THE ’BURBSYOU NEEDTO KNOW
ELSTERNWICK:Thisinner-cityMelbournesuburb’s
designationasahiphoodwasassuredwhenit
playedhosttothe 2018 incarnationofTheBlock.
SandwichedbetweenStKildaandCaulfield,you
needtoheadherefortheinterestingcafesandbars
andeclecticmixofinhabitants.
NEWSTEAD:Onceadown-at-heelindustrialarea,
thisBrisbaneneighbourhoodhasseenaninfluxof
restaurants,barsandnewdevelopments.Butitstrue
coolcredentialscomefromthefactthatithasitsown
microbreweryanddesignerdonutstore.Saynomore!
MOUNTLAWLEY:Thisinner-cityvillagehasa
laid-backfeelthatpermeatesitsrestaurantsandbar,
andthebuzzyshoppingstripofBeaufortStreet.
EVELEIGH:Theformerrailyardsinthisinner-city
Sydneysuburbnowplayhosttogalleries
(Carriageworks,pictured)andfoodmarkets,and
plansareafoottodevelopthenewlynamedSouth
Eveleighintoaretailandcommercialhub,including
afirstofitskindrooftopIndigenousgarden.PUBSAREGLAM AGAIN
TheAussiepubholds a near and dear
placeinourculturalhistory; at one stage
localwateringholesproliferated, taking
upprimelocationsin towns, suburbs and
neighbourhoodsacross the country.
Localswouldflockto them after a hard
day’sworktorelaxand socialise, but as
timesandsocialmores changed, so too
didthefortunesof‘the local’. From their
heydayinthe1920s, ’30s and ’40s, many
pubsmorphedintolive music venues in
the’70sand’80s,and had seen better
daysbytheturnofthe 21st century. But
historicpubsareproving rich pickings
foranewgenerationof publicans; in
SydneydropintoThe Imperial
Erskineville(pictured), the Terminus
HotelorHotelPalisade to drink in the
revampedatmosphere and style.2
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