Postcards: July 29

This week on Postcards fashion designer Peter Alexander and professional basketballer Liz Cambage explore their favourite places to eat, drink and play.

Livinia Nixon bakes gingerbread at the Cobb Lane bakery and café in Yarraville.

Rebecca Judd spends the day with Peter Alexander, Australia’s pyjama king, starting at his flagship Melbourne store at Emporium, one of the largest of his 99 outlets, followed by Luscious Affairs café in Hawthorn and finally Baby Pizza on Church Street in Richmond.

Lauren Phillips discovers two amazingly affordable art houses in Melbourne. The first is the Hawthorn Studio and Gallery where the emphasis is on housing exhibitions of contemporary Australian work. Next is the Panoply Gallery in South Yarra, home to an eclectic collection of artworks while also supporting emerging and established local artists.

Brodie Harper is at the Regional Food Group Farmers Market at Yering Station in the Yarra Valley – the oldest and longest running monthly market in Victoria. This market has a wide variety of stalls and fresh produce to suit everyone, including the sweet tooths.

Later Brodie meets Australian basketball champion, Liz Cambage. They work up an appetite at Como Park followed by some healthy treats at Patch, Melbourne’s first dedicated paleo café, on Bendigo Street in Richmond. Finally they show off Liz’s very own footwear range designed by Urban Soul.

Shane Delia goes shopping and cooks fresh pasta with chef Andreas Papadakis from the Tipo 00 restaurant on Melbourne’s Little Bourke Street.

And Glen Moriarty hits the slopes to explore a winter wonderland at the Falls Creek snowfields. Just three hours’ drive from Melbourne, Falls Creek caters for families and those ready to tackle the mountain with some of the best skiing and snowboarding the country has to offer.

7:30pm Friday on Nine (Melb / Ade / Per)