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Spending Winter in The Nooj…..

Spending Winter in The Nooj…..

Are you looking for a little winter escape this weekend just perhaps? There’s something magical about rugging up and heading to the mountains in the dead of winter. Just over an hour out of Melbourne, lush green rolling hills dotted with Friesian cows and weatherboard farm houses give way to towering gum trees, cathedral groves…

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YAY! Top 30 Food & Wellbeing Blogger Kidspot Voices of 2014

YAY! Top 30 Food & Wellbeing Blogger Kidspot Voices of 2014

Isn’t it uncanny the way the universe conspires, steps in and gives you that gentle little push to say ‘ trust me, you’re where you should be …keep going!!? At the beginning of this year, I had decided that the blog would be taking a backseat for a bit while I threw myself into practically…

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Lynzi and Tamen Get Married

Lynzi and Tamen Get Married

Oh hello there!  Things have been a little quiet around here as ‘Tis the season of weddings and university assignments and lets just say its been tsunami of late but a most enjoyable one at that. My weekends have been spent celebrating with my favourite people and getting carried away to other worlds (and essays)…

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Post Cards From Margaret River

Post Cards From Margaret River

For many of you lucky people out there (in Australia right now) the holiday road is still stretching out far ahead of you but for me and few other friends, our working year rudely started on Monday (sigh). No matter, Ive just had a fabulous week back home in New South Wales visiting the family….

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Postcards From Brisbane

Postcards From Brisbane

A few weeks ago now following a wonderful weekend on the Gold Coast attending the Problogger Event, I popped into Brisbane to visit a good friend before returning to Melbourne. It was wonderfully hot and sunny and I had just arrived in time for the Brisbane Festival. We decided to take an extra long walk…

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A Hens Weekend Soiree and Trashy Wedding Extravaganza!

A Hens Weekend Soiree and Trashy Wedding Extravaganza!

And so begins the official wedding season in Melbourne…This post is dedicated to my gorgeous friend and bride to be Lynzi – and her man of the hour, Tamen. My first wedding of the year kicked off with my cousins Greek wedding in September and I have at few more over the coming months. Luckily,…

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Problogger Event 2013 : A Food Odyssey

Problogger Event 2013 : A Food Odyssey

This past week, I flew to the Gold Coast to attend the annual Problogger Training Event. Emerging off the plane from a bleak Melbourne morning to the above turquoise surf, soft sand between my toes and my face being kissed with warm sunshine, the excitement was palpable. This was my 3rd Problogger event and I…

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A Blog Birthday & A Sydney Weekender

A Blog Birthday & A Sydney Weekender

What a difference a year makes! Ive been so busy lately that I almost let a whole year of My Square Frying Pan sneak by me without noticing. I started blogging just over a year ago as a hobby, somewhere to cultivate my love of cooking and to channel my incessant talk about eating. Over…

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Follow me to Mexico, join in for a hot bowl of homemade pho and time travel back to the 1950’s

Follow me to Mexico, join in for a hot bowl of homemade pho and time travel back to the 1950’s

Hi there! Im back from an amazing 3 week in Vietnam and Cambodia in which I cooked and ate like there was no tomorrow, trekked over mountains, swam in Halong Bay, rode through rice paddies, navigated a motorbike through Ho Chi Minh, climbed over the Angkor Wat temples during the Khmer new year and finished…

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Hi there! I'm Gillian - a freelance writer based in Melbourne. Welcome to my food and travel blog, My Square Frying Pan. You'll find rustic style recipes here made for sharing with your nearest and dearest alongside posts on culinary adventures, travel and musings down memory lane.
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