After-Dark Light Festival Lightscape Will Brighten Up the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne This Winter
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Chotto Motto
287 Wellington Street, Collingwood
A gyoza and beer bar inside an art-covered Collingwood building.
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Neighbourhood Guide: Thornbury
Sandwiched between Northcote and Preston, Thornbury has gone more or less unnoticed by the rest of Melbourne for years. These days, though, it seems like everyone is paying attention.
Hotel Collingwood
376 Smith Street, Collingwood
This classic corner pub has gotten a refresh with breezy interiors, elevated pub grub and a drinks list filled with local names.
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Stomping Ground Brewery & Beer Hall
100 Gipps Street, Collingwood
Collingwood's expansive brewpub.
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Coming Soon: The Brass Monkey Is the CBD's New Basement Bar Celebrating Victorian Produce
The underground bar's wine list, cocktails and food offerings champion produce from all around Victoria.
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East Gippsland Winter Festival
Fri, 21 Jun - Sun, 21 Jul 2024
Various venues around East Gippsland
Bring your appetite. East Gippsland Winter Festival is back for 2024 with produce, platters and parties galore.
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Abacus
383 Chapel Street, South Yarra
This Chapel Street eatery serves everything from breakfast and coffee through to steaks and cocktails.
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Cecconi's
61 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Top-notch Italian food. Essential Melbourne dining.
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Chancery Lane
430 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Roll in for caviar, dry-aged duck burgers and a decadent lemon and rum baba.
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David Sedaris Is Bringing His Latest Tour to Australia and New Zealand to Delight NPR Obsessives in 2025
Two years on from his last round of 'An Evening with David Sedaris' shows Down Under, the NPR humorist and bestselling author is returning.
Sky Park Is Melbourne's New Elevated Patch of Greenery Perched Above Collins Street
Frolic above the city bustle at Melbourne's brand new sky-high park.
Australia's First Scooter Taxi Service Is Now Scooting Around the Streets of Melbourne
Scooti has launched a fleet of scooters in Melbourne — with plans to expand to Sydney and Queensland soon.
Code Black Coffee
15-17 Weston Street, Brunswick
With freshly roasted coffee beans you can’t go wrong, but it's the food menu is where this Brunswick roasting house goes oh-so-right.
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Vivid Sydney
Fri, 24 May - Sat, 15 Jun 2024
Various locations across Sydney
From Air, Budjerah and Yasiin Bey to 40-kilometre-long laser beams, Vivid Sydney's 2024 program is packed.
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A Weekender's Guide to Healesville and the Yarra Valley
Ride bikes through forests, stay in a cosy old miner's cottage or unwind in a spectacular infinity pool.
The Kettle Black
50 Albert Road, South Melbourne
The humble cafe takes on a whole new form with this Melbourne stalwart.
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The Best Places to Go Glamping in Victoria
All these luxury Victorian glamping experiences are under two hours away from the Melbourne CBD — so you can easily have your weekend wilderness adventure and goose-feather down quilt, too.
Eau de Vie
1 Malthouse Lane, Melbourne
Cocktails, charcuterie and a little speakeasy fun.
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The Ten Best Places to Get Crafty in Melbourne
Express yourself through crochet, taxidermy and balloon art.
Where to Dance and Drink the Night Away in Hong Kong Like the Locals Do
Unleash your inner night owl with recommendations from a Hong Kong local with a serious nightlife pedigree.
Red Door Yum Cha
1 Mcilwrick Street, Windsor
Quality yum cha housed in an antiques and furniture store.
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Butchers Diner
10 Bourke Street, Melbourne
This late-night CBD diner serves up burgers, steak and sticky date pudding for a midnight 'snack'.
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Di Stasio Citta
45 Spring Street, Melbourne
Part art gallery, part Italian restaurant, this CBD is the second outpost of St Kilda's Cafe Di Stasio.
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Hotel No
388 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
A hotel that couldn't get more Melbourne if it tried.
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Elwood Bathers
15 Elwood Foreshore, Elwood
This all-day diner is located right on Elwood Beach.
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Rice Paper Scissors
307 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Enjoy all the Asian fusion food at Rice Paper Scissors' new Fitzroy venue.
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The Toff In Town
252 Swanston Street, Melbourne
A CBD stalwart that serves up live music, drinks and Thai food until 5am.
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Anada
197 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
This sexy tapas bar serving reimagined peasant food of Andalusia in the south of Spain with an extensive wine and sherry list.
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Edinburgh Castle Hotel
681 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Brunswick's longest standing pub boasts a huge beer garden, gastro pub food and extensive craft beer list.
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