Lightscape 2024 is lighting up the night at the Royal Botanic Gardens with dazzling new light displays. The artistic intersection of lights, sound, and nature melted my frozen Melburnian heart. Opening just in time for winter solstice, as we stare…
It’s that time of year again when your social media feed is filled up with friends sailing through the Greek Islands, visiting sandy beaches in Spain or enjoying a summer music festival in Germany. If you’re like us and staying…
Raclette is more than just a meal – it’s a social event. Melting Raclette cheese and dropping it on deliciously soft potatoes and charcuterie is a very fine French winter tradition that we can totally get around! To make things even more…
After a devastating false start last year due to a snap lockdown, Rising is back with a huge lineup of art, music, food and performance across Melbourne. Three years in the making, the full program is packed full of exciting and…
Over Melbourne winter yet? We can’t make the cold weather go away, but we can help you take the edge off at the Queen Victoria Winter Night Market. It’s a firey wonderland full of mulled wine, global cuisines, local vendors,…
Located in the centre of Ballarat in a 140-year-old former produce store is one of the best places to sample wine and local produce from Western Victoria. I knew we were in for a real treat when we were invited…
Bienvenue, Mesdames et Messieurs! Welcome to BLANC de BLANC: the sexy new cabaret spectacle hitting St. Kilda’s winter foreshore festival, Map 57. The theme of the show revolves entirely around the joys of a good bottle of sparkling white: how…
It was a full house at the opening of the Queen Victoria Winter Night Market. Circling the perimeter were dozens of vendors selling delicious foods and drinks. Underneath the historic shed was an Etsy paradise: scores of artisan vendors were…
Sled dogs! In Australia! When you see a flyer for the 5th Annual Falls Creek Sled Dog Classic, and you’re only an hour away, what do you do? You rug up and go. This is exactly the kind of weird,…
The team at QV uses their primo location to good effect a few times a a year. This promised to be one of those times. A Tropical Retreat in the middle of the Melbourne winter in the middle of Melbourne….