Werribee-born artist brings decade of works home
Gunditjmara-Djabwurrung artist Hayley Millar Baker presents six series of photographic, video and film works in her first hometown exhibition at Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee, until 14 June 2026.
Published by Jayne Collins
Whitehorse Raises Flag for National Sorry Day on 26 May
Whitehorse City Council holds its free Sorry Day flag raising at Nangnak Gardens on 26 May, followed by a film screening at The Round the same day.
Melbourne Airport to CBD: Every Transport Option Compared (Shuttle, Bus, Taxi, Uber, Rental, Limo)
Here is the thing nobody tells you before you fly in: Melbourne has no airport train. Not yet, anyway. Unlike Sydney, Brisbane, London, Hong Kong or just about any capital you have landed in recently, the 23 kilometres between Tullamarine and the CBD must be covered by bus, taxi, rideshare or your own wheels. The […]
Myki Explained for Tourists: The Melbourne Transport Essential
Melbourne’s public transport runs on a small plastic card called Myki, and in recent times, it has quietly become a lot more tourist-friendly. Under-18s now travel free, Apple Pay finally works on some train lines, and the Free Tram Zone has stretched out to the MCG. But the rules still trip up visitors daily, and […]
Melbourne’s Western Region: Map + Neighbourhood/Suburb Guide
Melbourne’s west has always done its own thing. While the inner east earned its reputation on coffee and gallery openings, the west was busy building the city’s actual industrial backbone, absorbing wave after wave of migration, and quietly developing a character that no amount of gentrification can smooth away. The result is a stretch of […]
Northern Region Melbourne: Map + Guide to All Suburbs, LGAs and Neighbourhoods
The north starts as a postcode and ends as a personality. From the inner-ring energy of Northcote and Brunswick, where every second building hosts a record store or a wine bar, through the mudbrick-and-bushland calm of Eltham, the multicultural sprawl of Coburg and Broadmeadows, and out to the half-built greenfield estates of Mernda and Wollert, […]
Melbourne’s Inner South East Region: Map + Guide to Stonnington, Boroondara, Glen Eira and Bayside Suburbs
Four local government areas, roughly 160 square kilometres, and some of Melbourne’s most coveted postcodes. The Inner South East stretches from South Yarra’s boutique strips and Hawthorn’s elm canopy across Boroondara’s private-school belt, through Glen Eira’s culturally layered residential grid, and out to Bayside’s Port Phillip foreshore where painted bathing boxes have become shorthand for […]
Melbourne’s Eastern Region: Map + Guide to Suburbs, Attractions and LGAs
Melbourne’s Eastern Region stretches from the leafy inner-suburban fringe of Whitehorse and Manningham all the way out to where the city stops pretending to be a city and becomes something else entirely: wine country, mountain villages, steam-train territory, and one of Australia’s great wildlife sanctuaries. Six local government areas make up the region: the City […]
Melbourne’s Southern Region: Map + Guide to the Six Suburbs, Cities and Shires
Start at Mentone’s bathing boxes on Port Phillip Bay and drive south. By the time you reach Portsea’s back beach on the tip of the Mornington Peninsula, you’ve crossed six local government areas, sampled two cultures of beach, eaten your way through one of Australia’s most concentrated food precincts, passed through a pair of the […]
Melbourne Free Tram Zone Map: Every Boundary Stop, Every Route (and the $305 Fine Gotchas)
The Free Tram Zone is Melbourne’s best-known commuter perk and its most expensive tourist trap, often in the same trip. Ride a tram around the CBD or Docklands and pay nothing. Stay seated for one stop too many and an inspector can write you a $305 infringement before your coffee goes cold. The zone is […]