travel by tea towel

we have a few souvenir tea towels

one of my favourites is of orange crayfish and seashells on a blue background (similar to the tea towel on the left)

it says, 
Greetings from Hook Is Observatory

I had never heard of Hook Island - but I soon found out it is part of the Whitsundays and I immediately wanted to go there (there was a rudimentary resort there but it has been closed for the past few years)

It gave me the idea of visiting our tea towels- we bought our Bicheno tea towel (same design as on the left) while on pre-moon in Tasmania

The Queensland State Library has a souvenir tea towel collection  - (worth a visit next time we're there)

 

   

(I'm not above making some preemptive purchases (Yappoon pineapples, Iluka fish)
I would love a tea towel from kimba (the big galah) and parkes (the dish) and whale sharks at ningaoloo reef... hard to find doing Google image searches, but i'm sure they exist

I have to say, it makes me sad to see "re-purposed" tea towels.  It is true that using tea towels soon fades the textiles.  We use ours as curtains.

although, there is some lovely use of tea towels in art / craft,

for example, jo grant's tea towel works ... / jo grant website

I also read about an artist (Julie Paterson) who makes her own postcards when she visits a place ...

So my idea is .... what if I made my own tea towels after visiting a new town, city, suburb ...

some amusing tea towels i found in my travels
Everingham + Watson tea towels / Sunny boy tea towel / Kookaburras

wonderful designs from yellow studio freeo

 

open to new experiences

in 2017, it would be good to try a new cheap eatery once a week

here are a few to try ...

Spiral Beans 539 Plenty Road, Preston	NORTH Japanese Yin Yang cooking V, GF, raw, local Mon-Fri 8am-3pm Sat & Sun  9am-4pm Dinner Tues-Sun 5.30-9.30pm
Laksa King 6-12 Pin Oak Crescent, Flemington	WEST Malaysian laksa and hawker style Only closed Christmas Day Happy Hour 5-6.30pm
Wonderbao  4/19-37 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne	CBD Taiwanese bao - steamed bun Fried silky tofu gua bao
Martha Ray's 85 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy	inner NORTH Casual cafe fare eg Breakfast Roll Omelette with Donati’s Streaky Bacon and our House Made Tomato Pickle, Or Vegetarian Style
The Grand Trailer Park Taverna  87 Bourke St, Melbourne	CBD American burgers
Radio Mexico 2A Mitchell Street, Northcote	NORTH Fresh Mexican
Thaiger Shop 16, The Walk Arcade 8 Causeway Lane	CBD Thai style burgers "POU-NIM" BLACK BURGER Crispy softshell crab, granny smith Asian slaw, caramelised onion, capsicum, lettuce, Thaiger Mayo and tangy dressing
GAMI chicken & beer 100 Lt Lonsdale Street, Melbourne / Shop G, 535 Lt. Lonsdale St (Healey's Lane), Melbourne 370 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy 78A Acland Street, St Kilda 840 Glenferrie Road. Hawthorn	CBD NORTH EAST SOUTH Korean style fried chicken
The Dojo Ramen Bar 333 High Street, Northcote	NORTH Ramen, & tempura JFC- famous recipe karaage fried chicken  Tempura Butterfly tiger prawns/Seasonal vegetables
Göz City 50 Lonsdale Street (Madame Brussels Lane), Melbourne	CBD Gozleme
Moroccan Soup Bar 183 St Georges Road, North Fitzroy - also Moroccan Deli-cacy, 313 Lygon St, Brunswick East	inner NORTH soup - vegetarian no alcohol on site
Jinda Thai 1-7 Ferguson St, Abbotsford	inner EAST Thai including pork meat balls - a secret family recipe - with a pepper and garlic sauce food is great, service not so much - visit when relaxed and happy
Delhi Streets 22 Katherine Place, Melbourne	CBD Indian street food
Hawker Hall 98 Chapel St, Windsor	SOUTH Malaysian and Singapore style hawker market dishes
Jemima's Southern Fried Chicken 202 High Street, Northcote	NORTH southern fried chicken! delivery available but better to walk up the hill and back
Otsumami 257 High St, Northcote	NORTH Kani-age - deep fried soft shell crab marinated in soy, mirin, ginger & garlic the gyoza are good too
HuTong Dumpling Bar 14-16 Market Lane, Melbourne	CBD Chinese dumplings
Babajan 713 Nicholson Street, Carlton North	inner NORTH Turkish cuisine   Breakfasts include Almond Keskul (pudding) with cranberry and almond granola, seasonal berries and Trout Spanakopita. Lunch includes BBQ Lamb Kofte with white bean piyaz salata (and many of the breakfast items). There are also "Ottolenghi-esque" salads at the counter
Dr Morse Bar & Eatery 274 Johnston Street, Abbotsford	inner EAST fancy pub food sustainably sourced, and there's a big beer garden
The Moor’s Head Rear 744 High Street, Thornbury	NORTH "inauthentic" (Middlie Eastern pizza)
Green Refectory 115 Sydney Road Brunswick	NORTHWEST cafe, with all day breakfast and comfort food The "'breakfast stack' is bacon, tomato and haloumi topped with spinach, basil and a poached egg all piled on top of potato patty the size of a cloud and surrounded by a moat of tomato relish that tastes like it was preserved by people who've been living off the grid for decades" (The Thousands) They also have a selection of freshly baked cakes, including pavlova
Loop Roof Level 3, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne	CBD standard bar food - sliders, chips, popcorn oysters ... all with a view
Simply Spanish 116 Cecil St, South Melbourne (South Melbourne market)	SOUTH best paella in Melbourne (and the non-Spanish world, September 2016)
Sourdough Kitchen 172 Victoria Street, Seddon	WEST bakery specialising in sourdough breads (and croissants), pastries, sausage rolls, pies, plum jam donuts
Olympic Doughnuts 51 Irving St, Footscray (Footscray Station)	WEST hot jam doughnuts have been sold by Nick Tsiligiris from his iconic van since 1979.
Cornershop 9 Ballarat Street, Yarraville	WEST across the street from the Sun Theatre, and they serve ricotta hotcakes!
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