Melbourne Music Week Is Bringing Back Its Glowing Rubik's Cube-Like Venue for Its Tenth Festival
It's part of the ten-day program that will see 70 aural gigs, parties and talks take over the city.
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The Ten Best Breakfasts in Melbourne
No matter what time you decide to have it.
A Brand New Community-Owned LGBTIQ Bar Is Coming to Melbourne
And you can own a part of it.
Forest Therapy
Sat, 30 Mar and Thu, 4 Apr 2019
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens, South Yarra
Take a moment to recharge in the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.
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This New Bright Pink Gin from Bass and Flinders Is Made for Springtime G&Ts
The botanicals used include hibiscus, cherries and raspberries.
Taste of Melbourne Reveals Mouthwatering Early Highlights for 2016
Our stomach's rumbling just thinking about it.
Melbourne Is Set to Score a New Elevated Park as Part of the Arts Precinct's Massive Redevelopment
The first designs for the precinct — which encompasses the yet-to-be-built NGV Contemporary — have been releasedby Melbourne-based practice Hassell and New York's SO-IL.
Royal Stacks' New Game Lets You Earn Free Food
Combining fun with freebies, and virtual burgs with the real thing.
Melburnians Who Visited These 14 Locations Must Get Tested and Self Isolate for 14 Days
The sites were visited by a positive COVID-19 case who was identified last night.
Beyond the City
Thu, 30 Dec - Fri, 31 Dec 2021
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
The Beyond the Valley team is ringing in 2022 with a special spin-off city festival, taking over Sidney Myer Music Bowl and surrounds.
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Cheese Toastie Festival
Sat, 4 Aug - Sun, 5 Aug 2018
Welcome to Thornbury, Northcote
A food truck festival dedicated to the perfect pairing of cheese and carbs.
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Hakata Gensuke Anniversary Celebration
Sat, 19 Aug - Sun, 20 Aug 2017
Hakata Gensuke, Melbourne
Marking three years of tonkotsu goodness with ramen discounts and giveaways.
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CBD Favourite Embla Is Opening a Boutique Wine Store Next Door Called Punchin' Bottles
It'll be a boozy joint effort from two local wine legends, restaurateur Christian McCabe and renowned winemaker Patrick Sullivan.
Sydney's Rockpool to Close and Reopen as More Casual Restaurant
Neil Perry's flagship restaurant will become Eleven Bridge.
Everything You Need to Know About Rum Now That Warmer Days Are Ahead
Get acquainted with the spirit most commonly associated with tropical island vacays, pirates and Hemingway.
Get Free Tacos at Fed Square for One Day Only
Form an orderly line.
The MCG Will Host a Mini Music Festival During Melbourne Music Week
Good news: no Meat Loaf.
Trinket's Dark Tea
Sat, 15 Sep - Sun, 16 Sep 2018
Trinket, Melbourne
The cocktail lounge is running a series of 'boozy bites and dark delights' every weekend.
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Dessert King Pierre Roelofs Is Opening a Pop-Up Soft Servery
Forget all about your healthy New Year's resolutions.
Cafe Society
Thu, 20 Oct - Wed, 7 Dec 2016
Various cinemas in Melbourne
This mid-range Woody Allen flick is perfectly watchable, but does little to really inspire.
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Win Tickets to a Spring Banquet Presented by James Squire and Concrete Playground
Five course banquet and craft beer anyone?
Pinterest: The Hottest Social Media Startup of 2012
This 'digital scrapbooking' website that lets you present and organise all of your interests and share them with the world.
Help Crowdfund This Melbourne Filmmaker's Doco About a Refugee's Home Journey
Experience the dangerous trek across the Sahara Desert to Morocco, through seven countries and often in the hands of people smugglers.
Melbourne Gets a Tropical Treat at the New Olsen Pool Club
Beat the heat at this urban retreat - no membership required.
Physicist Uses Lasers to Create Rain
Using his new environmentally-conscious technique, Jérôme Kasparian creates rain.
From Pole to Pole on Bamboo Bicycles
The ‘Cycle for Water’ aims to draw awareness to the fact that water is our most precious resource and we need to make a change before it is too late.
Germany’s Greenest Little Village
A small village in Germany is leading the way in green living and financial prosperity.
Win Tickets to See Patrick and a DVD Prize Pack
A remake of the cult classic Ausploitation horror film about a comatose patient.
A Roaming Circus Performance Will Fill CBD Laneways, Shops and Balconies This Summer
This roaming circus is a "love letter to Melbourne", aiming to revitalise the city's streets and reacquaint guests with their beloved CBD.
These Proposed Rental Reforms Could Make it Slightly Less Painful to Rent a Home in Melbourne
Melburnians generally deal with a cacophony of crap when renting — but the Victorian Government's proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act could help change that.
Rain, Thunderstorms, Snow and the Coldest April Day in 60 Years Expected for Australia This Week
We're getting an early taste of winter.
Little Men
Thu, 8 Dec 2016 - Wed, 18 Jan 2017
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
A sensitive coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of New York City.
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Lamb
Fri, 29 Oct - Wed, 17 Nov 2021
Affecting, surreal and starkly unsettling, this Noomi Rapace-starring folk-horror delight focuses on a grieving couple and their farm's newest arrival.
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A Milkcow Soft Serve Pop-Up Has Opened in Melbourne
Soft serve sundaes topped with everything from fairy floss clouds to a shot of espresso.
Flour to the People: Mark Free’s Dream for the Flour Market
An interview with the mastermind behind the Flour Market, not your average bake sale.
Famed Sydney Burger Joint Mary's Is Opening Its First Permanent Melbourne Restaurant
With its famous beef and vegan burgers, rock 'n' roll vibes and a giant chandelier covered in 24,000 dead roses.
New Google Glass Frames Markedly Less Jarring Than the Original
Wearable technology just got rather more wearable.
Victoria Is Reverting Back to Pre-NYE Gathering Restrictions from Midnight on January 22
Which means you can invite a few more people to that Saturday night dinner party you were planning.
Five Gin-Paired Dishes to Try at the Returned Project Botanicals Pop-up
Experience Gary Mehigan's food matched to the ten carefully selected botanicals of Bombay Sapphire.
Learn Code or UX Design with a $3000 Scholarship to General Assembly
Concrete Playground has partnered with General Assembly to offer you the chance to receive a $3,000 scholarship to learn a new tech skillset.
400 Gradi Is Making a Literal 150-Cheese Pizza
It's officially the world's cheesiest pizza.
Vesper Is South Yarra's New Mediterranean Bistro with a Secret Bar and Courtyard
And there's an ex-Vue de Monde chef heading up the kitchen.
Melbourne's 15-Year-Old Bistro Morgan Doughnut Whiz Opens Permanent Store
What have you done today?
Melbourne Will Be Home to the First Apple Global Flagship Store in the Southern Hemisphere
One of Federation Square's buildings will be knocked down to make way for it.
Win Tickets to see Beasts of the Southern Wild
Win a double pass to see one of the most talked about films of the year.
Someone Has Finally Discovered Hangover-Free Alcohol
Say goodbye to feeling seedy.
Win Tickets to See Night Moves
Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard get radical.
Win Tickets to See Whiplash
An acclaimed music drama about the boundaries of talent.
Alien: Covenant
Thu, 11 May - Wed, 21 Jun 2017
A gory, frenetic return to safe and familiar territory for Ridley Scott's epic Alien franchise.
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Malaysia's Insanely Popular Baked Three-Cheese Tarts Are Coming to Australia
Say hello to the Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tart.
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