Explore unusual things to do in Melbourne: we reveal the secret places to visit, quirky sights to see, cool neighbourhoods to try, and guides to making the most of the city all year round. It’s your must-read guide to Melbourne, for visitors and locals alike.
The ‘Christmas Star’ is also known as the Gas Giant’s ‘Great Conjunction’. If you’re a bit of a stargazer, you will have noted that Jupiter and Saturn are slowly but surely getting closer to each other...
For the third year in a row, Victoria’s Country Cob Bakery has taken the crown for Australia’s top pie. In 2018, it was the seafood-satay pie that took the top prize at the Baking Association of Australia’s...
It’s time to cheer and be festive. Melbourne, it felt, was in hibernation forever. But now that the seasons have changed and we’ve gone a month with zero community transmissions, it feels like the party is w...
Get ready for an open-air fiesta. Alongside the City of Melbourne, the Melbourne Food And Wine Festival organisers are putting on an end of year celebration unlike we’ve ever seen in our own city. (Featured image:...
The Big Design Market is a mainstay of the Christmas shopping circuit in both Sydney and Melbourne. Every year, over 200 stalls pack halls with homewares, textiles, fashion, jewellery, ceramics, stationery, lifestyle pr...
Spring is in the air and the flowers are everywhere. Okay, well not everywhere-everywhere, but as part of Melbourne’s $100M Recovery Fund, the city’s streets are being overrun by eighteen large-scale floral...
A Christmas brunch with an open bar is coming to Melbourne. Nothing beats that festive feeling, and this year we could all do with something quite special to cheer us up. Fortunately Fever has just the thing, with an am...
Wake up in a dark and dirty bathroom, chained to a pipe with a bloody body between you and someone else. Sound familiar? Good. But now it’s you that gets to play the game. Hacksaw, the Saw-inspired escape room gam...
Forget about being locked in a room, and take the game to the streets. Adventure Clues, the self-guided discovery tour game, takes adventurers on a zigzag trail through Melbourne’s streets, alleys, and lanes. Past...
Blacklight starring Liam Neeson will be the latest movie shot in Melbourne. With news that Liam Neeson has landed in Melbourne to commence filming of the $43 million action thriller that producers say is ”about a...