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Gingerbread Village by Epicure
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Opens from 1-24 Dec 2014 from 10am at the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston St. Over 2000 hours have been spent crafting the intricate display which features Melbourne’s famous landmarks.
Here’s a Recipe for Gingerbread Dough from Epicure:
Ingredients:
125g butter, room temperature
100g brown sugar
125ml treacle syrup
1 egg, separated
375g plain flour
20g gingerbread spice ( cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, coriander )
5g bicarbonate of soda
Method:
1) Preheat oven to 180deg.Bbrush 2 baking trays with melted butter to lightly grease
2) Use an electric beater to beat the butter & sugar in a bowl until pale & creamy. Add the golden syrup & egg yolk. Beat until combined. Stir in the flour, mixed spice, bicarbonate. Turn onto a lightly floured surface & knead until smooth. Press dough into a disc. Cover with plastic wrap & chill/ rest 30min in fridge.
3) Place dough between 2 sheets of baking paper, roll out until 4mm thick. Use a cutter to cut out shapes. Place on trays about 3cm apart
4) Bake in oven for 10min until brown. Transfer to rack to cool
5) Garnish with coloured royal icing
Lost Without Time
Where have the hands gone ? Will we not hear Waltzing Matilda today? Meeting under the clocks equates to meeting at the front entrance of Flinders Station under all the clocks. .but meeting under this clock in the Melbourne Central atrium is just as popular .. And with so much happening here, the train station below and a super tram stop outside on Swanston St, go meet someone under this gigantic clock!
Bikes Ep.2 [baskets]
I love seeing bikes all over Melbourne in all colours and fashion. The ones with pretty baskets never fail to make me pull out my camera to add them to my collection of bike photos. Which one do you like?
I wish I am brave enough to ride a bike in the city and along the Yarra river. I guess I need a good level of stamina to tackle the slopes and confidence to ride alongside the trams and cars as well as watch out for pedestrians in every corner of the city! If I ever get myself on a bike and be a part of the ever growing cycling population in Melbourne, I will want to look stylish with a cool helmet and a nice basket, as well as gloves to keep out the cold and chic bike fashionwear ! I might get a friend and try out the blue rental bikes which are available along Swanston St, Fed Square and Southbank. I will let you know when i do and share with you the my first cycle experience in Melbourne !
Main Street – Swanston St
Swanston Street  – the heart of Melbourne since the time surveyor Robert Hoddle drew up his blueprint for the city in 1837. Named after Captain Charles Swanston, who owned the Derwent Bank of Hobart, the first bank to open for business in Melbourne in 1838.
For more information and timeline, go to: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/ABOUTMELBOURNE/HISTORY/Pages/Streetsandroads.aspx#swanston
In the pictures:
CrossCulture Church of Christ ( formerly Swanston St Church of Christ), 333 Swanston St, by architect Charles Webb, built in 1863
State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston St, by architect Joseph Reed, opened in 1856
Melbourne Central Tram Stop No.8
Melbourne Town Hall, 100 Swanston St, by architect Joseph Reed, completed in 1870, the hub of Melbourne’s cultural and civic events
Peter Savva, who runs Flowers Round the Hours, outside Melbourne Town Hall, for 25 years now
St Paul’s Cathedral, built on the site where the first public Christian services in Melbourne were held in 1836.
Manchester Unity, by architect Marcus Barlow, constructed in 1932
Statue of Matthew Flinders, 1774-1814,  the first to circumnavigate Australia and identify it as a continent,  by sculptor  Charles Web Gilbert,  erected in 1925
Sculpture by Loretta Quinn, named ‘Beyond the Ocean of Existence’, 1993
Horse drawn carriages along Swanston St- a great way to see the city
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