Eating out up until the time when I was first married (1965) was a rare event reserved only for special occasions like a wedding. It goes without saying that I was completely overwhelmed when my boyfriend took me to the Back of the Moon Room at the Oceanic Hotel at Coogee Beach and became my fiancee. Served with roast vegetables the meal was washed down by a glass of Lindemans Sparkling Porphry Pearl, which was the ultimate in cool in 1964.

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Ceramic traditions since ancient times have undergone many cross fertilizations by their exposure to various cultures. The first stirring of what we now describe as the China Trade began when Europe was still emerging from the medieval period and would build momentum slowly peaking during the nineteenth century.

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As a birthday treat my girlfriend took me to High Tea last Sunday. We couldn’t get into the Windsor Hotel at Melbourne, where the festival of taking tea in the afternoon has been an ongoing tradition since 1883 when it was first opened during the Victorian era.

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