News You Can Use: Eight Things That Happened in Melbourne This Week
Here's what caught our attention over the last seven days.
News You Can Use: Eight Things That Happened in Melbourne This Week
From new bar and restaurant openings to the latest innovations in technology, design, fashion and the arts, we like to keep our finger on the pulse.
Below, we've collected the biggest stories from the past week that may have escaped your attention. Consider yourself back in the know.
Image: The Lume
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Travel & LeisureAll Aboard: Puffing Billy Is Getting Transformed with Another Immersive Light Experience
After a hugely successful first year, this after-dark light show display returns to Puffing Billy this winter.
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Arts & EntertainmentThe Lume's Next Big Multi-Sensory Exhibition 'Connection' Is Dedicated to First Nations Art and Music
This immersive walk-through experience showcasing 110-plus Indigenous talents will take over Melbourne's digital-only art gallery from late June.
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Food & DrinkFour Pillars Is Doing Bloody Shiraz and Bloody Pinot Noir Gins for 2023 — and Hosting a Midwinter Gin Fest
What's better than one bloody great gin? Two, plus 15 events celebrating Four Pillars' cult-favourite tipples across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
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Food & DrinkHotel Sorrento Has Unveiled a Modern Cantonese Diner as Part of Its Huge Revamp
Boasting Australian-Canto cuisine, the menu pulls inspiration from the Chinese restaurant that stood onsite back in the 1980s.
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Travel & LeisureJetstar Is Celebrating Its 19th Birthday by Giving Away a Year's Worth of Free Flights
You and your plus one could win 12 domestic return flights and six international return flights to use over the next 12 months.
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Arts & EntertainmentCat Power Talks Her Love of Bob Dylan, Making Thurston Moore Cry and New Music on the Horizon
"Thurston Moore was in town and he said — he's gonna kill me — but he said 'Mr Tambourine Man' made him cry. Isn't that sweet?"
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Food & DrinkKrispy Kreme Is Giving Away 100,000 Free Doughnuts for National Doughnut Day 2023
What's better than sweet glazed doughnuts? Free sweet glazed doughnuts.
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Arts & EntertainmentHow to Bring Dinosaurs to Life in a David Attenborough Documentary with the 'Prehistoric Planet' Team
Executive producer Mike Gunton and series producer Tim Walker tell us all about Apple TV+'s stunning series, which is back for its second season.