Pins matching tag:Melbourne

Gilbert Lau opened Flower Drum on 26 May 1975 in Melbourne's Chinatown and spent the following decades making the case that Cantonese cooking belonged at the top of Australian fine dining rather than in a separate category of it. It has been a fixture of the city's restaurant lists ever since, on Market Lane.

A fine-dining Cantonese restaurant in Melbourne’s Chinatown, known for refined food and attentive service.

A fine-dining restaurant built around native Australian ingredients and culinary cultures.

On 7 April 2026 the Victorian Government confirmed a 150-billion-litre desalinated water order for 2026-27, the largest ever placed with the Wonthaggi plant, as Melbourne's storages fell to 67.1% and the lowest end-of-summer level since 2020.

The A350-1000ULR test aircraft left Toulouse at 07:33 on 23 July 2026 and landed in Melbourne 19 hours 12 minutes later, the first Project Sunrise aircraft to reach Australia; the return flight took 24 hours 24 minutes.

Victorian gelateria Oh My Gelato! took the inaugural Australian Gelato Cup at Fine Food Australia in Melbourne with "The Melbourne Marvel", a pistachio, espresso and honeycomb flavour.

Finnair launches daily flights from Helsinki to Melbourne via Bangkok on 26 October 2026, its first scheduled service to Australia, using the retrofitted A350.

Melbourne Royal hands out the 2026 Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy and other wine trophies at a Victoria Pavilion luncheon on Friday 13 November 2026, after judging on 19-23 October.

Harry Styles plays the first of four nights at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium on his first tour since Love On Tour ended in 2023, before two nights at Sydney's Accor Stadium close his 2026 dates in December.

Calvin Harris' first ever Australian headline tour reaches Melbourne, the closing night, six days after Sydney. Four outdoor shows across February 2027, all ticketed through Ticketmaster.