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NewsIndira Naidoo's Five Tips for Starting an Urban Garden
It's the best time of year for putting down roots.
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NewsCharge-As-You-Drive Electric Car Lanes Are Coming
Owning an electric car just got seriously more practical thanks to this UK project.
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Print Your Own Living Pot Plants
Be a green thumb without getting your hands dirty.
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NewsThe Future Experts Are Predicting After the Tesla Powerwall Announcement
There's real benefit to going off the grid.
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NewsTaste the Effects of Climate Change with Drought Draught
The only beer you should ring in Earth Hour with.
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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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GuideSeven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar
With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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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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GuideSix of This Year's Biggest Black Friday Sales
Score up to 70 percent off reusable cups, homewares and sportswear at these online sales.
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GuideWhere To Shop Like a Local in and Around Brighton
These great bayside businesses are well worth a look in.
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NewsNingaloo Reef: The Other Great Australian Reef to See (and Save)
Visit the beautiful, heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef, but tread carefully.
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NewsLitter All You Want With These Plantable Coffee Cups
Going one better than recyclable cups, these Kickstarter gems are ticking seed bombs.
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NewsHoney On Tap: The Crowdfunded Australian Beehive That Raised Millions
Honey's just gone hive to jar.
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NewsCould This New Sky Garden Be the Workplace of the Future?
Forget the tedium of the office cubicle. The future is harvesting your own lunch, wearable tech and abseiling during coffee breaks.
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NewsThis Durable Cardboard Bike Costs Just $10 to Make
A bike so cheap that it's not even worth the energy deployed in trying to steal it.
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NewsMeet the Cutest Ever, Bike-Towable Campervan
Consider the Wide Path Camper on all our Christmas lists.
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NewsThe World’s Largest Underwater Sculpture Also Acts as an Artificial Reef
That one time dumping 60 tonnes of foreign material in the ocean was a good thing.
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NewsFloating Bike Path Could Have Cyclists Riding on the River Thames
None of the cars; all the view.
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NewsThis New York Pop-Up Shop Lets You Have Your Meat and Wear it Too
From farm to table to fashion.
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EventEtta's Summer Seafood Towers
Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Etta, Brunswick East
This incredible wine bar and restaurant is serving decadent seafood towers for just $75 per person every Friday and Saturday afternoon.
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EventPortsea Hotel's Summer Music Series
Multiple single dates
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
The Presets, Jake Webb, Darley and DJ Levi will be playing waterfront gigs this summer at Portsea Hotel.
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EventLong Live Longnecks at BANG
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy
You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter Longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.
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EventMoon Dog's Fizzer BYO Cup Day
Sun, 1 Dec, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
BYO drinking vessel, get it filled with free Moon Dog Fizzer — and celebrate the first day of summer in style.
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EventALWAYS LIVE — Yerambooee
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne
A free communal celebration of First Nations legend and song.
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EventALWAYS LIVE — Garage Band
Sat, 7 Dec - Sun, 8 Dec 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne
A free event shining the spotlight on Victoria's talented young musicians.
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EventBridge Road Brewers' Spring Tasting in the City
Fri, 29 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024
Bridge Road Brewers Brunswick, Brunswick East
This afternoon of tasting session let's you explore a lesser-known Victorian wine region (Beechworth) without leaving Melbourne.
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EventTerasu Japanese Dining Pop-Up at Portsea Hotel
Fri, 3 Jan - Sun, 19 Jan 2025
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
Chef Yukio Ozeki is serving up a a luxe six-course Japanese feed at Mornington Peninsula's beloved Portsea Hotel for only a few weeks in January.
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EventHome Truth
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
A house-within-a-house labyrinth has popped up outside the NGV International to get everyone thinking about small-scale architecture.
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EventSpanish BBQ Fiesta on Pinchy's Balcony
Sun, 1 Dec - Sun, 22 Dec 2024
Pinchy's, Melbourne
Hit up this CBD restaurant on Sunday arvos in December for unlimited food and drinks on its sun-soaked terrace.
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NewsHarris Farm Is Selling ‘Ugly’ Fruit and Veg at Half Price
Choose that two-headed potato or that wonky zucchini.
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NewsPharrell Fronts Denim Line Made from Plastic Bottles Pulled from the Ocean
Pharrell's leading the charge for sustainable fashion.
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NewsGiant Floating Duck Artwork Could Generate Green Energy for Copenhagen
Seems we can't get enough of giant floating ducks. But this one could power an entire city.
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NewsSilo by Joost Now Brothl, a Soup Kitchen Using Unwanted Bones
Discarded bones never sounded so good as in these crafty broths.
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NewsElectric Car Sharing in France Will Make You Never Want to Take the Bus Again
Ditch your car and avoid public transport (and casually save the planet while you're at it).
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NewsBrooklyn Confirms Brooklyn-ness By Holding Dinner Parties in Dumpsters
Trashy fine dining at its most Brooklynised.
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NewsMinimal Living: Rejecting Excess and Finding Clarity with Lottie Consalvo
Are we weighed down by our possessions? We speak to artist Lottie Consalvo about low-living.
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NewsCreate Chemical-Free Cosmetics at Home with Teardrop DIY Kit
The science lesson you never had at school.
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NewsCrowdfunded Solar Roadways Could Power the World
An American couple wants to cover every inch of asphalt in the world with solar panels.
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News16km Park Frontier ‘Big U’ Could Save NYC From Flooding
Just in case New York wasn't already no.1 when it comes to whopping city parks.
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NewsEthiopia’s WarkaWater Towers Gather Drinking Water from the Air
An ingeniously simple way to boost access to clean drinking water.
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NewsApartment Gardening Goes Large with Grove Labs’ Personal Kitchen Farms
The grow-your-own solution for non-green thumbs.
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NewsWorld’s First Flying Wind Farm Set to Launch
It's a bird; it's a plane; no, it's a super windmill.
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NewsGlimpse the Future of High-Rises in the International Skyscraper Competition
Groundbreaking visions for vertical living.
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NewsTrams in Melbourne’s CBD to Run Free of Charge From 2015
Actually free, not just 'I forgot my Myki' free.
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NewsHomegrown: The Five Most Sustainable Restaurants in Melbourne
Some venues are going past the first point of call and minimising their environmental impact in big ways.
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NewsSolar-Powered Desk Charges Devices Through Photosynthesis
New technology can even make use of solar power indoors.
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NewsCrowdfunding Hospitality: IconPark’s New Approach to the Pop-Up
The phrase 'vote to keep your favourite in the house' just got interesting.
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NewsNew York Reimagined as a Self-Sustaining City
It's futuristic New York, but not as Ridley Scott would imagine it.
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