• SituationCake
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    Went to Fairfield boathouse this weekend. Haven’t been before. Very Old Timey style. Had decent scones and a some very nice walking tracks next to the Yarra. Would be amazing if they gave it a renno like Studley park, but keeping the heritage. I think the location is actually nicer than Studley park, due to the walks and views. Would go again.

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      5 months ago

      Gave my dad haircut there back in COVID days as it was in between both our lock down distances … Oppa-covid-style

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      It’s a lovely place to chill on a sunny summer morning. Next to it is a mini greek amphitheatre - stand on the bronze disk and speak normally and your voice is magnified by the surrounding walls. There was often performances there in summer pre-covid - and I expect these will start up again fairly soon. A beautiful space.

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        I did wonder if the amphitheatre was ever used! Hopefully they reinstate it.

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          Attended a performance of Euripides’ The Bacchae there. Powerful and strange. Especially in the kind of setting the play was intended to be performed in. I really got it then that theatre had its roots in religious ritual.