Ah, I knew there was somewhere nice that would hit the spot whenever I head up to Killarney Heights, and it’s been right here under my nose for years! The coffee was head-noddingly smooth and flavourful. And the home-baked banana bread was really next level – bursting with fresh banana flavour and honey overtones rather than an excess of sugar […]

Le Parisien is not the picturesque image of quaint, countryside France they think it is. The decor is old and tired. There’s lace where it doesn’t belong. The baked goods in the glass counter look like sad little French cliches. The serviette dispensers all have a strip of bright contact covering them in pink-trimmed pictures of cakes. They do bake […]

Today, I went back to my lil’ ol’ hometown. A tiny island of a suburb, Killarney Heights is almost like a little untouched time capsule from the 1960s, having been largely undeveloped. The houses are still on large blocks of land with plenty of space in between, which I find remarkable since in Newtown I can hear my neighbours speaking […]