life in melbourne

By Joseph DeMarini It’s the first week of August, and the annual Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is in full swing around the city. Established in 1952, it’s the largest screen festival in Australia and one of the oldest festivals in the world. Though the festival showcases films from around the world, there are a [...]

[ish_image image="3991" size="full" align="center" show_caption="yes" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3"] Stomachs, get ready to GRRRUUMMBLLE!! Coming up the weekend of July 29th-31st, Melbourne is hosting the Sweet Tooth Truck Festival, featuring all the sugary goodness your heart desires—with plenty of options for vegans, too! The event will be hosted at The Food Truck Park on High Street in [...]

[ish_image image="3980" size="full" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" align="center"] By Joe DeMarini Don’t let winter get ya too down! It may be cold, windy and dreary out, but have I got the cure for you: booze! And lots of it. Melbourne has several fun brewery tours, and even more winery tours. Though the winery tours are probably more [...]

It’s the middle of winter here in Melbourne, but fortunately we live in a milder climate and winter here isn’t brutal enough to keep us indoors for the season, so there are plenty of activities to keep busy! Docklands happens to be one of the better areas for this, too—especially on Friday nights for the [...]

“Bigger Than Xmas” is the logo of this year’s Good Beer Week. Heading into colder climates, with winter not too far away, this is pretty smart advertising by the event’s team. If we think about that period of the year in Australia, when almost the whole country goes into meltdown for six weeks – the [...]

Make room, Max Brenner shops of Melbourne: the Prahran Market is set to blow your mind with the Wicked Chocolate festival on May 7th from 10:30 AM to 5 PM. The festival will feature many Melbourne sweets shops providing all sorts of chocolate-based goodies, from Fritz Gelato chocolate gelatos and A25 Nutella pizzas and—for the [...]

We all know Melbourne is the most liveable city in the world, trendy shops, nice cafés and heaps of cultural events. However, there are so many suburbs in Melbourne that choosing one either to life or to spend the day might be quite difficult. So for those who don´t know them yet, here a selection [...]

The Australian outback is a beautiful place to visit. The scenery is diverse and spectacular and there are a wide range of uniquely Australian experiences that you can have here. So what is ‘The Outback’ and where is it exactly? The Outback is Australia’s vast, remote, and frequently beautiful, arid interior. It is sometimes referred [...]

Australia is known to be inhabited by the most dangerous animals in the world. As much as we would like to say “No, that is not true!” we have to admit that we DO house a great number of dangerous animals in our wonderful country. Here are some of them:   Box Jellyfish This wonderful [...]

There are several ways in which you can prepare yourself for a job interview that will ensure you have an increased chance of success. Going to a job interview can be intimidating. First impressions are important when you are trying to get a new job.   Here are some easy steps that you can follow [...]