NUMBER 1 — JANUARY 2010

Torquay

19 & 20 JUNE 2010

THE
Froth&Babbler
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE TORQUAY FROTH & BUBBLE LITERARY FESTIVAL

From the Editor…

Welcome to the first edition of our newsletter
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If you would like to be on our mailing list, please
go to “TryBooking” on our home page. Just
follow the prompts to the end. The free ticket
which has been born out of two years of literary
IN BRIEF... festivals in our beautiful seaside town of
produced will be your evidence of registration,
or just email us.
Torquay.
We welcome and thank Why not advertise with us? Details also on our
the Victorian Thank you to our sponsors past and present,
home page.
M u l t i c u l t u r a l and those waiting in the wings.
Commission, the latest Enough about us. Let’s hear from you. Articles
organisation to support Our festival is unique to Torquay and, in a
and items of interest are welcome.
us. growing town, we aim to involve everyone in a
We will soon be meeting hands-on approach to Literature.
with
Regional
the G e el o n g
Library
Our first meeting for the year will be at the Pear Arts…
Corporation. Tree Café Shop 6, 7 Gilbert Street at 6.30pm on
Friday 5 February. Surf Coast Arts Inc.
Come with your ideas for our festival which will PO Box 469 Torquay 3228. E-mail:
SPONSORS... be held on Saturday and Sunday 19 & 20 June. jdyer@surfcoast.vic.gov.au. Ph: 5261 0645.
One idea which was brought up last year, is that Torquay Theatre Troupe Inc.
we start off on the Queen’s Birthday weekend
Maryanne Doolan. E-mail:
with a food festival and carry on through the
maryanne.doolan@gmail.com
week, finishing with our literature festival the
following weekend.
MARUMI SMITH
We could fill the first week-end with food and Schools…
music. Do you know that we have between 40
and 50 eateries in Torquay including two
Torquay College
wineries? All run by fabulous people.
Pam Kinsman (Principal). Address: 45-55
For the following week we could stage
Grossmans Road Torquay 3228. Ph: 5261
performances by both adult and school groups
4324.
during the day and evening. Perhaps the
schools might like to entertain experts in the
field of their choice as well? St Therese Catholic Primary School

If you can’t make it to our meetings with your Pauline Audley (Principal). Address: 50
ideas, we welcome your comments on our web Grossmans Road Torquay 3228. Ph: 5261
site, which is listed at the foot of this page. 4246.

TORQUAY FROTH & BUBBLE LITERARY FESTIVAL

Under the auspices of The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc. (A0049425F)
PO Box 809, Torquay Vic 3228 P: 03 5261 2899 M: 0421 043 272
www.torquayfrothandbubbleliteraryfestival.com johnadams@adamlindsaygordon.org
 Bellbrae Primary School
Contact: Stephen McDonald (Principal). Address: 50
School Road Bellbrae 3228. Ph: 5261 2660.
Torquay…
It's hot, but where should we go?
Torquay down by the sea.
The streets buzzing with excited beachgoers,
Surfboards everywhere as far as the eye can see.
This is where champions are born,
Winners grin as they conquer the wild beast of Bells
Beach.
I grab my boogie board filled with excitement,
2 Down to the surf beach.
So eager to enter the water,
My feet barely touch the sand,
I dive into the waves,
Then I grab a ride on the thunderous wonder,
It's power pushes me to the shore,
My heart beats, I give into the force.
I feel so alive,
Sure you can go to any beach,
But no other place can compare to Torquay
© Linda Goyogana
Cafes and Restaurants…
Gilbert Street
Café Moby—41 The Esplanade 5261 2339
Farm Foods—4a Gilbert St 5264 7776
Growlers Torquay—23 The Esplanade 5264 8455
Jade Chinese Restaurant—12 Gilbert St 5261 7388
Kobo Café & Bar—1 Cliff St 5261 6006
Las Olas Fresh Mex Grill—10 Pearl St 5261 2377
Mazamigo Mexican—22 Bristol Rd 5261 9944
Mejavo’s Deli/Coffee Bar—Shop 2/15 Bristol Rd
5261 2465
Munchies Torquay—19b Gilbert St 5264 7054
Naturally Free Juice & Smoothie Bar—36 Gilbert St
5261 4277
Panache Café & Creperie—Shop 1/15 Bristol Rd
5264 8126
Pear Tree Expresso Bar Café—Shop 6/7 Gilbert St
5261 6339
Real Thai Café—12-14 Pearl St 5261 7111
Rockafella Café—27 Gilbert St 0400 335 027
Sandbah Café—21 Gilbert St 5261 6414
Spudy Café—Pearl St 5261 9895
Tapas Café and Bar—1/9 Gilbert St 5261 2854
Torquay Bowls Club—47 The Esplanade 5261 2378
Torquay Fish & Chips—34 Gilbert St 5261 3423
Torque Larder—Shop 5/3 Gilbert St 5261 3309
Zeally’s Bar and Grill—35 The Esplanade 5261 3492
Bell Street
Bell’s Bakery—7/15 Bell St 5261 4447
Bell Street Fish’n Chips—2/32 Bell St 5261 2774
Frenchies Ice Cream & Juice Bar—17 The Esplanade
5261 2202
Front Beach Café—16 The Esplanade 5261 9752
Go To Noodle Chinese Take Away—1/32 Bell St 5261
7188
Green Room Restaurant—6/15 Bell St 5261 9575
Imperial Rhino Café-Bar—3/15 Bell St 5261 6780
La Pacino Italian Restaurant—38 Bell St 5264 8858
Left Off The Rocks—1/24 Bell St 5261 6326
Nordenfine Ice Cream—34b Bell St 5261 5211
Scorched—17 The Esplanade 5261 6142
Surf Coast Souvlaki—Shop 1, 38-40 Bell St 5261
7114
Surfrider Café and Restaurant—26 Bell St 5261 6477
Torquay Hotel—36 Bell St 5261 2001
Torquay Pizza Fish & Chips—46 Bell St 5261 6303
Torquay Thai Restaurant and Bar—44 Bell St 5261
4203
Torquay Waves Pizza & Pasta—3/24 Bell St 5261
3100
Surf Coast Highway
Bomboras—2/108 Surf Coast Hwy 5264 7881
Chocolate Room—8/61 Surf Coast Hwy 5264 7066
Flippin Fresh—33 Surf Coast Hwy 5261 6146
La Porchetta—18/61 Surf Coast Hwy 5261 9444
McDonald’s—67 Geelong Rd 5261 7034
Seaweed Sushi—9/61 Surf Coast Hwy 5264 8899
Soulfuel Café/Bar-57 Surf Coast Hwy 5261 4999
Spooners—2/57 Surf Coast Hwy 5261 3887
Subway—118 Surf Coast Hwy 5261 3411
Sujin Thai Restaurant—45 Geelong Rd 5261 6228
Thai-Pod Take Away—132c Geelong Rd 5261 2625
Torquay Ice Creamery—57 Surf Coast Hwy 5261 4699
Torquay Esplanade North
SeaSalt Restaurant—Crowne Plaza 100 The A Publishing Solutions and Research Services production (www.psrs.biz)
Esplanade 5261 1500
Hanners Restaurant—2 Sands Boulevard 5264 3310
Minya Vinyard & Winery—95 Minya Lane 5264 1397
Whitewater Restaurant—Crowne Plaza 100 The
Esplanade 5261 1500
Jan Juc
Beach Hotel—3-9 Stuart St 5261 5111
Bellbrae Estate—520 Great Ocean Rd 5264 8480
Bellbrae Harvest—45 Portreath Rd 5266 2100
Bird Rock Café—1 Stuart Ave 5261 4774
Bistro 1 Torquay Golf Club—1 Great Ocean Rd 5261
2005
The Rose Restaurant—220 Great Ocean Rd 5261
2038
Swell Foods—16 Princes Terrace 5261 6033