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		<title>Local Knowledge: Kenneth from Melbourne</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 08:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Dunston</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hidden gems]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kenneth Leung]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For our Melbourne edition of Local Knowledge we consulted Melbourne local Kenneth Leung, a Hong Kong-born Australian who is impossible to describe in a nutshell. Kenneth is a restaurant owner, community supporter, volunteer, philanthropist, strategic advisor, social media consultant, and coffee lover. Phew. We first became acquainted with Kenneth online, in the wonderful world that is Twitter, &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16662">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Staying Connected in Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 09:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Dunston</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[reliable internet access in Australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest challenges for travellers is staying connected in Australia. Surprisingly for a developed nation, Australia has abysmally slow Internet speeds and some archaic telecommunications practices still in place – especially in hotels, where it’s not unusual to find excruciatingly slow Internet, complex processes for logging on, and some of the most expensive &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16734">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Theatre of Ideas at Melbourne Food and Wine Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Dunston</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia's best chefs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne Food and Wine Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modena]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Theatre of Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Theatre of Ideas at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, and the opportunity the festival provided us to interview some of the world’s best chefs, was one of the main reasons we went to Melbourne. We’re working on a story (well, at 5,000 words and 18 pages, it’s more like an essay) for a &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16654">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Local Guide to Vintage Shopping in Melbourne</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Dunston</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Taking a Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Cottage Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Local Guide to Vintage Shopping in Melbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anonymous Posh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boyd Baker House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butterick patterns]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Danielle Pumo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empire Vintage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Sweetman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashback Fabrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frocks and Slacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hidden Secrets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insider guide to Melbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madame Brussels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pearl Oyster café]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retro fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Arcade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second hand shops in Melbourne]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Junk Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The White House Daylesford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trash on Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vintage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vintage shopping]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[where to shop for vintage in Melbourne]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[That we needed to provide you with a local guide to vintage shopping in Melbourne quickly became apparent after spotting some Melbourne locals in beehives, cats eye glasses and bobby socks. After meeting vintage princess Danielle Pumo on our Hidden Secrets tour, it was obvious she should be our vintage expert. GT: Tell us what &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16610">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering Melbourne&#8217;s Hidden Secrets on a Lanes and Arcades Tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Dunston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taking a Tour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Block Arcade]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lanes and Arcades tour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne laneways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne's famous laneways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Arcade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping arcades]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discovering Melbourne&#8217;s ‘hidden secrets’ on a Lane and Arcades tour wasn’t high on our list of priorities, I have to admit. But Paris has its boulevards, Venice has its canals, Barcelona has its ramblas, Sydney has its harbour, and, well, Melbourne has its lanes. We half-suspected all the chatter about Melbourne’s famous laneways was simply the result of a successful tourism campaign. And by &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16607">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Meandering the Masala Trail in Dandenong in Melbourne</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Dunston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food and Wine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Walking Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dandenong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eating Indian food in Melbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethnic diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foodie tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foodie walk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian cuisine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian foodie walk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we’re meandering the Masala Trail in Dandenong in Melbourne, to get a taste of &#8216;Little India&#8217; in Australia, one of the world’s most cosmopolitan countries. Nowhere is Australia&#8217;s ethnic diversity felt more than in multicultural Melbourne, the capital of its southern state Victoria, and Melbourne&#8217;s outer-suburb Dandenong, where 55% of residents are foreign-born, from 156 different countries. The &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16595">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Melbourne Markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Dunston</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local Produce, Local Products]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[all natural homemade yoghurt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian produce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia’s largest market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia’s oldest market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill’s Farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breads Etcetera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butchers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caspers Gourmet Foods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chaso’s Gourmet Deli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicken Pantry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coffin Bay oysters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Combination Tour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crabtree’s Murray-Darling Salts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dim Sims from South Melbourne Market]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melbourne is blessed with brilliant fresh produce markets and we toured three of the best Melbourne markets, the Queen Victoria Market, South Melbourne Market, and Prahran Market, on our recent trip. Why do a tour of a market? Isn&#8217;t it enough just to shop the market and soak up the atmosphere? To take in the &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16526">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make A Mojito</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Dunston</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sensology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the original Bacardi Mojito]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cocktail time. A class on how to make a Mojito was one of the highlights of the Taste of Melbourne festival. Out of all the events we went to, the cocktail making lessons were the ones that seemed to excite festivalgoers the most. Long lines, packed sessions, and lots of locals taking their cocktail educations &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16501">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Renaissance of The Great Australian Pub Counter Meal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Carter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chef Paul Wilson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the great Australian pub counter meal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The great Australian pub counter meal has undergone a significant transformation since we left Australia in the late 1990s. Last week we chatted to Chef Paul Wilson, one of the culinary forces responsible for its recent renaissance in Melbourne. Counter meals – while being something we Aussies inherited from our British ancestors – are nevertheless quintessentially Australian. We &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16471">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Afternoon Tea at The Hotel Windsor, a Melbourne Tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Dunston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eating Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food and Wine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[afternoon tea]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cupcakes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[how to make the perfect cup of tea]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Afternoon tea at The Hotel Windsor is a quintessential Melbourne experience for many, and for locals as much as tourists. While afternoon tea may currently be in vogue – it was inevitable it would follow on from the cupcake fad – the Hotel Windsor has been serving its traditional afternoon tea continuously since 1883, and &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16447">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jess Ho’s Guide to Eating and Drinking in Melbourne</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bars and Entertainment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Black Pearl]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chin Chin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chu The]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cibi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Wine Shop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culter & Co]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cumulus Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dainty Sichuan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eating and drinking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gertrude St Enoteca]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Ho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mediterranean Wholesalers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We first met Jessica Ho aka That Jess Ho, girl-in-the-know, food blogger, and face of Melbourne Asian restaurant Chin Chin, when we were photographing the funky eatery for our Mouthwatering Melbourne story. If you know Jess Ho, enough said. If you don&#8217;t, here&#8217;s one of the most local guides you&#8217;re going to get to eating and drinking &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16417">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Azabu Yukimura in Melbourne &#8211; Michelin-Starred Kaiseki Shines in Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Carter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japanese cuisine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Koko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyoto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne Food and Wine Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelin-starred chef Jun Yukimura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restaurants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not too many foodies were surprised when the Michelin Guide went to Japan and handed out more three-stars to Japanese restaurants than they do in France. While France’s cuisine has been stagnant the last few years, Japan’s status as a great dining destination has only improved. One of the recipients of the Guide’s highest accolade &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16413">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>From Taste of Melbourne to Melbourne Food and Wine Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Dunston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eating Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festivals and Events]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia's best food and wine festivals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne Food and Wine Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne's best food and wine festivals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like all good foodie cities, Melbourne in Australia is home to a handful of delicious food festivals, from Taste of Melbourne to Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. It was Taste of Melbourne, held in September, that we used as an excuse to travel here last year and get to know the city’s food scene, and the &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16374">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Eating Out In Melbourne: from European to Asian and Back Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Dunston</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food and Wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian cuisine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bistro Guillaume]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chin Chin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[eating out guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European cuisine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Giuseppe Arnaldo & Sons]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ian Curley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Izakaya Den]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese cuisine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Neil Perry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can take a culinary trip around the world, eating out in Melbourne – from Europe to Asia and back again – and that’s virtually what we did on our recent foodie trip, eating everything from Italian, French and British to Japanese, Thai and regional Chinese. To Australians, this kind of eating isn’t unusual. Like &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16351">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Eating Out In Melbourne: Contemporary Australian Cuisine</title>
		<link>/?p=16306</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Dunston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Date Night]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jacques Reymond]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Neil Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shannon Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxi Dining Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Atlantic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were excited about eating out in Melbourne. For foodies, the opportunity to spend 12 days eating in Melbourne was thrilling. Melbourne’s food scene is considered by many to be the best in Australia. Just ask any Melbournite. Being lapsed Sydneysiders (having not lived there for over a dozen years), we felt that we had &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="/?p=16306">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
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