MELBOURNE & VICTORIA 8 - Couverture souple

Jayne D'Arcy : Coordinating author, Melbourne, Short Trips Around Melbourne, Great Ocean. Growing up in the Victorian seaside suburb of Frankston had its advantages for Jayne ; it motivated her to catch the train through all three zones to bang out in Prahran's Greville St, Fitzroy's Brunswick St, St Kilda and the Queen Vic Market. She hit 18 and swapped countries before returning and swapping geographical sides of the bay, making Geelong and Anglesea her home while she studied journalism. Alter a longish spell working in community radio in East Timor, she finally settled with her family in Melbourne's vibrant north (in Zone 1, just). When she's not riding her French 1970s folding bike around North Fitzroy, booking flights or pretending to renovate, Jayne writes for the Age in Melbourne. This is her seventh book for Lonely Planet. Paul Harding : Trips Around Melbourne, Goldfields & Grampians, Mornington & Phillip Island, Gippsland & Wilsons Promontory, The High Country, The Murray. Melbourne-born but country-raised. Paul spent childhood summers in the Gippsland Lakes, and later many fishing and camping trips along the Murray River and ski trips to Mt Hotham. He's since seen (and written about) a good part of the world, but still calls this part of Australia home. For this edition, Paul travelled around most of regional Victoria and discovered - yet again - what a beautiful state this is. A freelance writer and photographer, Paul has contributed to more than 30 Lonely Planet guides, including numerous Australian titles. Donna Wheeler : Melbourne Today, History, Food & Wine, Fashion & Shopping, The Arts, Sport. Sydney-born and raised, Donna fell in love with Melbourne as a teenage art student. Various stints in New York, London, rural Ireland and Italy aside, she has spent the better part of two decades trying to get used to Victoria's weather. After careers as an editor, art director, digital producer and content strategist, Donna has embraced the solitude of the writer's life and published widely on contemporary art, design, history and food. She is ninemsn Travel's Melbourne Insider and has written guides to Melbourne. Milan and Tunisia for Lonely Planet. She is also an occasional trend forecaster and consultant. Currently based in Turin. Donna misses Melbourne's easy-going but always spot-on style, gingerbread breakfasts at Cumulus Inc. and all her haunts on Smith St, Collingwood.