I’ve just moved away from the ‘cashed-up bogans’, bling and boats of Melbourne’s bayside suburb of Patterson Lakes. Goodbye to the Kath and Kim house, that symbol of outer suburban culture. Goodbye to The Cove pub, where gambling itches can be scratched 24/7. Goodbye too to plumbers with Porsches, tattooed ladies with earrings like satellite dishes, and the best Vietnamese rice paper rolls this side of Saigon.
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