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Fine Dining Down Under: Award-Winning Australian Restaurants to Base Your Escape Around

From Melbourne’s newest three-hat dining rooms to a tiny bistro worth a Northern Rivers detour, these critically lauded experiences are worth crossing state borders for. Some travellers plan trips around landmarks and beaches, others go for the food. If you fall into the latter camp, behold your roadmap to Australia’s most exciting restaurants and bars […]

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The Chic Melbourne City Stay with a Taste of Victoria

Shadow Play by Peppers pairs sleek apartments with a heated pool, level-nine library and a distinctly Victorian wine list at Edwin Wine Bar & Cellar. In Southbank, your Melbourne day can move from browsing South Melbourne Market to an afternoon at the National Gallery of Victoria, then finish with a full-bodied Victorian wine. That makes […]

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The Melbourne CBD Stay Made for Laneway Mornings and Rooftop Evenings

Pullman Melbourne City Centre pairs sleek rooms and breakfast at Eva’s with rooftop pizza, skyline views and Melbourne’s laneways just beyond the door. Melbourne days are built around small but important choices: do you spend the afternoon tracing the city’s arcades or head straight upstairs for rooftop pizza and skyline views? Tucked just off Little […]

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The Mornington Peninsula Hideaway for Hot Springs, Golf and Wineries

Minutes from award-winning thermal spas, hatted restaurants and cellar doors, Peppers Moonah Links sits in a prime position for your next coastal escape. Known for its championship golf course and quiet countryside setting, Peppers Moonah Links in Victoria strikes the perfect balance between blissful seclusion and convenience. In Fingal, you’re tucked away from the Mornington […]

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The Yarra Ranges Retreat Made for Slow Weekends

Peppers Marysville is a polished base for exploring Victoria’s High Country, pairing contemporary rooms with regional dining, a heated outdoor lap pool and the mountain landscapes surrounding Marysville. Around 90 minutes from Melbourne, Peppers Marysville in the Yarra Ranges puts you close to forest walks, mountain roads and local produce, while its pool, sauna and […]

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How to Plan the Perfect Australian Wine Weekend

Planning a wine weekend close to home? Discover how curated regional bottles can help you choose where to go, what to book and how to pace the trip. Australia has 65 wine growing regions, each with its own climate, varietals and character. That means planning your ultimate winery weekend away can benefit from some serious […]

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Arrival Hall: All the Travel News You Need for September/October

The edition’s travel news including a a new locally owned Melbourne hotel, an exciting new city cocktail pop-up, the extended World’s 50 Best Hotel’s list and a Japanese whisky bar takeover. Brady Bunch: local hotel group opens it’s sixth Melbourne CBD stay Brady Hotel Elizabeth Street, a 211-room hotel right in the centre of Melbourne, […]

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Melbourne’s Newest Hotel Redefines Luxury on the Yarra River

The brand’s first in Australasia, the award-winning 1 Hotel Melbourne brings new life to a hitherto neglected stretch of the city’s Yarra River with 220 metres of uninterrupted river frontage. Paul Chai checks in. Melbourne’s last remaining heritage goods shed from the city’s shipping heyday has been transformed. Now the architectural centrepiece of 1 Hotel’s […]

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The New Melbourne Foodie Experience You Can’t Miss

MasterChef Australia winner Diana Chan hand-picked this dumpling route through the CBD and Chinatown, and the menu isn’t served to anyone walking in off the street. When it comes to impressing a Melbourne foodie, the bar is high: but this three-hour, self-guided dumpling degustation, designed by MasterChef Australia winner Diana Chan, might just do it. […]

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A New Local Stay with Bold Italian Flavours at Crowne Plaza Melbourne Carlton

The first internationally branded hotel to land in this storied Italian neighbourhood, Crowne Plaza Melbourne Carlton is leaning into the suburb’s heritage. Opened in April this year, Crowne Plaza Melbourne Carlton offers a quieter city stay overlooking leafy Lincoln Square; but outside the front door is a tram to take you just a few blocks […]

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Arrival Hall: The Latest Travel News From July

Travel news from the past month including a truffle takeover at Crown, special family offers on Mt Buller and Aman unveils its inaugural Caribbean season. Lancemore adds outdoor saunas to two of its best Victorian escapes Lancemore Hotels has partnered with Melbourne wellness brand Orans to launch The Slow Season – a winter offering built […]

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6 Things We Can’t Wait for This Winter in Melbourne & Regional Victoria

Night markets, after-dark light shows and a Cartier exhibition at the NGV: Victoria’s winter lineup this year is stellar. Victorian winters get deliciously gloves-on, light-the-fire cold, giving you license to lean fully into cosy, hot-chocolate-fuelled festive activities (Christmas in July, anyone?) Australia’s cultural capital doesn’t slow down its programming in the cooler months, either, with […]