A new kind of pet store has opened up on Balaclava’s busy Carlisle Street. The Pet Project has been open for a couple of months and has quickly become a popular spot for locals and pet lovers from across Melbourne. You wouldn’t be foolish for mistaking it for a baby store. The Pet Project has […]
Melbourne has a beer garden to suit every type of drinker, here’s our pick of Melbourne’s best beer gardens. The scene of everything from summer lunches with friends to post-work drinks with colleagues, Melbourne’s beer gardens are popular with locals and visitors alike. Classic beer gardens that have stood for decades, renovated newcomers that host […]
With the recent opening of the luxury precinct at Melbourne’s International Airport (T2), travellers now have one last taste of Melbourne as they leave this beautiful city, arguably Australia’s food and fashion capital. Melbourne Airport has brought some of the world’s leading brands and best local eateries into the terminal, including global luxury fashion houses […]
Ascott is offering Melbourne Explorer readers 20%* off the Best Flexible Rate in Melbourne when you stay longer and save at Somerset on Elizabeth or Citadines on Bourke. Book three consecutive nights for stays during 18 December 2017 – 14 January 2018 at: • Citadines on Bourke Melbourne with rates starting from $144 per night* […]
An 11m long pool will be transported to the National Gallery of Victoria for The Pool, an exhibition that celebrates and explores one of Australia’s greatest cultural symbols. A multi-sensory installation of water, light, scent and sound, The Pool is an interactive space, complete with wooden decking and pool lounge chairs, that reveals the connection […]
Gareth Sansom: Transformer traces the career of one of Australia’s most provocative artists. A pioneering figure of the Australian avant-garde for more than 60 years, the Melbourne-born artist is renowned for his luridly colourful and densely-layered paintings, collages and watercolours. Drawing influence from Francis Bacon and British pop art, Sansom’s works merge disparate visual references, […]
Melbourne Explorer and Swatch have teamed up to showcase some of Melbourne’s most iconic locations and the inspiration behind the new Swatch Melbourne ‘Laneways’ watch. The watch design has been inspired by Melbourne’s many well decorated laneways and features a custom Melbourne loop and specially designed Melbourne packaging. Keep an eye on our Instagram for […]
If you are looking for things to do in Melbourne, a new exhibition has rolled into the National Gallery of Victoria. Hokusai is the first major presentation in Australia of one of Japan’s most influential, prolific and everlastingly popular artists, Katsushika Hokusai (1760 – 1849). An influential master of Japanese manga and a self-proclaimed ‘drawing […]
What to do in Melbourne? The eternal question of Melbourne’s 60 million annual visitors, as well as local explorers. There are so many things to choose from, sometimes it’s hard to choose what to do in Melbourne. Well, here’s our pick of the top 10: Federation Square Situated on the banks on the Yarra, […]
When the gates opened in November 1965, the opening attraction was Alfred Hitchcock’s “Marnie” and “McHale’s Navy”. Today, Coburg Drive-In Cinema screens a variety of blockbusters projected onto their 33 metre wide screens, and sound is picked up through your car’s FM stereo broadcast. You can grab a bite to eat in the retro style diner or […]