Carlton's walks
Culture · Carlton
Bohemian Carlton
La Mama, Jimmy Watson's, and the cafes that argued the 1960s into being.
Before Brunswick Street there was Lygon Street. La Mama's tiny stage. Jimmy Watson's wine bar. Brunetti and Pellegrini's. The Carlton that imported espresso and exported counterculture — Barry Humphries, the Carlton Movement, Circus Oz — most of it within three blocks.
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