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    Ten Things to Eat, See and Do on a Trip to Darwin

    Take a dip in a lush swimming hole — or with a friendly, sharp-toothed local.

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    Ten Things to Eat, See and Do on a Weekend in Melbourne

    If you only have 48 hours, make sure you hit these spots.

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    This Environmentally Conscious Search Engine Turns Your Online Queries Into New Trees

    Ecosia invests at least 80 percent of its profits into planting trees around the world.

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    The World's Longest Non-Stop Commercial Flight Is Set to Launch by the End of This Year

    The 19-hour flight from Singapore to New York will take to the skies by the end of the year.

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    Timezone Australia's Second Sydney CBD Location Is Now Open in Central Park

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    Guide Dogs NSW Needs You to Help Raise Its Newest Balls of Fluff

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    Cameras That Catch You Using Your Phone While Driving Are Supposedly Coming to NSW Roads

    In a world-first move, NSW could introduce cameras to catch illegal phone use while driving.

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    Facebook Is Launching a New Dating Feature to Help You Forget About Cambridge Analytica

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    The Victorian Government Is Making a Heap of TAFE Courses Free

    From next year, it will be free to complete 30 TAFE courses, including nursing and accounting.

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    Fratelli Fresh and Sake Will Open at Manly Wharf Later This Year

    The northern beaches wharf is currently getting a refurb — and the two Rockpool Dining Group restaurants will open in the new second storey.

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    Sydney Will Soon Be Home to a New Masterplanned Community Called Gilead

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    New York's Latest Over-the-Top Food Museum Will Celebrate All Things Pizza

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    Carbon Mexican Is Bondi's New Wood-Fired Mexican Joint from the Taqiza Team

    The hacienda-inspired restaurant has taken over the old Rum Diaries space.

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    Australia Is Set to Ban Non-Recyclable Packaging By 2025

    100 percent of the country's packaging will be recyclable, compostable or reusable in the next seven years.

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    The Blue Mountains' Stunning Jenolan Caves Are Getting a Huge Upgrade

    A new boardwalk will get you closer to the Blue Lake than ever before, with an additional walking track and a new visitors' centre also part of the plans.

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    Australia's First Pill-Testing Trial to Take Place at Groovin the Moo

    After a similar trial at a different festival was scrapped last year, Groovin the Moo's Canberra leg will offer drug-checking services.

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    Someone Has Designed Sneakers with Soles Made from Used Chewing Gum

    The shoe offers an innovative solution to The Netherlands' costly gum litter problem.

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    The Gold Coast Has Been Named Australia's Most 'Hipster' City

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    NSW's Snowy Mountains Are Getting an Epic New Multi-Day Hiking Trail

    When it's completed, the 44-kilometre multi-day trail will take you on a journey from Thredbo to Lake Crackenback.

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    Studio Ghibli's Magical Theme Park Will Now Open in 2022

    The park will spirit visitors away into the Ghibli universe, featuring attractions from 'My Neighbour Totoro', 'Kiki's Delivery Service' and 'Howl's Moving Castle'.

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    A Group of Handmaids Are Freaking Out Sydneysiders to Promote 'The Handmaid's Tale' Season Two

    Red-clad ladies are wandering silently around Sydney ahead of the season premiere tonight.

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    Melbourne Has Become the Fastest Growing City in Australia

    New ABS figures have suggested the city will hit five million residents by the end of the year.

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    Erskineville's Swanson Hotel May Be Getting a New Lease on Life

    Though a simple pub reno isn't all that's being proposed for the 1930s pub.

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    Brisbane Might Be Getting 24-Hour Transport on Weekends

    Services won't commence until 2023, but will Sydney is yet to receive the same kind of commitment to all-night public transport.

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    Sydney Film Festival 2018 Will Open with New Zealand Comedy 'The Breaker Upperers'

    After premiering at SXSW, this Taika Waititi-produced comedy takes pole position at this year's SFF.

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    Netflix Might Be Getting Into the Cinema Game With Its Own Chain of Theatres

    It's the potential next step for the streaming giant, which will spend up to $8 billion on original content this year.

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    Gurrumul Yunupingu's Final Album Becomes the First Indigenous-Language Release to Top the Australian Charts

    Already Australia's highest-selling Indigenous artist, the music icon has once again made history.

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    Sydney's New Light Rail System Has Been Delayed by a Year

    The project — initially slated to be completed in 2019 — will now take an extra year.

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    The Saint Peter Team Has Opened a Fish Butchery in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs

    Rather than merely choosing from the fillets on display, you can ask the butcher to prepare the exact cut you need, just as you would at a traditional meat butchery.

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    You'll Soon Be Able to Sleep Under the Sea at this Underwater Hotel in The Maldives

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    Low Light Is Queenscliff's New Month-Long Arts, Culture, Music and Food Festival

    The four-weekend celebration will bring the seaside town to life this winter.

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    Sydney's Poor Toms Distillery Has Opened Its Marrickville Gin Hall to the Public

    After three years of operation, the distillers have opened a public bar in their inner west warehouse.

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    Melbourne Has Just Gone All In on Millennial Culture with a Smashed Avo and Music 'Festival'

    Yes, this is a real thing. And yes, there will be avo on toast (as well as avocado cocktails, performance artists and a local music lineup).

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    R.M. Williams Is Releasing a Second Run of Its Gold Metallic Boots

    The first run sold out super quick last year — so if you want some glittery R.M.'s, you'll need to be speedy.

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    Jamie Oliver Has Lost Ownership of His Australian Restaurant Chain Jamie's Italian

    The Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group will no longer manage the restaurants, but, aside from the closure of the Canberra outpost, they'll remain open.

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    Kogi Is Market City's New DIY Korean Barbecue Joint

    It's the latest addition to the building's new 1909 Dining Precinct.

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    Paddington Pub Four in Hand Is Being Sold as a House

    The Sutherland Street watering hole is about to pour its last drinks.

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    Here's What the Epping to Chatswood Train Line Closure Will Mean for You

    Trains are set to be replaced by Station Link buses for seven months, starting September 30.

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