<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 01:28:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@cliffashford/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Local Distillery: Patient Wolf]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nipping out for our morning coffee at Dead Man's Espresso, and we noticed something new. I heard a few months ago about an application to open a Distillery in South Melbourne, and it looks like it has]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gin/@cliffashford/local-distillery-patient-wolf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gin/@cliffashford/local-distillery-patient-wolf</guid><category><![CDATA[gin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cliffashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 02:58:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTCbCd1L4AQP82AFWYYzZC15DpSZWeSYgzVNEA8yWCaLivQKTUkiu6yFsFJFqWU1dVQsDq5j1eZ1F4JhNccJKaD2AQcg7fWjb9hFdeqrzVJV6mAGbQmMvJAQtA9sfi4hJc9Y9BKj5Mq4S62gZ3Ao66?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm confused...]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/meme/@cliffashford/i-m-confused</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/meme/@cliffashford/i-m-confused</guid><category><![CDATA[meme]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cliffashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 06:11:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WWMcpx6eHxGYAdr8cVqfrrLsHKHZnwbD7dzaBv2TFUUsXr5sxQpHWX2n1JvYRq8YU2Usi1JeygsZ9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things break, but sometimes you can fix them]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's a fact of life that things get broken; and it's a rare thing in this day and age that it doesn't need to be the end of them. We travel a lot, and I spent many years trying to find the perfect luggage.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/review/@cliffashford/things-break-but-sometimes-you-can-fix-them</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/review/@cliffashford/things-break-but-sometimes-you-can-fix-them</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cliffashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2019 05:07:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErF1agMzTMxee68Rxoxp1MymnVEGW7favwLGwT1Dpc4voqV75TBzVbHC9uG8MiU5ahGatcseAXDYdHMMxNkRfPxv1j8C8x7dtGEa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[End of the North Bank walk]]></title><description><![CDATA[End of the North Bank walkIf you walk downstream on the Yarra, this is the very end of the North Bank. From here the journey turns into Docklands.North Wharf Road 7/10The very tip of the current development.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@cliffashford/end-of-the-north-bank-walk1574107662556</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@cliffashford/end-of-the-north-bank-walk1574107662556</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cliffashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 20:07:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEyqYvMWibkpk7bfrytZqK9q8jgVzCRpfZdJumBjmW8CPfGF2BskzvQ1gxiCZz2LTHr8eoc387KMJ5ugGSDQpND1VPSF4nUonQpP1989JupC7MGAA8nUSxPG4y19t4gm7zYyCARoK?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Melbourne Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've lived in Melbourne for two years now, and over that time we have come to love South Melbourne Market. It's not the biggest or the prettiest. It's not the most varied, busiest, quietest, most colourful,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/review/@cliffashford/south-melbourne-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/review/@cliffashford/south-melbourne-market</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cliffashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2019 05:18:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7xxvb9ahVbXeS2t7irEGpgRRq5mmivitTe9qyJDUJVvPBDXvvQ2cfc2THv36E4innMm7mrb6meReCQ4iYQX8ckKBAkfp1C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bar Americano: Melbourne's smallest bar (perhaps)]]></title><description><![CDATA[It took me a couple of years before I finally made it to Bar Americano. Not because it is hard to find (which it is), or because it's especially exacting in entry criteria. 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Perhaps you have a goal to try and see more live performances, rather than sitting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@cliffashford/emerging-life-plans</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@cliffashford/emerging-life-plans</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cliffashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2019 06:27:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3Ce7qBaQWywQHEut8wRg2m8BkZ9oMW2X7cGGTgB6udd94W6PrRSi1Jp5FRhYe1Q1MWS7gm7M5qx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scoring for achievement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following the theme of literature, it's obviously a pretty high goal to 'write a first novel', and clearly even more challenging to have it published, then for it to be a success. 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