Melbourne. * The site where the Prince Alfred caused Melbourne's biggest food-fight involving 100,000 Melburnians. * Rollicking yarns about Melbourne's famous pubs and vineyards. * Stephanie Alexander's advice on how to select a good cheese or cut of meat. Route: Starting at Federation Square this podtour winds through the lanes and arcades of the inner city to Chinatown and the Greek precinct to finish up at that foodies haven, the Queen Victoria Market.