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Lloyd Cole - Writing, etc

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Melbourne, MacKenzie, And Me

Originally published in Travel And Leisure Golf, Jan/Feb 2009, reprinted in Golf Australia.

Lloyd Cole
May 14, 2026
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The bartender at the Prince of Wales looks like Ray Davies wrote “Lola” for her: She has clearly not always used the Ladies. At six-feet tall and with bleached-blond hair, she cuts a striking figure, and in a voice that is indeed a deep dark brown she tells me they are all out of Coopers Red.

All right. I’ll take a VB, then.

I’m in St. Kilda, Melbourne’s …

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