Sport cultureCricket summers and the rhythm they set
Melbourne's summer has a structure, and cricket supplies most of it. The city shuts down in the week before Christmas...
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Seasons in the city
Four seasons in one day, the local joke that's true
Melburnians say it constantly, usually while removing a jacket they put on forty minutes earlier: four seasons in one day.
Melburnians say it constantly, usually while removing a jacket they put on forty minutes earlier: four seasons in one day. Visitors assume it is the sort of exaggeration every city makes about its weather. It...
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Neighbourhood know-how
Weatherboard versus brick: two Melbourne childhoods
Ask a Melburnian where they grew up and, if they are being precise, they will tell you two things: the suburb, and what the house was made of. A...
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Getting aroundThe hook turn and the logic behind it
At around thirty intersections inside central Melbourne, a driver wanting to turn right must first move to the far...
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Sport cultureFooty as the city's unofficial religion
The comparison is overused but hard to avoid. In Melbourne, Australian rules football supplies most of what an...
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City historyThe gold rush that built the city's grand facades
Walk east along Collins Street from Elizabeth Street and the buildings change register. The banks grow porticoes, the...
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Sport cultureThe grand final as an unofficial public holiday
For one Saturday near the end of September, Melbourne stops in a way it does not stop for anything else. Shops open...
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Coffee cultureOrdering coffee like you've done it a thousand times
Ordering coffee in Melbourne is not difficult, but it is specific, and the specificity trips up visitors more than...
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Coffee cultureWhy the flat white matters here
Order a flat white in Melbourne and you will get a drink of roughly one hundred and fifty millilitres, in a ceramic...
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Neighbourhood know-howTerrace houses and what their narrow fronts mean
The single fronted terrace is the defining house type of inner Melbourne, and its defining feature is its width. A...
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