The best pubs and bars on the Surf Coast

Following our pub crawl of Geelong, we’re continuing our best pubs and bars guide by trekking down around the beautiful…

The 18th Amendment Bar is throwing a glitzy Gangsters and Dames Ball at a grand hotel on the Bellarine 

Well Old Sport, it’s time for you to dust off your Tommy Gun and party like it’s 1925 because there’s…

Wallington’s wildly popular FarmDog Brewing pop-up finds a permanent home at McGlashan’s Estate

After amassing a legion of loyal customers over the past few months, Jaimie and Maddy McGlashan, the faces behind Farm…

The best Geelong bars to debrief, de-stress and make all your after-work cocktail or mocktail dreams come true

If it’s been a long week in the office or even just a long day, Geelong is no stranger to…

Level up your summer nights with these Boozy Coast Seltzer Sorbets

Beach days, dodgy tan lines, red-hot bitumen, gatherings, get-togethers and soirées and the Hottest 100, summer is well and truly…

Set in a converted 1960s shearing shed, Austin’s Wines new cellar door is a tranquil stop for boutique wine and casual dining 

Set across a sprawling 1500-acres, with 150 under vine, Austin’s Wines is nestled in the Moorabool Valley between Ballarat and…

From humble beginnings to dramatic expansions and national awards, Union Street Wine has become one of Geelong’s best wine bars and cellars

Finding a top-notch wine bar that fits your every desire is the dream for any wine lover. A wine bar…

Geelong’s Toast to the Coast summer waterfront event has been postponed

Another major Geelong event has had its summer plans put on hold due to the surge of the COVID-19 Omicron…

Get hyped, the Ballarat Beer Festival returns

It’s almost impossible to pass up a beer festival at the best of times, but when we’ve copped a whole…

GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers countdown is on and Blackman’s Juicy Banger needs your vote

Think there’s just one iconic Hottest 100 this month? Well, think again. The GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers list…

Happy 2022, Sweet Cheeks Cocktail Bar and Dessert Lounge has reopened

One of the newer additions to the Geelong nightlife in recent times, Sweet Cheeks was the go-to place for late-night…

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria team up with Geelong distillery for unique plant-infused gin

Attracting over 1,900,000 visitors annually, Melbourne Botanic Gardens is a treasured part of cultural life and a valuable asset to…

Geelong’s Great Australian Beer Festival has postponed this weekend’s event

Sad news beer lovers of Geelong – the Great Australian Beer Festival has been postponed because of a surge of…

The Geelong region’s best bar and brewery openings of 2021

In recent years, we’ve become quite fortunate here in Geelong to have everything from a 1920s Prohibition-style cocktail lounge and…

New bao bun and cocktail bar Shortmemory has opened in Belmont

If we had to make a list of the best things to come to Geelong in 2021, Chubby Bao would…

Something good is always brewing at Farm Dog Brewing

There’s always a smile on the faces of the people at McGlashan winery on a Friday evening, thanks to this…

Here are the local venues that cleaned up the Golden Plate Awards, celebrating the best of regional Victoria’s hospitality industry

For the past 19 years, the Golden Plate Awards judge the best hospitality in regional Victoria for their excellence –…

A new tasting bar has opened in Victoria, dedicated entirely to award-winning Grappa

Located on the Yarra River and surrounded by the remnant natural bushland of Warrandyte State Park, Warrandyte has long been…

Garden of Eden is Geelong’s newest cocktail bar, hidden over the bay  

Tucked away on the picturesque Geelong Waterfront, Garden of Eden is the newest and most decadent cocktail bar to grace…

Wine and Cheese fest is back and life has never been so Gouda

Artisans Bend presents The Wine and Cheese Festival for 2022 with an un-brie-lievable line up. For the ninth time The…

Anther Gin and 1915 are teaming up to bring you the ultimate “gin dinner” experience

Promising to be one of Geelong’s most unique drinking and dining experience, the culinary experts and gin-drinking pioneers of North…

Melbourne’s highest rooftop bar is opening this month, 14 storeys above the city

From prolific Melbourne hospitality personality Gehan Rajapakse (Sofitel, Hyde Bar, Rah Bar, Club 23, Crown Casino) comes a new Mediterranean…

Raise your glass to raising awareness for Friedreichs Ataxia with this new local gin

Leah, the creator behind ruby seven, who we know and love for her reusable coffee cups, has now come out…

A new Gallery and Cocktail Bar is popping up at a grand hotel on the Bellarine this summer

When it comes to summer on the Bellarine, there’s not much better than lapping up the sunshine and indulging in…

 

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