Melbourne guides

Walking around the suburbs of Melbourne, you tend to find a hodgepodge of homes from different eras. Some home designs incorporate pillars and turrets, some have bay windows, and some…

Ballarat is a town known to all Australians, and not too far from Melbourne city for the perfect weekend escape. The name Ballarat actually comes from two Indigenous words meaning…

  If you know where to look, Melton and its surrounding suburbs boast a platterful of diverse cuisines, dished up in tasteful and friendly settings. Perhaps you’re looking for a…

I kept seeing photos of this medieval-looking place popping up on my Facebook feed. I thought: “This looks like old Europe, surely this can’t be in Victoria?” Intrigued, a quick…

Ballarat is the third biggest town in Victoria (after Geelong and Melbourne). In terms of date destinations, it’s probably most famous for a certain gold-rush era historic theme park known…

I’m a fool for greenery ⁠— just being in nature is one of my favourite things. After a lengthy lockdown period, my throng of indoor plants wasn’t quite cutting it.…

Pacific Werribee, or “The Werribee Plaza” as the locals still call it has come a long way in recent decades. It has more than doubled in size quite in the…