For a quiet meal away from the bustling noise of the shopping centre food court you can't go past Cafe 54. A nice simple menu of good quality food combined with fast, friendly service. The place is always clean, the food is always good and the staff go out of their way to make you feel like your custom is important to them.

Approximate cost: $10 - $16

Lambos was the photographer for our Wedding in Feb 2007. His professional, friendly attitude was unmatched by any of the other photographers we met with prior to the event, and the wedding package he provided was second to none in terms of value for money.

The finished product was fantastic as well, classy photos as well as some nice effect work.

Sensational. That's the only way to describe the experience. It wasn't particularly cheap, but a fifteen minute helicopter ride out over the Great Ocean Road's most famous landmark was worth every cent. The pilot was fantastic, informative, humourous and able to keep my wife's nerves at bay. The staff on the ground were excellent in preparing us in case of emergency (which of course didn't happen).

We also opted for the SkyCam package which includes a personal DVD of your own flight with footage both inside and outside the aircraft.

Whilst holidaying in Adelaide for our first anniversary, my wife and I on multiple occasions had cause to walk past this restaurant, and on each occasion we were drawn to the fragrances of the food being prepared here.

Neither of us had tried Indian cuisine before, so we decided that would try it before we left the city.

When presented with the menu, a couple of greenhorn Indian diners were completely stumped, so we asked the waitress for some assistance. She asked a couple of key questions about our general likes and dislikes and promptly told us what we would be having based on this. She nailed it. Our tastes were met perfectly, pretty mild for my wife, and something with a little more grunt for myself.

The quality of the food couldn't be faulted, I have since experienced better, but I have also experienced much worse. For the uninitiated to Indian dining, I would have to recommend it.

Lenah Valley Newsagency is one of the most convenient businesses in the Greater Hobart area. Not only am I able to get my usual morning Iced Coffee & Newpaper, they are also an Australia Post LPO and have the full array of postal services (including PO Boxes) but the best part is the Post Office counter is also open 7 days a week. Awesome.

My wife decided to host a fancy dress party for her 30th birthday last year. Robyn at One Out Of The Box was hands down the most helpful, friendly down to earth person you could hope to deal with.

The party was close to Halloween, a costume shop's busiest time of year, yet nothing was too much trouble. There was a wide range of costumes available (and costumes to fit a larger specimen such as myself as well) as well as a variety of decorations and other party supplies.

I have since gone back to use her services for theme and costume days at work and have always found something to fit the occasion.

Approximate cost: $35 + security deposit

Back Catalogue has, for a number of years, provided me with not only exceptional quality used music in the form of Tapes, Records and CDs, but some of the best personalised service you will find anywhere. Rod, the store owner, is friendly, knowledgable and down to earth and his pricing (for both buying and selling) is always fair.