Daily Discoveries: Find Something New to Love About Your City
Sometimes when you're in a long-term relationship with your city, things can get a little stale. You order the same coffee from the same barista, eat the same $10 lunch special from the same cheap-and-cheerful restaurant and walk the same well-worn path to and from work every day. So, when monotony strikes and your life becomes unequivocally mundane — it's time to mix it up and take things up a gear. Luckily, Melbourne births new bars, restaurants and cultural experiences each and every day, which are just begging to be discovered.
To help you out, we've teamed up with Mitsubishi in celebration of its new Eclipse Cross and found a whole bunch of new experiences to make you fall back in love with your city. Each week, we'll give you a guide of discoveries to take on every day of the week — plus, we've rounded up some itineraries to take you further afield (for those events worthy of a road trip). We guarantee you'll want to get out and start exploring ASAP.
That ol' poet Robert Frost was right, taking the road less travelled really does make all the difference. Expand your cultural lexicon, discover something new, try something different — you won't regret it.
Discoveries Further Afield
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An Art and Design Lover's Weekend Guide to Red Hill on the Mornington Peninsula
Here, you can enjoy two expansive sculpture gardens, quaffable cool-climate wines straight from the cellar door and tasty hatted fare — and it's only an hour's drive away.
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An Art Lover's Weekend Guide to Nagambie and Its Surrounds
Just a short drive north, you'll find a sprawling winery, Australia's biggest commercial Aboriginal art gallery, woodfired pizzas and other tasty treats.
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A Culture Vulture's Weekend Guide to Bendigo
This historic city boasts a vibrant contemporary art scene and, of course, great food and wine.
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An Art Lover's Weekend Guide to Geelong
It's time to get acquainted with this refreshed art-proud cultural hub.
Daily Discoveries
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Daily Melbourne Discoveries for the Week of August 20
Including an eight-course dessert degustation and Wes Anderson retrospective.
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Daily Melbourne Discoveries for the Week of August 27
Including $2 tacos and a city escape among the trees.
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Daily Melbourne Discoveries for the Week of September 3
Including vegemite curry and a night dedicated to stargazing.
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Daily Melbourne Discoveries for the Week of September 10
Including takeaway Moroccan Soup Bar and a night of rollerskating.
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Daily Melbourne Discoveries for the Week of September 17
Including laksa dumplings and a five-kilometre zipline.
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Daily Melbourne Discoveries for the Week of September 24
Including a Chinese-inspired bolognese pita pocket and sprawling sculpture garden.
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Daily Melbourne Discoveries for the Week of October 1
Including a dance in the dark and a trip to Diagon Alley for a butter brew.
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Daily Melbourne Discoveries for the Week of October 8
Including a bar dedicated to cannolis and a talk on queer history.
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Daily Melbourne Discoveries for the Week of October 15
Including an all-you-can-eat Indian feast and warm-weather wardrobe update.
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Daily Melbourne Discoveries for the Week of October 22
Including chocolates, cheese and charitable tattoos.
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Archibald Prize 2019
@ TarraWarra Museum of Art -
West Projections Festival 2019
@ Various Footscray venues -
Open House Bendigo
@ Various venues in Bendigo -
Heide Makers' Market
@ Heide Museum of Modern Art -
Archibald Prize 2018
@ Geelong Gallery -
Gertrude Street Projection Festival Mini 2018
@ Gertrude Street -
Melbourne Fashion Week 2018
@ Various locations across Melbourne -
The Melbourne Collective
@ Federation Square -
Olafur Arnalds
@ Melbourne Recital Centre -
White Night Bendigo 2018
@ Various venues in Bendigo -
Glow Winter Arts Festival 2018
@ Central Park Malvern East -
YEVU Pop-Up
@ 77 Smith Street -
West Projections Festival 2018
@ Various Footscray venues -
The Brick Bar
@ 9 Dukes Walk -
Blak Design Matters
@ Koorie Heritage Trust -
Seance
@ Queen Victoria Market -
Sugar Republic
@ MacRobertson's Confectionery Factory
