#melbourne summer

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Melbourne Summer, Melbourne, Australia: Summer in Melbourne and its eclectic neighbourhoods is packed with unmissable fun. Spend your days meandering through urban gardens, relaxing along the foreshore in St Kilda or exploring the colourful beach boxes in Brighton. Hire a boat and cruise along the Yarra River, or get a workout in and hit the river in a kayak. The fun doesn't end there, dine in award-winning restaurants, stroll through the city and jump from bar to bar or hit up the clubs and dance 'til dawn. Melbourne transforms into the city that never sleeps in the summertime. .. Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria. Wikipedia

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Saturday/Sunday 17th/18th January 2026

What a stunning Melbourne summer weekend!

Saturday was supposed to be spent with a big group of ex workmates. I had organised back in October for a belated Christmas catch up for lunch in the city and 9 out of 10 of us could attend! I messaged everyone in the group chat to remind them about the the lunch in the week of our lunch but it took the day before to have 3 people cancel and 2 others not confirm. Seriously! This was booked 3 months in advanced but it took them the day before ro tell me they couldn't make it?

I don't know why people have such problems with communication because cancelling last minute is so disrespectful. I asked everyone else what they wanted to do but got non committal responses so I just cancelled it. I'm not going to put the effort to be accommodating to everyone when no one else puts any effort in.

So instead one of my friends in that group and I just went out for lunch ourselves. We caught up at the Studley Park boathouse in Kew and had a lovely lunch in the sun bitching and moaning and catching up with life. A super awesome day spent with her before I had a relaxing walk back home via Smith St in Collingwood and through the Fitzroy Gardens. There were people out and about and relaxing on the lawn and so many painters with their easels set up to do some landscape artwork!

Sunday was spend with one of my closest friend for lunch at Suzie Q on Chapel Street in Prahran. Some of the best Chinese I've eat! The salt and pepper tofu was yo die for! And another afternoon spent catching up on life, careers, family and health. We've been friends for 19 years and is probably the only friend I have that I can be so open with.

I always have this mindset that I don't have friends and that no one likes me, but this weekend was spent with two amazing people who will always have my back and support through everything. I am forever grateful to have them by my side.

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Friday 9th January 2026

Living in a country that is so prone to severe fires during the summer is always such a scary ordeal. But Victoria has had such droughts through most of regional Victoria for the past couple of years that a fire catastrophe was bound to happen this summer.

When my boyfriend and I drove to Corryong to spend Christmas with his family, we could see the level of drought in the area. Particularly driving around Lake Hume and seeing how dry it was.

A week later in the safety of our home in Melbourne, we wait for news from my boyfriend's family as we watch the Walwa fire burn through the north of Victoria and so close to Corryong. Everyone has been evacuated although we knew they were staying for a while before they finally left in the safer grounds of the other side of the NSW border.

There're fires burning everywhere in Victoria. I've spent today following up friends from all around the outer skirts of Melbourne to ensure they are all okay.

The 2019 fires still feels like yesterday and even Black Saturday doesn't feel like it was 16 years ago. I feel so unable to do anything g to help those in need.

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Pink Lake Melbourne Trip

Are you planning to visit Melbourne in Summer or Fall next year? There is this beautiful Pink Lake in Melbourne that you must check out during your stay.

Australia is famous for having multiple pink lakes around the country. Pink lakes are rare wonders of nature and they are also beautiful art created by mother Earth. When such amazing phenomenons occur, we get this irresistible urge to pack up our camera gears and get on the road to check this thing out.

Lucky for us, there was one of these lakes in Melbourne not too far from where we live.…

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Oh that's right, it's summer. 27°C at 6am. Strong gusty wind. Total fire ban.

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How to sleep in Aus when your bedroom doesn't have AC

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Night Moves in Melbourne

Night Moves in Melbourne

On a hot summer’s night in Melbourne, a fine meal followed by a midnight stroll along the Southbank promenade. Beguiling ambience, brio and style. Strolling along the river promenade, Melbourne Southbank Melbourne Late night revellers, river fronted restaurant, Southbank Melbourne  

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