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| CERES Stewart St Brunswick East VIC 3057 Phone: (03) 9389 0155 |
According to their website:
"CERES is an award winning, not-for-profit, sustainability centre located on 4.5 hectares on the Merri Creek in East Brunswick, Melbourne.
It is also a thriving community, an urban farm, Australia’s largest deliverer of environmental education, an event and conference venue and a place rich with social and cultural diversity. CERES is recognised as an international leader in community and environmental practice."
Certainly when we first rode into this haven in the middle of inner city Melbourne, we were struck by the quirky sculptures ...
and random mud brick buildings tucked away all over the place.
We are guessing the mosaics originated here...
and even extend to the toilet signage!
CERES has a beautiful community feel exemplified by the notice board filled with an eclectic mix of flyers and hand written notices.
Things go at a fairly relaxed pace here, although fortunately the coffee (which was delicious) arrived fairly quickly - it was 10 o'clock by then and we were good and ready for our first caffeine hit! The food took a long time to come but as we had heaps to chat about it didn't worry us unduly. You probably wouldn't want to eat here if you were in a hurry.
They have quite a wide selection of different breakfast offerings here. I chose poached eggs on sourdough toast smothered in hummus all sitting on a bed of fresh baby spinach with crispy bacon on the side. The thick sprinkle of dukkah over the top was a tasty addition.
Denise chose an Indonesian breakfast - two fried eggs on coarsely grated vegetables on top of rice with a spicy tomato chutney on the side. She said it was delicious and left her lips tingly!
Being right on the bike track is very helpful for Melbourne's merry band of cyclists - we had to skirt around many parked bikes - as it is so easy to have a hop on, hop off brekky!
We had a great catch up and a lovely meal - what a beaut morning!
