According to my credit card statement, I was charged $10 for a $6.60 PayStay. It has happened before. Anyone else got the same problem?

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soundcloud.com/travelwritersr… Dinner tonight at Philippe restaurant.

Who likes a good cookbook? Listen to Rita Erlich Reviews New Cookbooks - Tel Aviv And Tortellini At Midnight by Travel Writers Radio #np on #SoundCloud soundcloud.com/travelwritersr…

The New Zealand Shooting and the Great-Man Theory of Misery. Read this - thoughtful and well argued. newyorker.com/news/daily-com…

⁦@dan_lepard⁩ That's what mine look like. Egg yolk glaze - actually, I keep half an egg from the ingredients for the glaze. And sesame seeds on top. Traditional for me.

Washing instructions. Which 40 per cent might be drycleanable?

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Vale Colin Campbell. One of the great people of Rutherglen. There’s a hole in the world where he used to be - but the family company is so strong and the wines so good that he remains with us.

If so many people have voted early, what safeguards are there that they won’t vote again?

It’s truffle season. Listen to Nigel and me. soundcloud.com/travelwritersr… #travelwritersradio #truffle #melbournetrufflefestival

Listen to Rita Erlich On Nutrition In Aged Care by Travel Writers Radio #np on #SoundCloud soundcloud.com/travelwritersr…

Happy 160th to Morris of Rutherglen, an Australian original rescued from oblivion by Casella Wines 3 years ago. A meeting of families as well as like-minded wine enthusiasts. #rutherglen #morrisofrutherglen

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Healthy eating: berries, mushrooms, yoghurt, herbs& c. But where’s the healthy packaging? None of this is recyclable on Skye.

It’s Claudia’s world. The rest of us just gratefully eat in it. I was so honoured to write about my great hero Claudia Roden in today’s @obsfood. It’s astonishing to look back to the 1950s Britain she arrived in from… instagram.com/p/B31QDF6noOl/…

Women’s work? Celebrated at Government House in Victoria. Listen to Jeni Port telling me all about it. soundcloud.com/travelwritersr…

Anyone know why there are so many corellas around? Big flocks in Melbourne, eastern suburbs.

Beware of Melbourne City Council parking. City stores are closed, most offices empty, nothing as it used to be EXCEPT for parking regulations. I copped a huge fine for having parked in a loading zone at 7pm.

Penny Wong: “we’re a society, not an economy.” That’s what we’re aiming for. Good for her - she’s now on ABC news television, brilliant. . ABC News