Livinia Nixon becomes Postcards host

Postcards moves to Sunday nights for Melbourne viewers this weekend with Livinia Nixon taking over hosting duties while Rebecca Judd takes maternity leave.

The show had a network relaunch as a Victorian / South Australian and Western Australian travel series earlier this year but now returns to its Victorian roots, as a half hour Sunday programme, with a 9Life replay.

Branded content series Ready for Take Off gets the primetime Friday slot from tonight.

Livinia tours the town with Rodger Corser, the star of Nine’s family drama Doctor Doctor, and together they explore his favourite quirky bars in Melbourne’s CBD and bayside suburbs.

The first stop on Rodger’s ultimate bar crawl is Harley House on Strachan Lane, which doubles as a trendy bar and a Peruvian eatery. Next they revisit his old Bayside stomping ground at The King of Tonga on Tennyson Street in Elwood, before going to the After the Tears restaurant and bar in Elsternwick.

Brodie Harper meets some of the local artisans working in the beautiful country Victorian town of Daylesford and later relaxes at EKO Spa, regarded by the locals as the number one spa in the area.

Geelong AFL superstar Patrick Dangerfield takes Shane Crawford on a tour of his beloved home town Moggs Creek, which is nestled between Aireys Inlet and Lorne along the Great Ocean Road. After meeting on Moggs Creek Beach the pair head “round the twist” to one of the area’s most notable landmarks, Split Point Lighthouse, where the 1990s children’s program Round The Twist was filmed.

And Glen Moriarty takes us on a weekend drive to Queenscliff along the Bellarine Peninsula where you can be wined and dined, stay in pure luxury and experience the great local attractions.

Sunday at 5.30pm on Channel Nine (Melbourne).