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Sleepy's Café and Wine Bar
Offering breakfast and wine bar classics with a twist, Sleepy’s is slinging creative flair
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Le Pub
Snails, bone marrow and bread pudding – pub food gets the British treatment at this new venue from one of Melbourne’s most seasoned hospitality groups
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Spring has sprung
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The best places to see spring wildflowers
Get some colour in your life with these gorgeous floral spots
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Use this interactive map to avoid magpie attacks
Here's how to stay safe during swooping season
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The best spring getaways from Melbourne
From wine regions to coastal escapes, we've got you covered
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Marty Supreme
Ping-pong gets its Goodfellas with this cartwheeling caper starring an on-fire Timothée Chalamet
Love Local: A guide to Melbourne's suburbs
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Footscray
This inner-city suburb is the brightest jewel of Melbourne’s west, primarily thanks to the migrant communities that have come to call Footscray home.
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St Kilda
St Kilda’s past is as colourful as its present. Long considered Melbourne’s seaside playground, it was first known for its elite holiday...
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This underrated European city has been named the world’s most relaxing place to live in 2026
A new study has evaluated crime indexes, the cost of living and the average time it takes to travel 10km to award each destination an overall stress score
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This European capital has opened two new ‘museum stations’ packed with archaeological treasures
The multibillion euro project has been in the works for 20 years, and now three quarters of the new Metro C’s stations are operational
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The 20 best places to travel in 2026, according to the BBC – from Finland to Philadelphia
Lush rainforests, Roman ruins, Polynesian beaches and diverse wildlife all feature on the travel guide’s list for the year ahead
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