SUMMER DOESN’T REALLY SINK ITS TEETH INTO MELBOURNE TIL NEW YEAR’S DONE AND DUSTED AND TENNIS BALLS START THWACKING AROUND ROD LAVER ARENA. THEN, THE CITY FILLS TO ITS PENTHOUSES WITH SMASHING YOUNG ATHLETES AND THEIR TRAVELLING BANDS OF IMPASSIONED TENNIS FANS. THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN IS MELBOURNE’S PROPELLER OF SUMMERY JOY. SUN-KISSED LEGIONS FLOCK TO MELBOURNE PARK AND BETWEEN MATCHES, POP CORKS AND CLINK LONGNECKS AROUND BIGSCREENS AND BEST VIEWS ACROSS THE CITY. SUMMERBLISS.
BELOW IS VOXFROCK’S PICK OF THE WEEK’S PARTIES, AN APEROL LAUNCH AT FATTO BAR AND CANTINA ON THE RIVER AT SOUTHBANK, AND THE SPORTING GLOBE’S KICKER FOR ITS “THE HEINEKEN DECK” ON A LOFTY RICHMOND ROOFTOP. BOTH EXTEND OPEN INVITATIONS TO YOU, DEAR VOXFROCKERS, TO KEEP THE PARTIES GOING: POP AND CLINK IN STYLE THROUGH THIS AUSTRALIA DAY WEEKEND THEN ALL WEEK UNTIL THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN’S FINAL THRILLS NEXT WEEKEND. SALUTE!
(MAIN PICTURE, TOP: KRISTINE WALKER, THE HUMAN CHAMELEON, WEARS HER OWN HEADPIECE “LOVE ALL”, AT FATTO BAR AND CANTINA APEROL PARTY.)
APEROL COCKTAILS “COUNTRY CLUB” LAUNCH AT FATTO BAR AND CANTINA, (HAMER HALL, RIVERSIDE TERRACE, SOUTHBANK)
PHOTOS: Club Aperol @ Fatto Bar and Cantina
From left, Tully Smyth, Adam Bennett and Jazz Bell at Fatto’s Aperol party
From left, Colin Gold, Roger Grinstead and Dasher Gold at Fatto’s Aperol party
David Witko and Virginia Dowzer at Fatto Bar and Cantina’s Aperol launch party
Daniel Humphreys, Valentina Jovanoska and Jim Lee at Fatto’s Aperol party
THE HEINEKEN DECK, THE SPORTING GLOBE ROOFTOP (288 BRIDGE ROAD, RICHMOND) WITH MEGA-SCREEN LIVE STREAM OF AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINALS MATCHES ALL WEEKEND.
PHOTOS: APL PHOTOGRAPHY
Jimmy Davis and Zoe Demkiw on The Heineken Deck at The Sporting Globe
Ash Williams and James Sinclair on The Heineken Deck at The Sporting Globe
Kelly Armytage and Sarah Mackay on The Heineken Deck at The Sporting Globe
Travis Cloke and Campbell Brown on The Heineken Deck at The Sporting Globe
Tim Wheatly, Shura Taft, Rhys Uhlich and Scott McGregor on The Heineken Deck at The Sporting Globe
Ed Lower and Monika Clarke on The Heineken Deck at The Sporting Globe
COMPILED BY JANICE BREEN BURNS, JBB@VOXFROCK.COM.AU
