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What is a White Night?

If you’re a Melburnian, you would have to be living under a rock not to know that last night was the annual …

Let’s fill up the bucket!

As I’ve posted before, I don’t have a written set-in-stone bucket list as such. I’m more of a, “Oooh, look! Shiny new …

Advent activities in Australia

We’re just a few days off the start of Advent, which according to the Christian calendar is the period including the four …

FAQs about The Melbourne Cup

Emirates Melbourne Cup is known as ‘the race that stops the nation’. And growing up in Western Australia, I can certainly remember …

Halloween in Australia

Around this time every year, all the comments start on social media channels… “Halloween – it’s so American,” “Halloween has nothing to …

Ghost sign sightings

Those of you who follow my Instagram feed (and if you don’t already, go follow it,  I post fun pics over there every …

The city founded by a cat

When you grow up in a place, you hear all the stories about that place and its origins. Ask me about the …