Amanda Jane Summons

Tru Bru, South Yarra

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Tru Bru is a quirky little place, another that I covered for Time Out Melbourne. It is a place where you can buy bottles of draught beer and cider, that normally is only sold in kegs. It makes craft beer so accesible. And the cider was really great too. Anton Sagan is the owner and he got the idea when at the Ringwood RSL because “they wouldn’t sell me draught beer to take home, so I filled my own under a table. I was desperate.” It is definitely worth a visit, as Anton is so lovely and even convinced this non-beer drinker to have a few sips and not hate it!

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Boston Sub /Jungle Boy, Windsor

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Another place I visited while working for Time Out Melbourne was Boston Sub and her hidden bar, Jungle Boy. I really loved this place. The food was delicious – I had to come back again because the pork one was just amazing. The bar out the back was so quirky – even though it was lunch time, I desperately wanted a Tiki cocktail! I highly recommend this little hole-in-the-wall place but I’ll let the photos do the talking.

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Federation Square, Melbourne

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As a freelancer, some days I work in an office and some days I work from home. While this can be annoying at times when I’m craving stability, one of the awesome bonuses of this is that on those days I’m working from home, I can really work wherever I feel like! Yesterday was one of those days. I had quite a bit of work to do but the sun was shining and I didn’t feel like working indoors. But I didn’t have to because of the awesome Fed Sq, right in the heart of Melbourne. I worked in the square for a lot of the day, soaking up the sunshine on deckchairs and then spent the rest of the day (when I needed a powerpoint) at the Time Out Cafe.  I even ran into some friends who I used to work with at Melbourne Writers Festival, which was lovely. You can spot their yellow sings in some of the photos below. So all in all, a good day was had because I got all my work done and got to see the sun!

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Los Amates, Fitzroy

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Melbourne is the home of the amazing breakfasts but one that is a bit different is this one at Los Amates, Fitzroy. I had the pleasure of shooting this delicious meal of Mexican coffee, chilaquiles and the Los Amates Bloody Caesar for Time Out Melbourne. It looked as delicious as it was. I really enjoyed shooting different things, through my internship at Time Out earlier this year. Quite a few of my photos made it into the print magazine, which was an incredible honour and now I can say I am published photographer. Soon, I’ll start sharing a few more of these shoots, of bars and restaurants around Melbourne.

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Los Amates on Urbanspoon

The Waffle Club

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Not sure what to have for breakfast while visiting the Queen Victoria Markets in Melbourne? The Waffle Club is the place to go. With delicious waffles that give me an excuse to have ice cream for breakfast – it is perfection. I’ll let the photos do the talking for how yummy it is!

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L’Île aux Canards

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Nouméa, Nouvelle–Calédonie, is a beautiful place. Along with my best friend Maree, I was lucky enough to visit for a week this month. There are so many snapshots that I want to share but I am going to start with the smallest island we visited, on our first full day in New Caledonia. Coming from wintery Melbourne, the warmth was so lovely – being able to just wear summer dresses and sandals was divine. Because of this beautiful weather, we spent our first day by the sea. In fact, we spent most days by the water! How can you not when it is that blue?!?!

L’Île aux Canards is a tiny little island about 5 minutes by taxi boat from the main land. It is the weekend getaway for those from Nouméa or, on the weekdays, for the few token tourists that aren’t on cruises visit this little island. All that is really here is a little beach shack, umbrellas, chairs and coral sand! Yes, the sand is made from coral, which made the jumping photo below a little tricky – trying to avoid the coral! It was such a beautiful island, and so close, that we came back another day via kayak to snorkel around the island. 

It was a gorgeous place to start off our trip and these photos remind me of my sun-soaked memories, spending the day on a tiny little island, named after ducks! Even though there weren’t any on the island (:

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Sara // Enjoying Golden Hour

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Pub Golf Crawl // Just. Epic.

The first photo is my technical favourite photo but this last one is a sentimental favourite just because that day was so much fun and this picture encapsulates it all!

 

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Barbar & Mum // Happy Birthday Barbar!

Barbar, or Barbara to others, is my Mum’s mum but doesn’t like being called Grandma so hence she is Barbar. This week was her 80th birthday and we all went over to Perth to celebrate it. She got these awesome balloons from her friends and I of course had to photograph them. It was a really special time to experience with my whole family and I’m really glad I was able to.

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Grandmax & Barbar // The native Perthites at their favourite place, Port Beach

These are my grandparents – see both have quirky grandparent names! – and they both love living in Perth and being near the beach. This beach holds so many special memories for me as it is the beach we always swim in with Barbar, every time we visit. I love it and them so much!

 

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Sample House Girls // All of us accidentally wearing a little bit of pink

These are my house mates. We were out celebrating Stef’s birthday when we realised we all had managed to wear a little bit of pink, coincidentally on the Mean Girls Anniversary!

 

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