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Featured

Lygon Street & Carlton Food Tour

53

The Melbourne Magic Festival 2013

39

Melbourne Photography Tours

52

Top Events

1

Melt Chocolate Festival

Learn all you can about chocolate - free tastings too

55

2

Faulty Towers - The Dining Experience

Utterly delicious entertainment

38

3

Love Your Sister - Breast Cancer Fundraising Event

Have fun and show your support

26

4

Lions Book Sale

Over 8000 books, priced from 50c to $5

14

5

Williamstown Literary Festival 2013

Willy Lit Fest is the place to be for writers and readers

26

6

Cluster: Exploring Melbourne's Street Names

Which Australian estate is named after The Beatles?

26

7

Peninsula Studio Trail Exhibition @ the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

An innovative and honest exhibition of pure talent

71

8

Indie Market Place - Brighton

Spend the day being entertained with a Cupcake Fairy

14

9

Free Light in Winter Festival 2013

Banish winter with light, warmth, illumination and community

13

10

National Simultaneous Storytime 2013

One book, many readers, same time, throughout Australia

25

Popular Articles

1

Aldi's 'Has No' Food Product Range

A surprising selection of gluten free food

94

2

Hampton Beach

This beach has gone to the dogs

83

3

Om Vegetarian Restaurant - Flinders Street Station

All you can eat @ Flinders St Station

53

4

Majors Creek Campsite

41

5

10 Conversation Starters About Melbourne

79

6

Great Gift Ideas at Ikea

No need to give slippers but they have those too

97

7

High Tea at Light Factory Gallery Tea House

Great price gorgeous high tea

62

8

Old Treasury Building

Gold, crime and trams

39

9

Lyrebird Track and 1000 Steps in Ferntree Gully

A challenge surrounded with history and beauty

54

10

Top 3 Free Festivals in Melbourne in June

Free Festivals in June near the city

32

Editor's Choice

1

Secret Recipe Cafe

8

2

Tooronga & Amphitheatre Waterfalls

One of the wettest and most beautiful places in Victoria

39

3

La Contadina Ristorante

Death by chocolate soufflé, anyone?

29

4

Shandong Mama Restaurant

Dumpling lovers, say

20

5

Rag Trade Market at 1000 £ Bend

A treasure trove of vintage in Melbourne's CBD

33

6

Top 5 Ways to Escape the Friendzone in Melbourne

How to turn a friendship into romance

31

7

Lyrebird Track and 1000 Steps in Ferntree Gully

A challenge surrounded with history and beauty

54

8

Dr. Juicy Jay's Fried Chicken and Crab Shack

A crab, a shrimp, and a chicken walk into a bar

22

9

High Tea at Light Factory Gallery Tea House

Great price gorgeous high tea

62

10

Mr Burger's Food Truck

Great burgers on the streets of Melbourne

29

more editor's choice

Lists

1

Top 3 Free Festivals in Melbourne in June

Free Festivals in June near the city

32

2

The 5 Best Photography Locations in Melbourne

Take great photos around Melbourne

29

3

Top 4 Ways to Save Some Bucks in Melbourne

Beat the Price Rise with these Tips & Tricks

82

4

10 Places You Can't Go in Melbourne

73

5

Top 10 Brunswick Street Cafes

Brunswick Street Cafes to brag about

11

6

10 Conversation Starters About Melbourne

79

7

Top 5 Ways to Escape the Friendzone in Melbourne

How to turn a friendship into romance

31

8

Top Ways to Spoil Mum on Mother's Day in Melbourne & Victoria

66

9

Top 10 Little Collins Street Cafes

Melbourne is a classy cafe city

15

10

The 3 Most Haunted Places in Melbourne

It's healthy to be scared

114

Activities

1

Aldi's 'Has No' Food Product Range

A surprising selection of gluten free food

94

2

High Tea at Light Factory Gallery Tea House

Great price gorgeous high tea

62

3

Majors Creek Campsite

41

4

Lyrebird Track and 1000 Steps in Ferntree Gully

A challenge surrounded with history and beauty

54

5

Rosalind Park, Bendigo

Take a stroll through a grand, historic park

28

6

Great Gift Ideas at Ikea

No need to give slippers but they have those too

97

7

Om Vegetarian Restaurant - Flinders Street Station

All you can eat @ Flinders St Station

53

8

Leadbeater Eco Tours

Eco Tours that don't cost the world

44

9

Bounce Inc: Trampoline Park & Activities Centre

This will wear the kids out

21

10

Lygon Street & Carlton Food Tour

Lick Your Lips on Lygon Street

53

more activities

Places

1

Hampton Beach

This beach has gone to the dogs

83

2

Bata Factory Shoe Outlet

Gumboots, Work Boots, School Shoes, All Shoes

40

3

Tooronga & Amphitheatre Waterfalls

One of the wettest and most beautiful places in Victoria

39

4

Red Balloon Coffee Lounge

I want to eat here every night of the week

13

5

Old Treasury Building

Gold, crime and trams

39

6

Mr Burger's Food Truck

Great burgers on the streets of Melbourne

29

7

That Place Cafe

'That' eggs benedict and 'That' hollandaise sauce are good

17

8

Argentinian Restaurants in Melbourne

Swap tacos for empanadas @ these Argentinian restaurants

87

9

The Coat Man Factory Outlet

Are you looking for the perfect coat?

88

10

Brian Cadd in Concert - Free Tickets for Seniors

Keep on rocking boomers

15

Featured

1

Top Ways to Spoil Mum on Mother's Day in Melbourne & Victoria

66

2

Lygon Street & Carlton Food Tour

Lick Your Lips on Lygon Street

53

3

Sidearm Cafe

Fantastic fusion food served with love and care

30

4

The Melbourne Magic Festival 2013

Abracadabra - Ready to pull a festival out of a hat?

39

5

Melbourne Photography Tours

52

6

Leadbeater Eco Tours

Eco Tours that don't cost the world

44

feature your event or business

Questions

1

Where To Go For A Weekend Away This Winter?

51

2

What is the Difference Between a Cafe Latte and a Flat White?

162

3

Where is the Best Spot to go River Swimming in Melbourne?

Hidden secrets & places you know with great river swimming

48

4

Where is the Best Hair Salon in Melbourne?

198

5

Which Nightclubs Should Be Avoided in Melbourne?

Avoid like the plague

75

6

Where is the Best Free Camping Spot in Victoria?

335

7

What are the Best Motels in the Melbourne CBD?

Top 3 places to stay on a budget

18

8

What is Chinatown's Best Chinese Restaurant?

57

9

Where's the Best Middle Eastern Restaurant in Melbourne?

30

10

Where's the Best Day Trip in Melbourne?

635

Melbourne Writers Top 30

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Natasha Abrahams

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Lesley Mitchell

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Nadine Cresswell-Myatt

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Madhumita Thakur

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Bombay Extra Dry

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Richard Leathem

22.

Naureen Choudhry

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Tarryn Guttenberg

25.

Vanessa de Largie

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Fiona Hitchcock

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Unusual Uses for Beer

Strange uses of beer that will amaze and amuse

68

5

The Good Life: What Makes a Life Worth Living - Book Review

Why the pursuit of happiness doesn't work

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6

Cinnamon Whirl Cookies

A simple and cheap recipe that is guaranteed to be a talking point

29

7

Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole Recipe

28

8

Star Trek: Into Darkness - Film Review

37

9

How to Keep Children Warm During Winter

Keeping warm this Winter time

26

10

The Stoning of Soraya M. - Film Review

A moving and unforgettable filmic experience

54

Photos

1

Autumn in Ringwood North

10

2

Commemorative Tree, Ringwood North Primary School

11

3

Autumn @ the Alfred Nicholas Gardens

9

4

Steps Down to Portsea Surf Beach

16

5

New Cycle Path in Port Phillip Bay

11

6

Campos Coffee, Carlton

7

7

Swanston and Beyond

12

8

Sunset over the Water at Brighton Beach

10

9

Lion Ink Blot @ Somerset Place

9

10

Grampians National Park

26

Foods

1

Tostaditas De Cangrejo @ Mamasita

10

2

Timeout Cafe

11

3

Big Breakfast @ Soul Food Cafe

13

4

Three dip platter @ Groove Train

8

5

Spring Rolls @ Dendy Deli

10

6

Cappuccino @ Collins Kitchen, Grand Hyatt Melbourne

10

7

Selection of Mini Cupcakes @ Little Cupcakes

7

8

Sardines Wrapped with Pancetta @ Guy Grossi's Merchant at InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto

30

9

Fried Calamari @ Guy Grossi's Merchant at InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto

9

10

Gnocchi @ Guy Grossi's Merchant at InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto

10

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