Everyone’s got a reliable local hairdresser. If you’re new to the area, you might be looking for a good salon where you know you can get a good haircut, so share your ideas!
Whether it’s a high-end hairstyle salon, a great barber shop, somewhere reliable for kid’s haircut, or even somewhere offering free or cheap haircuts in Melbourne! Share your tips.
There’s quite a few clothes shopping secrets in this city. Whether it’s factory outlets or some hidden vintage fashion stores… we’re spoilt for choice.
We’ve got stores for women’s fashion and men’s fashion, shoes, maternity wear… where do you like to find your bargain clothing shopping? Share your secrets!
Whether you like working out at a gym in Melbourne city, or you like exercising somewhere local… there’s lots of good gyms out there to keep up your fitness.
There’s probably even a few rare 24 hour gyms in Melbourne hidden out there!
Give your fellow residents looking for a good gym around this city a hand – where do you think Melbourne’s best gym is, and why?
Everyone dreads the Christmas shopping season – but if you pick the right stores, you can find some unique gifts and avoid the crowds entirely.
Got any favourite spots for unique Christmas pressies in Melbourne? Any lesser-frequented shopping strips which are a little easier to navigate around during the holiday period? Share your ideas!
As the city grows bigger, smaller boutique stores are slowly squeezed out – or perhaps just go out of business. There’s many stores which a lot of people miss.
What store do you wish was still around? Perhaps there’s a long-closed restaurant you find yourself thinking about, or a special little shop you loved.
Everyone’s got a favourite bookstore in this city. Whether it’s a second hand bookstore, boutique specialist or perhaps somewhere that’s just easily accessible to you.
What do you reckon is Melbourne’s best bookstore, and why do you love it so much?
There’s quite a few tattoo studios around town, but only a select few have an excellent reputation.
If you’re into getting inked, where’s your favourite tatt studio in Melbourne? What makes them so good?
There’s so many Sunday markets in Melbourne. Whether it’s a craft market or fair, flower market, farmer’s market, flea market or general market, everyone has their favourites to visit on a Sunday or other days of the week.
Perhaps you’re even a computer market fan. We’ll withhold our judgement on the legality of your software purchases. Some markets are great for the kids, others are more craft and artisan affairs for adults.
Some of the favourite choices include the Queen Victoria Markets, Prahran Markets, Fitzroy Markets… everyone has their own preferences.
So where is your favourite Melbourne market, what kinds of things do you buy, and how do you like to spend your time there?
You’ve spoken loud and clear on Twitter… the “best shopping centre” question earlier this week was obviously the wrong choice of words.
So let’s get down to what really matters here – warning other Melbourne residents about the worst shopping centres in Melbourne.
There’s a few obvious choices… but maybe you should ward others away from some local terrible areas as well.
Many Melbourne shopping centres are undisputed concrete monstrosities, but there’s many other choices you have out there.
Every resident has their favoured shopping centre or high street that’s pleasant or quiet to shop at. It doesn’t have to be the newest or biggest shopping centre – just somewhere that’s a little more relaxing or unique to make your purchases. You can do better than Southland!