Preston Victoria has spent 150 years turning food into its identity, first as market gardens and dairy farms feeding early Melbourne, then as a bacon-curing and tannery town built on migrant labour, then as the home of Preston Market, and now as a High Street and Plenty Road strip that runs from Vietnamese pho to […]
For one week in August, Melbourne Zoo’s award-winning Keeper Kids team runs free Nature Play and Storytime sessions, backed by research showing real gains for little ones.
Point Cook went from 1,737 people in 2001 to 66,781 by the 2021 Census, one of the fastest suburban transformations in the country, yet somewhat oddly, it still doesn’t have a train station. This is one of Australia’s largest suburbs by population, genuinely bigger than Geelong, and every resident who wants to catch a train […]
Matt and Leni Purbrick have opened a neighbourhood wine bar, grocery and community space in a Northcote winery, pouring organic Minimum Wines with simple snacks and free venue hire for locals.
Greensborough doesn’t behave like a suburb still finding its shape. It’s spent more than forty years as the working commercial heart of Melbourne’s north-east (Greensy, the mall in the middle of it, has been the regional shopping fix for the area since 1978), and it isn’t chasing a rezoning to become relevant. What’s happening to […]
Williamstown Town Hall’s grand 1927 ballroom opens for one day on 26 July with free tours and live orchestra performances ahead of its centenary next year.
Ivanhoe Grammar School’s Coonawarra Willam Aquatic Centre opens for Open House Melbourne tours on 26 July, with a poolside Finding Nemo JR performance, limited tickets.
Explore Fed Square’s hidden tunnels, ACMI’s film lab, Koorie Heritage Trust tours and MESS’s open studio during Open House Melbourne Weekend on 25–26 July. Book early.
The Grand Designs-featured 5×4 Hayes Lane Project and a converted hay store in Carlton North open their doors for guided tours on 26 July as part of Open House Melbourne Weekend.
The Teskey Brothers will play their debut album in full at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on 17 October to open the 2026 Melbourne International Jazz Festival. Presale from 10am 8 July.