Fancy bottomless champagne and oysters with serve of tennis? The lavish Australian Open launch party sees A-listers rub shoulders with sporting greats to celebrate two weeks of tennis in Melbourne. Here’s what really goes on at the summer soiree.
Invite-only access to a secret on-course restaurant, being coached by a tennis legend, and paying up to $27,000 for a seat. Some people aren’t afraid to spend big at the Australian Open — here’s a look at how the rich and glamorous will enjoy the high life.
Tickets to the Australian Open can be expensive, especially if you’re taking the family. But can you still do the tennis in Melbourne on a budget? Here’s the best ways to get bang for your buck.
One thing spurred this Melbourne expat to trade in his day job and open a new eatery in Bali this year — and he’s not the only Victorian export making waves on the trendy Indonesian island. This is how they did it.
The bushfire crisis spanning the state’s northeast and East Gippsland is said to be the worst since the Black Saturday fires. So what does that mean in terms of land burned, lives lost and homes destroyed?
Some enjoyed the greatest years of their career, while others were less fortunate. Here are today’s brilliant and bizarre careers of the stars and newsmakers of 2010 — and some will surprise you.
From Brunswick East’s Etta to Northcote’s Estelle and North Fitzroy’s 25-years-young Matteo’s, here are Melbourne’s best restaurants in the inner north.
A hip new Werribee eatery gives good reason to eat and drink locally, serving delicious coffee by day and DIY cheese and charcuterie boards at night. Here’s why Wolf on Watton keeps punters from visiting the pub, or the city, at the weekend.
With a splash of something interesting in the glass matched by food equally alluring on the plate, Melbourne’s wine bars have wine-dine good times sorted. Here are the best to check out.
Victoria’s wine country is home to plenty of delicious drops — but you can also find myriad restaurants where the food on the plate is as good as the wine in the glass. And the views aren’t too shabby either.
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