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NewsIf You Are the One Host Meng Fei Is Opening a Noodle Restaurant in Melbourne
We only hope his noodles are as spicy as his insults.
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NewsThe Australian Ballet Is Now Running Drop-In Dance, Yoga and Pilates Classes
Learn how to pirouette and perfect your Pilates moves with practising professionals.
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NewsNetflix Is Finally Making an Original Australian Series
Tidelands' ten episodes, each running for 50 minutes, will be shot in Queensland in 2018.
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NewsThe Queen Victoria Market's Winter Night Market Returns for 2017
It will bring back the cosy situation of fondue, hot cider and open fires.
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NewsFootscray Finds Is the Inner West's New Monthly Market
It will sell everything from vintage to vinyl to vegan food.
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NewsJapan's New Luxury Train Redefines Travelling in Style
Hit the rails complete with on-board fireplaces, front and rear glass-walled observatory cars, and a seasonal menu that changes to reflect the region you're passing through.
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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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NewsDion Lee to Design New Uniforms for the Sydney Opera House
When one of Australia's fashion stars and its most iconic buildings combine.
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NewsA Dedicated Marshmallow Cafe Is Opening in Chicago
Serving up bourbon, Kahlua and champagne marshmallows, taco s'mores and toasted marshmallow lattes.
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NewsMagnum + Queens Is Australia's New Sommelier-Curated Online Wine Shop
Expect carefully selected, sustainable, craft varietals from Virginia Selleck's latest venture.
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NewsTokyobike Has Released a Covetable New Designer Bicycle Series
Three slick new bikes from New York's Everything Elevated, Brooklyn's Calico Wallpaper and Joe Doucet.
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NewsThis New Pet Photography Studio Captures Pets at Their Most Gorgeous and Goofiest
Meet Frog Dog Studios.
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GuideThe Ten Best Things to Do at Good Beer Week 2017
Eat a bowl of beer broth ramen, do a beery high tea or go cycling around a brewery on the Mornington Peninsula.
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NewsA Weekender's Guide to Perth
Grab a cross country flight to hidden underground speakeasies, buzzing waterfront terrace bars, experimental fine dining and the second best hotel in the world.
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NewsA National Geographic Animal Photography Exhibition Is Coming to Melbourne Zoo
It will be the first time Photo Ark has visited the southern hemisphere.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Being Transformed Into Twin Peaks' Double R Diner
Sydney and Melbourne, get ready for cherry pie and free Twin Peaks-themed gelato.
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NewsBrisbane's GOMA Is Getting a Major New James Turrell Light Installation
It will be Australia's third permanent Turrell piece, with the others at Hobart's Mona and the NGA in Canberra.
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NewsThe Lord of the Rings Design Workshop Is Bringing an Insane Insect Exhibition to Australia
Get up close and personal with large-scale creepy crawlies at this immersive showcase.
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NewsFootscray Is Getting a New Eight-Screen Cinema Complex
Coming in 2019 or 2020 from the team behind Yarraville's iconic Sun Theatre.
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EventRooftop Racquet Club at QT Melbourne
Thu, 8 Jan - Sun, 1 Mar 2026
QT Melbourne, Melbourne
Keep an ace up your sleeve this summer, as this glamorous hotel serves up a rooftop pickleball court, signature cocktails and late-night DJs.
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EventSummer Under The Roof: Quealy Winemakers and D.O.C Gastronomia Mornington
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 - Sun, 25 Jan 2026
Quealy Winemakers, Balnarring
Fill your weekends with award-winning wine and top-quality pizza, as this vine-side collaboration takes over summer with culinary goodness.
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EventDome Under Fulldome Festival
Fri, 30 Jan - Sun, 1 Feb 2026
Scienceworks, Spotswood
Head to Melbourne Planetarium to see 39 films from around the world at Australia's only fulldome film festival.
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EventLibrary on the Lawn: Kids Festival at State Library Victoria
Multiple single dates
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Add more reading time and kid-friendly entertainment to your summer holidays schedule, from storytime sessions to scavenger hunts.
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EventChristmas Sculpture and Qris Qringle at QV Melbourne
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 - Tue, 6 Jan 2026
QV Melbourne, Melbourne
Christmas has arrived at QV Melbourne, featuring a towering festive sculpture and mystery Qris Qringle giveaway loaded with daily prizes.
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EventThe Royal Family Dance Crew Presents 'Defend the Throne'
Wed, 27 May - Sun, 7 Jun 2026
Hamer Hall, Southbank
Global street-dance icons The Royal Family Dance Crew will headline RISING 2026 with 'Defend the Throne,' a high-energy showcase blending 14 years of their most iconic choreography with brand-new work ...
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EventSummer Music Series at Mr Mills
Multiple single dates
Mr Mills, Melbourne
Step into this chic late-night basement bar, where high-energy DJs will groove through the early hours all summer long.
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EventMidsumma Festival 2026
Sun, 18 Jan 2026 - Tue, 30 Dec 2025
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
Victoria's major LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural celebration is back, delivering over 250 events that champion queer creativity and community.
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EventLu-Niverse: Countess Luann at Melbourne Recital Centre
Mon, 23 Feb, 2026
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank
Be cool, as this reality TV star brings her infectious energy to Melbourne for a tea-spilling deep dive into a slew of wild moments.
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EventCarlsberg Beach Club
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 - Thu, 29 Jan 2026
Frankston Waterfront, Frankston
Get ready for European holiday vibes, sunset sessions, and free live music just 45 minutes from Melbourne.
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NewsMeet Sydney's New Barrel-Aged Wild Beer Brewery, Wildflower
"This same beer could have been made 150 years ago."
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NewsElizabeth Street and Southbank Boulevard are Getting a Green Makeover
Goodbye roadways, hello pedestrian-friendly paving and spaces as part of the City of Melbourne's new draft budget.
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NewsAustralia's First Japanese Microbrewery Is Coming
Harajuku Gyoza is making the leap to on-site brewing at their new Gold Coast restaurant.
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NewsAustralia's Got a New Greek Wine Festival
Oinofilia is the latest niche wine event from the crew behind Pinot Palooza and Game of Rhones.
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NewsEverything You Need to Know About This Weekend's Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
This spectacular starry event only happens once a year — here's how you can get a glimpse.
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NewsFive Hugely Topical Films to See at the 2017 Human Rights Arts and Film Festival
Visit Manila's slums, follow a PNG community fighting for justice, and see how civil servants would respond to a hypothetical nuclear attack.
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NewsHana Is Melbourne's New Raw Seafood and Cocktail Bar Inspired by the Roads of Hawaii
There will be piña coladas, lobster and (the now-requisite) poke bowls.
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NewsThe Creators of Wallace & Gromit Are Coming to Australia
Peter Lord and David Sproxton will help launch ACMI's massive Aardman Animations exhibition with a series of talks and masterclasses.
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GuideEight Bold New Melbourne Art Exhibitions That Will Make Your May
See paintings that climb off the canvas, a survey of Christian Thompson's work and the NGV's long-awaited Van Gogh exhibition.
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NewsThe New York Times Officially Launches Australian Coverage
With the launch of a Sydney newsroom, the publication will extend their coverage to Australian news and issues.
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NewsThe Emerging Writers' Festival Unveils 2017 Program
This year, the writerly festival includes a play on climate change, a masterclass on food writing and a Looking for Alibrandi-inspired formal.
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NewsTen Free Travel Apps That Will Make Your Next Trip a Cakewalk
Zero-cost tools for converting currency, defying language barriers and finding Wi-Fi everywhere you go.
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NewsA Look Inside Messina's Gelato Appreciation Class
Try desserts that aren't on the menu, taste every gelato flavour in the case, and hear insider titbits.
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NewsYou Might Soon Be Able to Book Holidays In Virtual Reality
Wander through your chosen location, search for flights, pick your seat, give a few rental cars a try and purchase your trip, all in VR.
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NewsMuji Is Selling Tiny Pre-Fab Huts
The immaculately-designed twelve square metres of space even comes with a patio.
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NewsA One-Day Celebration of Barossa Wine and Food Is Coming to Melbourne
Sample more than 140 different tipples from one of Australia's best wine regions.
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NewsDecadent Soft Serve Joint Milkcow Has Opened a Second Melbourne Store
Candy-topped soft serves and milkshakes have landed in St Collins Lane.
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NewsThe Everyday Coffee Team Has Launched a Northcote Bakery
Pick up a Czech honey cake or Spanish spiral pastry right across from Northcote Town Hall.
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NewsMeet Tacocat, Melbourne's New Oddball Fusion Taqueria
Not related to the Seattle grunge band, Tacocat is dishing up roasted grasshopper tacos and deep fried tequila shots.
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NewsOzHarvest Has Opened Australia's First Food Scrap Supermarket
All produce is rescued from restaurants and businesses, and shoppers can pay what they like.
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NewsQantas to Run Daily Non-Stop Flights from Australia to London
The new route has just gone on sale.
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NewsThere's a Tram Full of Puppies Driving Around Melbourne Right Now
Currently trundling along Swanston Street and St Kilda Road.
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NewsGoogle's Co-Founder Just Revealed a Legitimate 'Flying Car' Prototype
Larry Page's 'Kitty Hawk Flyer' essentially resembles a mix between a jetski and a hoverboard.
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NewsThis Proposed Vending Machine Skyscraper Prints Customisable Homes Onsite
The innovative design takes a tall structure, a busy city, 3D printing and tiny apartments, and throws them into a futuristic blender to conceive the ultimate mashup.
