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NewsA Close Look at the Design of the CBD's Newest Boutique Hotel, QT Melbourne
Melbourne's newest boutique hotel is open — here's what it looks like.
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NewsElon Musk's High-Speed Tube Transport System Could Be Coming to Australia's East Coast
Sydney to Melbourne in as little as 55 minutes? Yes please.
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NewsIKEA Is Creating a Pop-Up Floating Ferry Home on Sydney Harbour
And they're giving one person the chance to sleepover.
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NewsA Look Inside Coburg's New Pentridge Prison Precinct
Once a notorious gaol, soon to be a bustling urban village.
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NewsFemale Friend-Matching App hey! VINA Goes Global With Support From Tinder
It'll remain a women-only non-dating social connection platform, though.
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NewsThe Best Australian Fashion Labels to Know Right Now
From emerging names to established favourites, these fashion designers down under are worth watching.
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NewsThe 18 Best Hair Salons in Melbourne
From celebrity stylists to specialist studios, leave your locks to some of the best hair salons in Melbourne.
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NewsThe Best Spots for Seriously Good Gift Shopping in Melbourne
From bodegas and perfumeries to creative studios and design stores, explore Melbourne's best gift shopping spots in 2025.
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GuideThe Best Places to Buy and Order Plants in Melbourne for 2024
There's a whole world of plants out there — here's where to find them.
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GuideWhere to Shop Like a Local In and Around Melbourne CBD for 2024
Some of the best small businesses in the city can be found in the CBD's laneways, alleys and arcades.
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GuideMelbourne's Best Florists for Making Grand Gestures
There's nothing like a big, vibrant bunch of freshly-cut blooms to turn a frown upside down.
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NewsEight Stunning Locally Made Jigsaw Puzzles for When Boredom Strikes (Again)
Got too much time to kill? Instead of flicking on the TV, give these beautiful, brain-tickling gems a go.
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GuideThe Best New Melbourne Spaces of 2021
We've rounded up the most stunning buildings and venues unveiled in Melbourne this year.
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NewsAll the Best Australian-Made Picnic Gear for Your Next Park Session
Keep your drinks cool and your shopping local when you plan your next picnic outing.
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GuideSix of This Year's Biggest Boxing Day Sales
Score up to 70 percent off wine, cruelty-free makeup and activewear at these online sales.
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NewsGoogle Has Just Launched a Handy Offline Travel Planner, Google Trips
Add this to your travel checklist.
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NewsAustralia's Getting Its First Flat-Packed, Off-Grid, Tiny Homes
"A transitional housing product that offers a solution to people currently unable to get into home ownership."
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NewsFrance Has Just Done the Environment a Solid, Will Ban All Plastic Plates and Cups
The bans will come into place by 2020.
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NewsIs Mercado's Nathan Sasi Sydney's Renaissance Man?
Fine dining, ice cream, fashion — this man gets things done.
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NewsWhat to Expect from the Apple iPhone 7 in Seven Water Cooler Bullet Points
Yes, the headphone jack is gone.
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NewsA British Company Is Turning Phone Booths Into Smartphone Repair Shops
Very handy after you've drunk a pint too many and dropped your electronic goods into the loo.
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NewsUber to Finally Be Officially Legalised in Victoria
The Andrews government just gave it the green light.
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NewsDriverless Flying Taxis Could Soon Be A Reality
Where these cabs are going, they don't need roads.
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NewsKanye to Open Last-Minute Pablo Pop-Ups in Sydney and Melbourne This Weekend
They'll be two of 21 temporary stores popping up around the world.
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EventCharlotte de Witte at The Wool Store
Fri, 11 Dec, 2026
The Wool Store, West Footscray
The global techno powerhouse is taking over a sprawling industrial Melbourne venue with her trademark high-intensity sound.
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EventThe Teskey Brothers at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Sat, 17 Oct, 2026
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
The city's annual jazz celebration is hitting all the right notes, beginning with a blockbuster hometown performance from The Teskey Brothers.
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EventPurr-suit of Knowledge Trivia at Welcome to Thornbury
Fri, 7 Aug, 2026
Welcome to Thornbury, Northcote
Gather your smartest friends and your biggest cat enthusiasts for a trivia night that gives every correct answer extra meaning.
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EventAēsop Queer Library
Wed, 15 Jul - Sun, 19 Jul 2026
Aesop Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Every author is queer and every book is free.
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EventNow or Never Festival Melbourne
Wed, 19 Aug - Sun, 30 Aug 2026
All Around Melbourne, Melbourne
The winter festival of art, ideas, sound and technology is returning to Melbourne this August and exploring the concept of a whole new world.
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EventParmesan Cheese Wheel at Cucinetta
Wed, 1 Jul - Fri, 31 Jul 2026
Cucinetta, South Yarra
For the entire month of July, you can eat cacio e pepe served straight out of a parmesan wheel, well if it doesn't sell out that is.
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EventLeaps and Bounds Festival 2026
Thu, 16 Jul - Sun, 26 Jul 2026
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
The City of Yarra's live music celebration is back, with this inner-city festival filling pubs, clubs and unexpected spaces with standout tunes.
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EventLaundry Sessions at Abbotsford Convent
Fri, 10 Jul - Sat, 11 Jul 2026
Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
Experimental music, immersive installations and powerful performances transform this storied space across two boundary-pushing nights.
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EventBARE: In Your Natural Form at Wellness Social Club
Tue, 14 Jul, 2026
Wellness Social Club, Preston
We're a nation of sunbathers, swimmers and beachgoers, but this new experience aims to get people comfortable with going starkers at the sauna.
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EventThe Finders Keepers Design Market
Fri, 10 Jul - Sun, 12 Jul 2026
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
From tacos and tiramisu to indie ceramicists, Finders Keepers is back with over than 220 stalls to browse.
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NewsFive Pieces of Wearable Tech from the Rio Olympics We Need in Our Lives
From infrared pain relief to headphones that can actually make you stronger.
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NewsAirbnb Launches Design Firm Samara to Open Hotel-Like Dwellings
Giving new meaning to their tagline "don't go there live there".
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NewsInstagram Rolls Out Instagram Stories Which Is Totally Not the Same Thing as Snapchat
Where have we seen this idea before?
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NewsThis Wireless Charger Will Magically Make Your Phone Levitate While It Charges It
Because basic charging is so boring.
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NewsWin a Sonos PLAY:1 Smart Speaker System for Your Home
Stream your music library in high quality sound to every room in your house — from your phone.
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NewsJapan Is Getting an On-Demand Driverless Delivery Service
Just like Uber, but to deliver your stuff and without driver.
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NewsAustralian Not-for Profit Folo Makes Your Online Shopping Charitable
From the big hearts behind Gratia and Folonomo.
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NewsFive Iconic Buildings to Explore During Open House Melbourne 2016
Take a tour through Melbourne's architectural marvels.
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NewsAustralia's Largest Bamboo Structure Is Being Constructed for MPavilion 2016
And with it will come a four-month program of cultural activities.
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News7-Eleven Just Delivered Their First Slurpee by Drone
It's the first drone delivery to a customer in the US.
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NewsThis New App Could Stop You From Accidentally Walking in Front of a Bus
Helps you stay aware of your surroundings while you're battling on Pokémon Go.
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NewsThis New Sustainable Melbourne Suburb Could be the World's First 'Tesla Town'
Each home will have Tesla Powerwalls, solar panels and electric car recharging points.
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NewsThis New Melbourne Apartment Building Changes Colour with the Weather
Each night the Docklands high-rise will perform a light show depicting "how the weather feels".
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NewsSydney Launches the World's Biggest Network of Street Signs for the Vision Impaired
Nice one, City of Sydney.
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NewsFour Pairs of Smart Headphones That Will Change How You Listen to Music
A Melbourne startup has crowdfunded over a million bucks. But they're not the only ones changing the listening game.
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NewsExplore Legendary Photographer Bill Cunningham's Legacy in His Own Images
This week, the world farewelled New York's gamechanging street fashion photographer.
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NewsCrowdfunded Solar Powered Highways Are Actually Happening
This week, a crowdfunding campaign saw over $2.2m raised for Route 66. It's happening.
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NewsUber's Newest Feature Will Let Users Request a Hot Air Balloon
Never ride home in a boring old car again.
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NewsThe World's First Wearable Subwoofer Lets You Feel That Bass
And it's silent to the outside world.
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NewsWhat to Expect at Australia's First Capsule Hotel
Sydney's Bar Century is being given a second life — as a Tokyo-esque caspule hotel.
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