Marie's Way of Life

10/05/2025

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BENDIGO TULIPS FESTIVAL

A bloomin’ beautiful time of year in Bendigo 🌷🌷

The annual tulip display in Explore Bendigo has begun, bringing colour and life to the beautiful heritage streets along Pall Mall and Conservatory Garden 😍

📍 Bendigo Annual Tulip Display, a two-hour drive from Melbourne on Dja Dja Wurrung Country

🎟️ Free to the public from mid September to mid October

10/05/2025

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A look back at our most-loved moments this month ❣️

📍 Melbourne (Narrm), on Wurundjeri country ⁣
📸 Walking Perspective

📍 Point Ormond, Melbourne, on Wurundjeri country⁣
📸 via IG/rayofmelbourne

📍 Puffing Billy railway, Yarra Valley, located one hour east of Melbourne on Wurundjeri country⁣
📸 Puffing Billy Railway

10/05/2025

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Melbourne Cricket Ground!

Happy AFL Grand Final Day eve 🎉 Footy fever is in full force this weekend, with the biggest event on the AFL calendar happening tomorrow at Melbourne's iconic MCG stadium. Will you be barracking for the Sydney Swans or the Brisbane Lions? 🏉

📍 Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne, on Wurundjeri country
📸 via IG/absolute.amateur.scenes

[Image Description: The photo depicts a large stadium with a city in the background. The image captures the skyline of a metropolitan area during sunset.

Happy AFL Grand Final Day eve 🎉 Footy fever is in full force this weekend, with the biggest event on the AFL calendar happening tomorrow at Melbourne's iconic MCG stadium. Will you be barracking for the Sydney Swans or the Brisbane Lions? 🏉

📍 Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne, on Wurundjeri country
📸 via IG/absolute.amateur.scenes

[Image Description: The photo depicts a large stadium with a city in the background. The image captures the skyline of a metropolitan area during sunset.]

07/11/2024

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Waddling out of the ocean and straight into our hearts 🥹💕

Phillip Island (Millowl) is home to the largest little penguin colony in the world. The Phillip Island Nature Parks Penguin Parade allows visitors to watch these cuties make their way from the ocean back to their burrows every night 🐧

📍Penguin Parade, Phillip Island, a two-hour drive from Melbourne on the lands of the Bunurong people
🎟️ Booking in advance via the Phillip Island Nature Parks website is essential
🎥 Please note: footage was filmed with permission using a wildlife sensitive approach and equipment

07/11/2024

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Name a more iconic Aussie silhouette... we'll wait 🦘💛

📍 Gembrook, Yarra Valley, a one-hour drive from Melbourne on Bunurong country
📸 via IG/melbourneadz

[Image Description: The image features a kangaroo in the foreground with fields and trees in the background. The setting is outdoors with grass, clouds and fog.

Name a more iconic Aussie silhouette... we'll wait 🦘💛

📍 Gembrook, Yarra Valley, a one-hour drive from Melbourne on Bunurong country
📸 via IG/melbourneadz

[Image Description: The image features a kangaroo in the foreground with fields and trees in the background. The setting is outdoors with grass, clouds and fog.]

07/11/2024

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Can you believe these stunning scenes were captured just three hours from Melbourne!? Wanderer Adventures offer a range of incredible cruises around Wilsons Promontory including whale watching trips around the iconic Skull Rock 🐋✨

📍 Wilsons Promontory, Visit Gippsland, a three-hour drive south east of Melbourne 🚗



📸 Wanderer Adventures

21/10/2024

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The energy in Melbourne’s Chinatown is truly unmatched 🫶 Discover secret arcades, unique sweet treats and delicious dumpling spots around every corner 🥟

📍 Chinatown, located along Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, on Wurundjeri country

21/10/2024

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Lost in the sound of rushing water 🌿

📍 Erskine Falls, Great Otway National Park, Visit the Great Ocean Road, a two hour drive from Melbourne on lands of the Eastern Maar people
📸 via IG/samcosgroveofficial

[Image Description: The image is of a waterfall in a forest. The scenery captures the beauty of nature with lush green trees and foliage surrounding the flowing water.

Lost in the sound of rushing water 🌿

📍 Erskine Falls, Great Otway National Park, Visit the Great Ocean Road, a two hour drive from Melbourne on lands of the Eastern Maar people
📸 via IG/samcosgroveofficial

[Image Description: The image is of a waterfall in a forest. The scenery captures the beauty of nature with lush green trees and foliage surrounding the flowing water.]

21/10/2024

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6pm on the peninsula 💜

📍Shelley Beach, Portsea, Mornington Peninsula, 1.5-hours from Melbourne on lands of the Bunurong
📸 via IG/elleidau

[Image Description: The image features a dock on the water, with a sky filled with clouds in the background.

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6pm on the peninsula 💜

📍Shelley Beach, Portsea, Mornington Peninsula, 1.5-hours from Melbourne on lands of the Bunurong
📸 via IG/elleidau

[Image Description: The image features a dock on the water, with a sky filled with clouds in the background.]

19/10/2024

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Straight from Italy, the new Il Mercato Centrale Melbourne is officially open in Melbourne’s city centre 🤤

Born ten years ago in Florence, this new location is the first in Australia, with 23 artisans serving up hand-crafted and high-quality cuisine including wood-fired pizza and handmade pasta 🍝

📍Collins Street, Melbourne, on Wurundjeri country

19/10/2024

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POV: you’re visiting the flower fields across Visit Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges 🌸🌷

Spring flowers are currently in bloom and you can check them out at the following Victorian locations, all around an hour’s drive from Melbourne ✨

📍Blossom Festival at CherryHill Orchards, on now until 29 Sep in Coldstream

📍 Tesselaar Tulip Festival, 14 Sep - 13 Oct in Silvan

📍Cherry Blossom Show at Blue Hills Berries and Cherries, 14-15 Sep and 21-29 Sep in Silvan

09/10/2024

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Looking for somewhere to take the whole family for a meal in Melbourne? We got you 🙌

Here's where you should bring the kids for a family-friendly feast in Melbourne.