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The Best Things to Do in Sydney This August

Here's your guide to filling this month in Sydney with all the best food, drink, films, live music, pop-ups and activations this wonderful city has to offer.

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The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This August

Here's your guide to filling this month with all the best food, drink, films, live music, pop-ups and activations Melbourne has to offer.

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News You Can Use: Nine Things That Happened in Melbourne This Week

Here's what's been catching our attention this week, including an extensively restored heritage pub, the Queer Screen Film Fest's online offerings and a new two-storey Chinese restaurant on Chapel Street.

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Eats, Treats and World-Class Beats: Every Reason You Need to Visit Marvel Stadium Even When it Isn't Game Day

Spoiler alert: you don’t need to be an AFL fan to check out Melbourne’s busiest multi-purpose Stadium.

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News You Can Use: Nine Things That Happened in Sydney This Week

Here's all of the restaurant openings, tour announcements and city news that caught our attention over the last seven days.

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News You Can Use: Nine Things That Happened in Brisbane This Week

Here's what's been catching our attention, including a new games haven, an inflatable nightclub and a pawn shop bar where everything is for sale.

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Now Open: EQ Is the New South Melbourne Spa with a Rotating Roster of Semi-Guided Wellness Treatments

South Melbourne's EQ offers semi-guided wellness journeys through its vast spa facilities — including its hammam, sauna, rain room, lounge, plunge pools, and light and sound therapy dome.

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The Best Things to Do in Brisbane This August

A Jean Paul Gaultier cabaret, a big beer festival, a Bowen Hills street party celebrating First Nations artists: that's all on the agenda in Brisbane in August.

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The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Weekend

This weekend in Melbourne, you can snoop around luxury homes, marvel at one of the biggest Tyrannosaurus rex fossils in the world and fill up on Young Hearts' one-off yum cha feast.

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The Best Things to Do in Brisbane This Weekend

Spend your weekend picnicking in the middle of James Street, hitting up the Scenic Rim's farms and partying on a beachside rooftop.

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The Best Things to Do in Sydney This Weekend

Celebrate rum month at Sydney Harbour Marriott, hit up the west for a massive multicultural food festival or catch STC’s onstage version of a gothic classic.

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Here's When and Where You Can Watch the Matildas' Quest for Gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Set your alarms: the Tillies play Germany, Zambia and the United States in the group stage, all at 3am Australian time.

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Five Romantic Brisbane Date Ideas for This Week From Budget to Blowout

This week, you and your plus one hit up a Swiss Alps-themed pop-up bar, pat cute pooches, then feast your way along James Street.

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The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Week

You can score a $39 bottomless pierogi feast on Monday, $5 tacos on Tuesday and a $20 lobster linguine on Thursday.

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The Best Things to Do in Brisbane This Week

This week in Brisbane, you can catch Ali Wong live onstage, head to a community Aussie Rules game that's also a gig and pat pups over pints.

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The Best Things to Do in Sydney This Week

Don your best retro get-up and join an 80s and 90s-themed race, sample your way through top-notch cheese, or score free tacos and beers at The Lansdowne.

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Now Open: Levelling Up Your Self-Care Routine Is on the Itinerary at The Bathhouse, Albion's New Wellness Haven

Whether you're keen to soak, float or steam, you'll find a range of ways to relax at this European-style haven in Brisbane's inner north.

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South Bank Is Turning Into an Olympics and Paralympics Viewing Site for the Paris 2024 Games

The inner-city spot's big screen will show the sporting action from 6am–midnight daily across both games, featuring both live broadcasts and replays.

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You Can No Longer Cuddle a Koala at Brisbane's Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary — But a New Close-Up Experience Is Coming

Patron feedback has indicated that visitors are "wishing to spend longer with the sanctuary's koalas and their passionate wildlife care team, without necessarily holding them".

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Palm Beach Headland Has Been Officially Named Australia's First Urban Dark Sky Place

Calling all Sydney stargazers: head to the Northern Beaches for the city's clearest views of the universe.

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Melbourne's Best Heated Swimming Pools for Winter

Cold weather don't mean a thing when you're in a big, warm vat of chlorinated water.

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Coming Soon: SAINT is the Younger Version of Saint Haven's Luxury Private Wellness Clubs

SAINT builds on Saint Haven's private wellness club concept, adding more high-energy classes and opportunities to socialise.

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From the Sky Deck to Sokyo, Here's When Everything Will Start Opening at Brisbane's New Queen's Wharf Precinct

Thursday August 29, 2024 is launch day, finally, for this $3.6-billion spot — with its spaces, restaurants, bars and more opening in stages.

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Turn Your Snow Trip Into a Bucket-List Bonanza with These Alpine Activities

Snow fiends, explorers, foodies and more, the High Country is calling your name.

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Dreamskape Is Melbourne's Huge New Augmented-Reality Entertainment Complex — and More Australian Sites Are on the Way

At this Aussie first, you can play your way through six activity zones across 770 square metres, featuring 100-plus games and 50 immersive experiences.

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Coming Soon: This New Four-Day Halloween Festival Is Set to Turn The Rocks Into the Spookiest Spot in Sydney

When you're not watching scary movies, you'll be able to hit up a haunted house, play along with a murder-mystery party and dance at a zombie-themed disco.

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Coming Soon: Monthly Farmers' and Artisan Markets Are Setting Up at Morningside's Rivermakers Precinct

This waterside spot has already hosted market pop-ups, and now will welcome 150-plus vendors from on the third Sunday of every month.

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Coming Soon: Prahran Skate Park — Which Has Hosted Stars Like Tony Hawk — Is Reopening Following a Huge Renovation

Prahran Skate Park has been totally redone by the City of Stonnington — and still boasts the only full-size, free-to-use vert ramp in metropolitan Melbourne.

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Coming Soon: South Yarra's Soak Bathhouse Is Designed for Self-Care Catch-Ups with Mates

Unlike most day spas in Melbourne, Soak encourages guests to chat with mates and fellow self-care seekers.

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Five Incredible Views That Make Mount Hotham a Must-Visit

Australia's highest-altitude ski village offers jaw-dropping vistas in every direction.

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Here's When You Can Frolic Among the Wildflowers During Muogamarra Nature Reserve's Six-Week 2024 Open Season

This secret oasis just north of Sydney, which is home to more than 900 species of native flora, is usually off limits to the public.

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The New Indigenous Story Bridge Adventure Climb Will Give You a First Nations (and Sky-High) Perspective on Brisbane

Artists Birrunga Wiradyuri and Jessica Skeen are leading the climbs, sharing stories about history, Country and culture in Meanjin.

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Four Central Coast Events to Hit on a Weekend Adventure This June

Bookmark these family-friendly events for any upcoming trips up north.

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The Big Pineapple Has Reopened with a New Cafe and Viewing Platform After an Extensive Renovation

The train at the Sunshine Coast's giant piece of tropical fruit, which dates back to the 50s, has also been restored.

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Bayside Moments: How to Spend a Day in Brisbane's Coastal Playground

Explore Brisbane's seaside splendour with this first-timer's guide to the local hotspots.

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Coming Soon: Kangaroo Point's Long-Awaited New Green Bridge Is Set to Open by the End of 2024

What's better than one new green bridge opening in Brisbane this year? Two, with the second featuring an overwater restaurant and bar.

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It's Tillies Time: Here's When You Can Watch the Matildas Play Their Next Set of Friendlies Against China

Before Australia's national women's football team head to Paris to compete in the 2024 Olympics, the squad has two games on home soil.

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Coming Soon: Collingwood's Sold-Out Private Wellness Club Saint Haven Is Setting Up Two New Sites in Melbourne

The luxury private members' club is opening two new venues this year, one in Toorak and the other in South Yarra.

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Escape to the Country: How Best to Spend a Restorative Weekend in Bathurst

There's more to this regional area than fast cars and green pastures.

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Four Australian Cities Have Ranked in the Top 30 on the First-Ever Oxford Economics Global Index

Melbourne came in at ninth spot, Sydney is in 16th, Perth ranked 23rd and Brisbane sits in 27th place — out of 1000 cities around the planet.

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The Ten Best Day Spas in Melbourne

Treat yourself to a Japanese-style massage, a bath overlooking the city or an incredibly opulent treatment paired with bottomless champagne at Melbourne's best day spas.

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An Expanded Lagoon, a Rainforest Treetop Walk, No More Piazza: They're All Part of the Plan for South Bank

This inner-city precinct has been welcoming in Brisbanites for more than three decades — and this is how the 42-hectare space is set to evolve.

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