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Breakfast Rave Morning Gloryville is Coming to Melbourne

Early morning breakfast rave anyone?

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The Beautifully Swedish Lifestyle of Snowboarder Chris Sorman

Enviable lifestyle alert.

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Customise Your Own Waves at the Sunshine Coast’s Epic New Wave Pool

Choose the size, length and time limit of your own wave.

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Ten Reasons to Leave The House This Weekend

There's plenty of cheese to be eaten, films to be snuggled into and live music to warm your hands on this weekend.

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Eight Things Worth Leaving the House For This Weekend

Ditch the Netflix sesh and get amongst it.

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Jess Scully’s Guide to Getting into Winter in Sydney

The Vivid Ideas festival director embraces winter with open arms and some hot tips.

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Twenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now

Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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A List of All of the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked

No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all — even though every single one is a gem.
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It's Eurovision Time: Here's When You Can Watch 2025's Song Contest (with Tony Armstrong and Courtney Act Hosting Australia's Coverage)

This year's Australian entry: Go-Jo with the song 'Milkshake Man', which is being performed with a four-metre-tall blender as part of the set.
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Hop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend

Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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Ten 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately

Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes movies about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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Predicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards

From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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Here's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now

Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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Eleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now

Make a cinema or couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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Twenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season

Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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Nine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately

Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.

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Win a Snowboard from Rekorderlig

The time for snow gear is fast approaching. Get yours here.

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Grow Your Indoor Garden Haven with New Plant Warehouse Loose Leaf

The Loose Leaf team chat about reconnecting with nature, your home's microclimates and the one plant that thrives on neglect.

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Minimal 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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Four DIY Beauty Treatments for Under $10

Tried and true tricks from a jaded cosmetics counter worker.

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The World’s First Connected Tennis Racquet Might Be Better Than a Coach

Aus Open, here we come.

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Raise the Stakes in Your Pretentious Convos with New Metagame

A game that asks the eternal question, 'Which feels like first love: Pride and Prejudice or Hungry Hungry Hippos?'

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The Future of Gardening’s Looking Up

Patrick Blanc talks to Concrete Playground about the vertical garden phenomenon.

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Relax and Restock at the lululemon athletica Warehouse Sale

It’s really more about the party.

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Concrete Playground Runs the Tan Ultra

Our arts and lifestyle writer Hilary Simmons goes from aesthete to athlete.

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The Ten Best Apps to Boost Your Fitness

Refresh and renew your fitness regime with these ten awesome apps.

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The Ten Best Swings Ever

Things have come a long way since your ma or pa tied a threadbare rope to a used tyre.

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A Glamping Guide for Music Festivals

Gear up for all of winter's festivals with 10 glamping necessities.

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