28 September 2007

RIDE-ON-DINNER #3

On the first Saturday evening of Spring - at the conclusion of the Architects for Peace ‘Transported’ forum and after a week of three transport-related public forums in Melbourne - fifty or so people grabbed their bikes, lights and jackets to join an adventure with a swarm of cyclists.















meet, greet, slip on a table-less napkin, try a little spicy popcorn and sweet peppermint tea before we head off from the higher ground of Carlton to roll south ...







down the swanston spine and led along paths through the gardens named 'Kings Domain' and 'Queen Vic' and 'Alexandria', until we pause on the merry banks of the yarra for a helmut serve of seasonal artichoke, fennel, chickpea with spicy red pepper aside and warm, hot or cold conversations available for grabs ...


























then off again to cross to the northern bank, past the vaults and travelling aside Flinders Street Station for an all-sweet and zippy dose of poached fruit