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NewsBeyond the City Has Dropped the Huge Lineup for Its Two-Day 2021 New Year's Festival
Wrap up the year dancing to Pnau, Hayden James, Lime Cordiale and more, at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and Kings Domain parklands.
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NewsChris Lucas and Never Never Distilling Have Created an Exclusive New Oyster Shell-Based Gin
This new sip is a big, fresh expression of the Aussie coastline — crafted using oyster shells from Kangaroo Island as well as a host of seaside botanicals.
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NewsThe Bellarine Peninsula's Portarlington Grand Hotel Will Reopen This Summer After a Multimillion-Dollar Makeover
The historic site will feature 18 boutique hotel rooms and four revamped hospitality spaces, including a new bistro, beer garden and picnic lawn.
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NewsMPavilion Will Return Next Month, Hosting Over 250 Fantastic Events For Its Longest Season Yet
This year, the famed architecture commission returns to the Queen Victoria Gardens, with a jam-packed program of talks, music performances, art, workshops and experiences.
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GuideEvery New Melbourne Bar and Restaurant Opening to Look Forward to
From coastal pubs to inner-city Italian joints, these are the soon-to-launch spots that deserve a place on your to-do list.
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RestaurantNomad Melbourne
187 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Sydney's much-loved Mediterranean restaurant Nomad has landed on Flinders Lane with its first Melbourne outpost, celebrating local produce and wine.
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BarKewpie — CLOSED
376 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
This pub's breathing new life into a Brunswick Street classic, with cheap pizza, DJ nights and a secluded rooftop terrace.
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RestaurantThe Continental Sorrento
1/21 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento
This historic coastal pub is being reimagined with a fresh multimillion-dollar look and a new swag of hospitality offerings headed by Scott Pickett.
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RestaurantCucina Povera Vino Vero - CLOSED
445 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
This joint venture from Melbourne's Joe Vargetto and Sydney's Maurice Terzini will champion a minimalist, modern interpretation of Italian peasant food.
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RestaurantPiccolina Gelateria Hawthorn
731 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn
Piccolina's spacious new Hawthorn outpost features chocolate sauce on tap, a whipped cream machine and all the gelato you could desire.
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NewsManiax Is Opening a Second Axe-Throwing Venue in the CBD This Month
The group's sixth Aussie outpost will feature axe-throwing lanes, a bar and kitchen, in a huge subterranean space on Elizabeth Street.
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EventGood to Be Here
Mon, 1 Nov, 2021
Section 8, Melbourne
Section 8 is cruising into the public holiday — and back into reality — with a DJ-fuelled laneway party.
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EventVesper's Grand Reopening
Fri, 5 Nov - Sun, 7 Nov 2021
Vesper Bistro & Bar, South Yarra
Sample this Mediterranean eatery's newest creations across a limited-edition five- or eight-course tasting menu.
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NewsFuture From Waste Lab Is the New Sustainable, Designer-Led Fashion Retail Concept Coming to Southbank
Curated by Kit Willow, its lineup of leading designers will each create capsule collections dedicated to repurposed fabrics.
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EventArbory Afloat 2021–22
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 - Sat, 30 Apr 2022
Arbory Afloat, Melbourne
This year, Melbourne's summer floating bar is inspired by Turkey's Turquoise Coast, serving up Mediterranean bites and a hefty lineup of cocktails.
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Arbory Afloat 2021 - CLOSED
Flinders Walk, Melbourne
The floating bar's latest incarnation is inspired by Turkey's Turquoise Coast, serving up Mediterranean bites and a hefty lineup of cocktails.
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RestaurantThy Thy Counter and Canteen
60-66 Victoria Street, Richmond
This mod-Viet eatery is the work of two sisters, settled in the same Victoria Street site that once housed their parents' own Vietnamese restaurant.
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NewsThy Thy Counter & Canteen Is Richmond's New Sister-Run Mod-Vietnamese Eatery
The family has deep roots in Vic Street's dining scene with this sister duo taking over the same corner site that once housed their parents' eatery, Tho Tho.
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EventComedyish Spring Break
Sat, 27 Nov - Sun, 28 Nov 2021
Comedy Republic, Melbourne
A lineup of Aussie comedic stars and emerging legends take to the Comedy Republic stage to unleash their freshest material across one chuckle-filled weekend.
