Secret gems (Good places to have a beer) in Melbourne Australia

Oh I don't know, I figure *someone* must know, or have a good idea about the best places to hang out and drink beer in Melbourne...? :)

I could do with a good start... there are so many places that look intriguing... but, well, I only have so many brain cells and I only have so much time and money!

A list of the best 10-20 if you please... someone! *ahem* Sobieski, *ahem*... *help* ;)

It's alright people, I'll let *you* know tomorrow... ;)

hahaha...ash, you should have posted this in your melb thread. ive been checking that for the last 4-5 days. hardly enter off topic.

what are your pre-requisites?

ambience, price, location, etc.

im sure places that i would frequent may not be up to the taste of others.

for your more common places transport is an okay place.

beer deluxe way over prices for mine.

my brother swears by the drunken poet near the vic mkt, happy hour on all beers from 5-7 on fridays.

me, i prefer places like e-55 and hells kitchen.

here is an okay site: barfinder.com.au

ps mods: can you please move this thread to the australian section in pf?

long hangover?

Noted. :)


Aren't they everyone's...?

I like a bit of dinge, dirge and filth with my fresh beer and bass. :D Affordable... I like to settle in for the night. :)


You mean you want to keep them secret. ;)


How do you get there? ;P


Uh-yeah... mistake of a rookie. :S


Sounds promising!


Duly noted. :)


Are you trying to lose my thread?


Uh-no. I didn't work on it *that* hard... ;)

back from the dead???...pity i have noticed at 11.25pm.

just quickly, are you heading out by yourself?


also, head to hells kitchen (google the address), in the words of eddie murphy's landlord in coming to america, "you'll love it, its real fu<ked up".

hows broady?

dobranoc.

too busy listening to craig david?

You're lucky I live in the slums and can't get on a bus to rip your face off... ;)


Broady's fine... I think! How to compare it to.... hell!? Jokes! It's racially diverse and full of intriguing shopping centres... :S

Speaking of hell... I should be frequenting Hell's Kitchen in the next few weeks or so. If I can find it! I'll look for a barfly with dragon wings and a firey temper? ;)

docklands hardly the slums, posh some may say.


pour the jokes on broady...just dont go looking for any ham.


i suggest starting from elizabeth street and walking up flinders lane and take the left alley opposite degraves. it is upstairs and you will have to fight your way through a haze of ciggie smoke.

who you going with?

id suggest catching up but not sure how i explain to my gf that im meeting up with a woman from the internerd.

I decided to shorten the commuting distance to Broady, by, well, moving to Broady. :S


I've switched to Lamb.

Follow the smoke haze, got it. :)


I'll tell you when you're older... ;)


Don't be silly. You can tell her you found me in a magazine article. :P

you've moved to broady? for serious? oh my gawd (said in best ethnic northern suburbs accent).


let me know what you think of it.

there is also e-55 on elizabeth st, good beer on tap, couches and laid back.


im probably alot older than your good self young lady.

already found a man?


hahaha...may have to try that one.

Ashley, can you tell me something? Is Australia in "Asia" or is it a separate continent?

Is there any logic of Australia (a country) to be named a Continent? New Zealand is not Australia.

As far as I know there are 7 continents:

1. Asia
2. Europe
3. Africa
4. North America
5. South America
6. Antarctica
7. Australia - this one always confuses me.

Australia seem so much naturally a part of Asia. East Timor used to be known as an integral part of the Asian continent till its liberation, and now is a part of the Australian Continent.

You think this is more political/ethnic/religion than actual geographic?

It has it's own unique Northern charm... it will either rub off on me or I'll rub off on it. (But living 5 minutes from work is the real draw card.)


Yep. Sounds good after a hard days work. :)


Probably. ;)


Let's just say I need a man as much as I have a man... does that makes any sense?


Yeah, just don't start leaving large heart-shaped cut-outs in the classifieds... :S

Lodz..

Australia *is* a separate continent. Not part of Asia geographically or otherwise. Part of Australasia as far as an eco-political entity is concerned though...


Don't worry, we stand alone in doing that to a lot of people. :S

But really I think Australia *is* a clear example of a continental landmass... purely because it *is* a major land mass (How does 7686850 sq km sound?), and simply because it *does* stand alone as a ''large, continuous, discrete mass of land, separated by an expanse of water..."

I assume all continents have to adhere to some definition, but this seems to change relative to their relationship with other land masses they are adjacent to... which is why there are differing numbers of continents according to which definition you use...

There is some overlap with major tectonic boundaries though.. But the confusion is when Continental ''boundaries'' *aren't* incident with these tectonic boundaries... then it can become a little arbitrary as to where Continents stop and new ones begin... such as the case with Europe, The British Isles and ''Eurasia''...

So in this case, I can throw the question right back to you and ask:
Is Europe in "Asia" or is it a separate continent?

Aren't *you* in fact living in Eurasia?

;)

How about pretending to be Ms. Happy Go Lucky for a while? I'm pretty positive you'll stumble across some nice places - totally by chance - if you just tighten your sneakers and go for a stroll? I mean, sometimes, there just are *some* things that you just have to experience for yourself to find out which place floats your boat? (Or your barrel!)


Hmm.. The Drunken Poet. I kinda like the sound of that! (So is this where all the Poets, Hip-Hoppers and Rappers get drunk?)


Any special reasons in particular as to why you prefer these places? (The music? The atmosphere? The drinks? The bartenders? The waitresses?)


So who's the lucky bastard? (I think I'm tempted to steal you from this guy!)

;)

You have a point... but it's always nice just hanging where the locals hang? I've traveled all over so I like the idea of discovery as well. And generally University districts or artistic communities is where I do my bidding... and the outskirts.. never forget the outskirts!

Just wanted a heads up, and to find those *quintessential* Melbourne bars. They can be pretty well hidden! I'd totally understand if someone asked me the same about Sydney.

And who knows... I might bump into a drunken Sobieski! :P Keep 'em coming!


Not a chance!

:P

Hmm.. I don't think I'd ever see the difference between locals and newcomers in a city of nearly four million people? I'm sure Melbourne has locals though! I just think I'd roam the city for a while and just follow the creative people..

Hey, how could I ever forget about skirts?

;)


Well, I *obviously* can't tell you much about Melbourne, but I *can* bump your thread and hope you'll get some more answers!


Who knows.. I think we're all dying to hear about his funny barsongs?


Note to self: She's just playing hard to get.

;P

Well I'll know *locals* go there by the simple fact that I've *asked* a local about the place...?

By the same token, how do you identify a creative person? ;)


Well sometimes I like to visit the pants of a city too! :P As well as the V-neck shirts and silly socks!


Could have fooled me... I want to heed the advice of those who are more knowledgeable than me... and then add to their impressions with what I've learned.

(And my weekends are only so long!)


Well I think they'll be a heady mixture of Jimmy Barnes and Pan Tadeusz! ;)


And she's getting hard to play. ;)

sorry guys (and gal), no longer get pf at work and gotta remember to check the site after work.

been to afl match yet ash?

get your man (if you have one, im not one for cryptic clues myself, very useless there) to take you to one.

try to answer some of the hilarity i have missed.

Yeah, but what makes a local a local? I mean, if you live there you're a local, right?


Try purple, blue or pink hair, colourful clothing, piercings, and butterfly tattoos! (Or someone who's wearing All Stars!)


Haha! (I should've seen that one coming!) Hmm.. Bermuda shorts and Birkenstocks anyone?

xD


Well, I'm just operating on sheer intuïtion here, but I really don't think you could ever go wrong with a name like The Drunken Poet!


I guess you're *still* pretty lucky then, because I would *definitely* classify my weekends as only so short..


Looks like someone will have to learn some Dutch!


I guess ''maak je borst maar nat'' would be a Dutch expression.

*wets his chest*

;)

well, you will love e-55 or hells kitchen.

carlton is the university district.

artistic, try fitzroy, northcote, collingwood. trams 86 or 112.

there are shitloads of bars all over melbourne hidden in different nooks and crannies. you just walk around and find them.


hard to define.

i work in the city and live 20 mins train ride away. i would never call a place in the city my local, but the bar 5 mins from where i live i would call my local.

some people however would call the pub/bar they frequent their local.


here is a link to the pub (and forget about it being an irish pub, its just like any pub):

myspace.com/drunkenpoets

melbournepubs.com/venue/893/

Not nezazarily... I live here, but I'm not a local... yet.


Ok, well what about drab overstretched cardigans, drainpipe jeans and army boots...?


Nice one! Add to that the old Panama hat and Kaftan you can't go wrong!


Absoloodles.


We are your willing recipients...


Sweat does maketh the man... :S


That all sounds great. There's also a Jazz fest on soon and a wicked sounding Record store music festival on this Saturday...
I will go out armed with your list next time I'm in town... (and show off a little to my friends...) ;) It's just a little difficult to get to from here, but I'll have more time in a couple of weeks. :)

I generally listen to local radio, so I'm kept up to speed that way with goings on...

Thanks for the links Sobieski... hopefully I'll be part of the *scene* fairly soon...

:)

friends? good joke ;)

did you get out over the easter break?

also, some more advice, no public transport post 8pm on the broady line. its dangerous.

finally have pf back online at work...where ya at ash?

how is sunny melbourne going?

It remains a popular place to meet your maker...

theage.com.au/victoria/pole-collision-kills-lplate-driver-injures-passenger-20110527-1f6zf.html

We heard this... it was a few doors down from us.