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The Summer Guide to Melbourne 2016/17
Slap on your invisible zinc and get out there, blue skies wait for no one.
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NewsThis Private Beach on the NSW Coast Has Just Gone Up for Sale
Great news for anyone with a spare $2 million.
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NewsThe Best Online Stores for Christmas Gift Shopping
Easy peasy pressie shopping that means you don't have to set foot in a shopping centre.
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GuideA Weekender's Guide to Melbourne's Best Getaways
Where to eat, what to see and where to stay in Victoria.
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NewsMelbourne's Giant Waterslide Is Returning to Federation Square for Summer
It's the Summer of Slides.
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NewsAn Extensive List of Things To Do Late at Night in Melbourne
We're proud to have restaurants that serve food until 3am.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Melbourne This February
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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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Week
This week in Melbourne, you can treat yourself to a free wine tasting, check out the immersive Van Gogh exhibit and get a good belly laugh at drag queen legend Bianca Del Rio’s comedy show.
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NewsThe Five Best Rivers for Swimming In Near Melbourne
Skip the overcrowded sands of Melbourne's beaches in favour of floating upstream at these Victorian rivers.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Weekend
This weekend, you can pair pickleball games with sushi platters and cocktails, watch films under the stars, and see if you can score last-minute tickets to AO Live.
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NewsFive Epic Multi-Day Hikes to Conquer Near Melbourne
Walk your way through the most beautiful parts of Victoria (while staying at remote campgrounds) during these multi-day hikes near Melbourne.
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NewsThe 11 Best Swimming Holes Near Melbourne
Don't stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to — check out these fab swim spots just a few hours' drive from Melbourne.
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NewsThe Best Outdoor Swimming Pools in Melbourne
Melbourne's best outdoor swimming pools cater to athletes, casual summertime swimmers and those just looking to cool off during extra-hot days.
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NewsSix Alternative Things to Do on Christmas Day in Melbourne
Contrary to popular belief, the city keeps on turning on Christmas Day — if you're not otherwise engaged, go see a movie, grab a free beer, have a bowl of noodles or picnic in a park.
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NewsThe 16 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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GuideFrom Concerts to Cricket: Here Are the Unmissable Events in Melbourne This Summer
Embrace Melbourne's summer with a mix of stage shows, food festivals, sports and sunny adventures.
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NewsAustralia Is Getting Its First Cat-Themed Human Obstacle Course
Think '90s TV show Gladiators, but with people acting like kittens.
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NewsFive Unexpected Melbourne Activities to Do with Your Best Mates
Do something different this weekend.
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NewsA Tiny Two-Person Pub Has Popped Up in London
And it's giving out free beer — as long as you don't use your phone while you're there.
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NewsYou Can Spend Halloween in Dracula's Castle Thanks to Airbnb
Try to get some shut-eye in a velvet-trimmed coffin and be hosted by the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker himself.
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NewsSummer Outdoor Activities You Can Do in Melbourne
Spice up your casual drinking session with some low-key outdoor activity.
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NewsNine Places Where You Can BYO Drinks in Melbourne
Grab your esky, pack a picnic basket, go soak up the sun.
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NewsA Detailed Account of Glamping in the Melbourne CBD
We sent a writer to test out the soft linen, saunas and Messina delivery.
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NewsThis Is What Happens When You're On a Blue Mountains Canyoning Adventure
Hint: there's waterfalls, abseiling, rock jumps and steep cliffs.
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NewsA Free 24-Hour Wine Fountain Has Opened in Italy
The fontana del vino is dripping with the good stuff.
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NewsAustralia Is Getting An Adult Summer Camp Where You Can Embrace Your Inner Child
Featuring arts and crafts, '80s aerobics and an all-you-can-eat pizza night.
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EventThe Chinatown Precinct's Lunar New Year Block Party
Sun, 2 Feb, 2025
Chinatown Melbourne, Melbourne
Ring in the Year of the Snake with food stalls, local restaurant dining deals, cultural performances, a dragon parade, blessings, live music, a kids' area (with face-painting and craft classes) and a ...
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EventLe Bon Ton's Superbowl Party
Mon, 10 Feb, 2025
Le Bon Ton, Collingwood
Pair your Superbowl watching with hot wings, waffles and chicken, and Budweiser beers.
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EventGalentine's Day at Pincho Disco
Thu, 13 Feb, 2025
Pincho Disco, Collingwood
Gather your gals, gays and theys together for a big Latin American feast the day before Valentine's Day
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EventGABS Craft Beer Fest
Fri, 4 Apr, 2025
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf
Where can you get a drink from a 120-tap bar? At 2025's Great Australasian Beer Spectapular.
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EventWhat's on in Frankston: 2025 Events
Multiple single dates
Various Frankston venues
From European beach clubs to street art and sand sculpting, here's everything hitting Frankston in early 2025.
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EventBiggest Best IMAX Film Festival
Sat, 11 Jan - Sun, 2 Mar 2025
IMAX Melbourne, Carlton
This IMAX Melbourne film festival is filled with the best and biggest flicks to see on its huge 32-metre-wide by 23-metre-tall screen.
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EventEuropa! Europa Film Festival
Wed, 12 Feb - Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Celebrate European cinema with a packed film festival lineup featuring 44 movies from 26 countries.
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EventDrake: 'Anita Max Win' Tour
Multiple single dates
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
The 'Hotline Bling' performer 'The Degrassi: The Next Generation' star is returning Down Under for the first time in eight years.
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EventThe Play That Goes Wrong
Wed, 3 Sep - Sun, 21 Sep 2025
Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
This comedic production about a chaotic play focuses on The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society's efforts to stage a murder-mystery.
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EventPickleball Pop-Up at Ichi Ni Nana Izakaya
Thu, 9 Jan - Thu, 6 Feb 2025
Ichi Ni Nana Izakaya, Fitzroy
Drop by this Japanese restaurant to pair your sushi and cocktails with a few rounds of pickleball.
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GuideThe Ten Best Things to Do in Melbourne's CBD This Month
You don't have to venture further than the confines of the city to find the good stuff this October.
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FeatureOutside Guide: 48 Hours in the Bay of Islands
We've teamed up with Converse to embrace the elements in an all-weather travel guide series.
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NewsFive Reasons to Stay in Melbourne this Long Weekend
You have an extra day off. Choose your activities wisely.
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NewsFree Things to Do in Melbourne Every Day of the Week
Dog watching, art galleries and miniature towns – are the best things to do in Melbourne free?
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GuideThe Ten Best Things to Do in Melbourne's CBD This Month
You don't have to venture further than the confines of the city to find the good stuff this September.
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NewsWin a Highly Decadent Melbourne Central Package (Including a Night at St Jerome's)
Party at Melbourne Central like it's 1991.
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GuideThe Best Places To Take Your Dad This Father's Day
Take dear old Dad out on the town and give him a Father's Day to remember.
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NewsMelbourne's Rooftop Vintage Airstream Hotel Is Now Open
This probably couldn't get more Melbourne if it tried.
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NewsFractures Takes Us on a Tour of His Favourite Melbourne Spots
Where true locals spend their days and nights.
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NewsFive Places to Eat Dessert for Breakfast in the CBD
Smash through your morning with a little sugary indulgence.
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NewsConcrete Playground and Sonos Are Hosting Beach Break in Byron Bay
In Byron on the last weekend of July? Join us for a little warm-up.
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NewsFive Affordable (and Actually Fun) Date Ideas Under $50
Skip the fancy restaurant in favour of bushwalking, bike riding or bikkie and cheese.
