Melbourne, Australia Travel News

Truck smashes into CBD bridge Traffic chaos after semi-trailer overturns after hitting a rail bridge in the heart of Melbourne's CBD.

Virgin Blue's departure terminal looked like a parking lot yesterday. Map: Tullamarine 3043 Virgin Blue says some passengers could be forced to spend a second night in Melbourne, while the airline clears a backlog of cancelled flights.

The move is a big win for LHW in Australia and the property has become the fifth member in Australia, alongside Blue Sydney, Hayman Island, The Langham Hotel Melbourne and Palazzo Versace With sister property Al Maha Desert Resort and Spa in Dubai already a member, Emirates Hotels and Resorts now has both its properties included in the luxury ...

Well, it had to happen in the city that boasts, with only a slight air of self-aggrandisement, that it is the coffee capital of Australia.

UPDATE 10.15am: CLUBS could collapse if the footy season is scrapped to make way for an Australian-hosted soccer World Cup, the AFL says.

TURNER and Lane is an upmarket gift shop on a strip of Malvern Road near Tooronga Road that the local council has dubbed ''Malvern village''. There are no butchers or bakers here, but you can buy an antique clock or an Aga oven and have a coffee while you're about it.

The Australian Embassy in Jakarta is continuing to call for applications for the 2010 Australia-Indonesia Exchange Programme for Young Muslim Leaders with the deadline for applications closing on December 4, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported Thursday.

Melbourne beachside homes from Brighton to Mornington have been targeted by hoons firing ball bearings.

Simply unstoppable... Archie Thompson scored twice and set up a third goal in Melbourne's 4-0 romp.

The last 3 days we spent in Melbourne, an interesting city of contrasts: Nice avenues with trees and beautiful historical buildings are regularly crossed by tiny, shabby back alleys.

AUSTRALIAN parents have been warned against buying cheap, discount toys as Christmas presents after hundreds of toys were found containing dangerous amounts of lead.

Melbourne fashion boutique Lulamae has acquired the talents of Breathe Architecture to create a sustainable Pop-Up store.A Set to appear within the Melbourne Central shopping center, the store will be constructed entirely of post consumer waste recycled cardboard.

There is "no other option" but for cars to make way for the three Ps: public transport, pedestrians and pushbikes / File Melbourne's population nearing five million Cars must make ways for other options Public transport, pedestrians, pushbikes IF you're fit and well enough to walk, you will be better off leaving the car at home in future.

The Australian government has provided over A$8 million to fund the creation of the Australia-India Institute at the University of Melbourne.

It's straight A's for Mildura West Primary School which was named Waste Smart School of the Year for 2009 at an awards ceremony held recently at Federation Square in Melbourne.

BEST free food in Melbourne: go to St Kilda on a weekend, find the falafel shop on Acland Street, grab a free falafel from the girl out the front with the tray of sample falafels, walk past again and grab another one, keep walking past again and again until you're falafel-filled, then head down to Bakers Delight and grab handfuls of its ...

I love lists, and I'm really partial to boutique hotels. When I want to choose among the best of the best - from intimate inns to luxurious lodges to sumptuous chateaux - I turn to the free Guide to the Good Life at www.gayot.com. On this Web site "discerning professionals" compose lists of reviews you can trust on superlative hotels, restaurants ...

AFL star Dane Swan has been penalised after failing to pay his chunk of a $100,000 settlement on time to a cleaner he brutally bashed at Melbourne's Federation Square in 2003.

TIGER Airways Australia has expanded its national network to include Brisbane, giving the Melbourne-based airline a foothold in the nation's five biggest cities.

Victorian Premier John Brumby says Melbourne has the edge when it comes to arts, sport and romance / File Melbourne voted most liveable city - poll Victorians 'envy of the rest of Australia' 'Sydney used to be ahead, but not anymore' VICTORIANS were the "envy" of other Australians and Melbourne was the most liveable capital city in Australia by a ...