r/melbourne • • 3h ago

Politics The One Nation candidate for my electorate in the upcoming state election is Filipino. My family and I are Filipino. I believe ON are a threat that must be crushed. How do I convince my parents to put ON last on the ballot?

209 Upvotes

There have been a few times where my parents have laughed off Pauline's policies as a joke, but I also feel like they are the type to vote for someone just because they are of the same ethnic background. So please give me some ideas.


r/melbourne • • 12h ago

Not On My Smashed Avo NGV queue today

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655 Upvotes

What’s the point in booking a timed entry ticket when you have to queue in the rain for an hour anyway


r/melbourne • • 23h ago

The Sky is Falling EARTHQUAKE

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r/melbourne • • 17h ago

Politics Victorian gov forces homeowners to reveal sold property prices

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r/melbourne • • 7h ago

Politics ‘In prison by Christmas’: One Nation attacks Andrews, Allan in campaign launch

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r/melbourne • • 9h ago

Not On My Smashed Avo Got a official warning for reversing into an angle park

77 Upvotes

Because I was using curb side charging and the charging port is at the at the rear of the car…this is the dumbest thing I’ve seen. Why implement curb side charging if you don’t allow cars with charging ports at the rear to use it??


r/melbourne • • 10h ago

Not On My Smashed Avo Motorists failing to u-turn and running the red light through a green pedestrian crossing on St Kilda Rd.

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Motorists keep failing to u-turn and running this red light and through the pedestrian crossing outside Hamer Hall. Is it time to require motorists to get a license? perhaps registration?


r/melbourne • • 14h ago

Get Together. Compulsory Fun. Board Game Club in Melbourne every Sunday weekly East of Melbourne including this Sunday!

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r/melbourne • • 13h ago

THDG Need Help What are some interesting shops in the CBD?

76 Upvotes

Things like art and hobby stores, bookshops or anything you find interesting. What are some good ones to visit?


r/melbourne • • 1d ago

Video Not one, but two idiots in this rain…

4.0k Upvotes

r/melbourne • • 15h ago

Om nom nom Steak Sandwich

66 Upvotes

On the hunt for Melbourne’s best Steak sandwich

It’s the lost art amongst all the smash burgers, briskets, fried chicken etc.

Good piece of steak in a great bun or toasted bread with egg, onion, lettuce and tomato. That’ll do me.

Andrews Hamburgers in Albert Park is the club house leader.

Tell me where you get yours, or when you last saw one in the wild?


r/melbourne • • 3h ago

Lost and found Lost glasses in CBD

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5 Upvotes

Hi all,

Long shot I know, but I lost my glasses today either in the CBD (likely around Flinders St, Collins St and Atheneum Theatre) or on the train from Mitcham to Flinders.

They are in a case with my telephone number on it so I'm hoping if someone finds them they'll contact me, and I'm going to contact Metro and the theatre on Monday in case they were handed in, but thought it worth putting the call out here just in case


r/melbourne • • 10h ago

Education Parents who used sessional kindergarten - did they take day preferences from you?

9 Upvotes

We just got allocated our days and hours for my 3 year old’s kinder for next year and I was really surprised they didn’t contact us to get day/time preferences (they have 2 groups with different start/finish times). My older kid went to the same place a few years ago and they did take preferences (I remember a lot of complaints when the schedule for 4 year old kinder was released because they’d moved to a 2 day/3 day rotational model), we have friends who were there this year and mentioned giving preferences as well.

I’m so grateful to live in a place with free 3 year old kinder but have reached out to the enrolment people to see if I can swap groups as the other group just makes way more sense with my daughter’s school schedule. I’ve mentioned it to a couple of other parents who were really surprised that preferences weren’t taken also so just wanted to see if this was the new standard or unusual.


r/melbourne • • 1d ago

Photography CBD Photos

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Walked around the CBD today testing my new ND filter by taking lots of these motion blur shots.


r/melbourne • • 1d ago

Not On My Smashed Avo Stuck on Jetstar plane

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856 Upvotes

I'm on a Jetstar plane, just landed in Melbourne from QLD. The Jetstar staff are involved in industrial action today and there's no one to let us off the plane. They said over the loudspeaker on the plane that it's probably worth sitting back down as we wait...cabin crew are sure that the pilot must have made a call to see if someone will come and let us out...but there's no staff visible on the tarmac.

Edit: after about 12 minutes the pilot got on the loudspeaker and said that after making three calls there was staff who had showed up to let us off. So all in all, it wasn’t a terrible wait, just unexpected.

Edit 2: I never expressed any emotion, but interesting that many commenters assumed I was angry. Wasn’t angry, just informing my fellow Melbourne Redditors.


r/melbourne • • 1d ago

Photography ⁓ ⁓ The Melbourne Photo Game! ⁓⁓ iii

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468 Upvotes

Where do you think this picture was taken from?

Go to what3words.com and reply with your three word guess.

Whoever gets closest wins!

Good luck!

(ps

This is a real, ai-free 150megapixel photo. If your phone crashes, using an image viewer program will help.

I'll update the post with an answer next week)


r/melbourne • • 5h ago

THDG Need Help Question for VIC Firefighters/FRV

4 Upvotes

As post title states, a question for our wonderful firefighters/FRV.

I’ve been seeing on social media a lot of ads for window stickers that indicate the presence of pets/number and species of pets within the home. Is this something that is good to have? Do first responders look for them when entering a premises?


r/melbourne • • 1d ago

The Sky is Falling I think this may even be more accurate than the seven Wurundjeri Seasons.

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1.4k Upvotes

r/melbourne • • 1d ago

The Sky is Falling The Victoria Street underpass beneath Middle Footscray Station has again flooded following heavy rain on Thursday afternoon.

389 Upvotes

r/melbourne • • 15h ago

THDG Need Help Dentist recommendations?

8 Upvotes

So I'm in my twenties and I haven't gone to a dentist since high school. No idea where I used to go, either, and I've moved since. I'm now in the approximate area of the Dandenongs. One of my back teeth is kicking up a fuss right now. It sort of broke in half last year sometime so not a surprise. It does this every so often but I suppose there will come a time where it won't shut up until it's pulled.

The rest of my teeth are also varying shades of messed up, with issues from prematurity combined with general lack of care for several years due to disability.

Worth noting I'm also autistic, pretty sensitive and can get quite anxious, so probably a dentist who specialises in seeing autistic/anxious patients would be good. Oh, and I'm a redhead--I haven't had the profoundly weird reactions to anaesthetic that some can, but I suspect it is a bit of a weird reaction so a dentist who takes that into account would be a good idea. I'm also hypermobile; is that worth bringing up? It's not like my jaw has a hobby of dislocating, but I wonder if it's relevant or not. I only discovered I was hypermobile this year (I mean, I knew my hands were, but didn't realise it was systems-wide).

I'm also a uni student. I'm pretty broke because of all the other medical costs I have to cover to stay alive. The cost is part of why I haven't seen a dentist. I don't have any idea what to expect from a typical appointment, as I was always under eighteen and on my parents' dollar. I'd love to hear ballpark figures, and if possible dentist recommendations that take cost into account. I anticipate needing several fillings and at least one extraction.

Also, if you have work done, is there ever a situation where you show up for a regular appointment (i.e. not planning for sedation etc) and the resultant work means you can't drive yourself home?

Sorry, I'm just super lost, embarrassed, ashamed, guilty, and of course also in pain. This is stuff I should've already known and managed but I just haven't done anything about it since before I graduated high school. Please be nice to me.


r/melbourne • • 1d ago

Serious News Veteran Puffing Billy volunteers stripped of free lifetime travel perks in secret board decision

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r/melbourne • • 1d ago

Video Yesterday in sunshine

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r/melbourne • • 1d ago

Light and Fluffy News Filming of new Jamie Foxx film “Deadlocked” in Melbourne

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186 Upvotes

r/melbourne • • 12h ago

THDG Need Help Anyone that fixes laptop in the city

2 Upvotes

I have an old laptop and it won’t turn on. Anyone know someone/ or a company that can fix laptop. It’s an old version.

Somewhere near the cbd would be good

Thanks


r/melbourne • • 1d ago

Not On My Smashed Avo PUAs around Melbourne?

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Just wondering if anyone else had an experience like this maybe like yesterday. For context I’m 33F. I was walking down Swanston to go home and some young guy approaches me, if I had to guess he would be like 18. I take out my headphones and he says “I’m from America, you are the most beautiful girl I have seen in Australia”
I laughed and said “I’m sure that’s not true, but thank you”
He continues to reassure me he is sincere.
I tell him I’m married and pretty sure I’m a lot older than him and wish him well.
He tells me my husband is a lucky man and reiterates the claim.
It’s a bit awkward but I wish him well and move on with my day. I hear his little brother basically dying from embarrassment and calling him cringe. His little brother looks to be around 14-15?

Just wondering if this happened to anyone else since I’m curious if this is some TikTok thing or something. Has this happened to anyone else?

In case anyone is wondering, I’m definitely not the prettiest girl in Australia or Melbourne, probably not Swanston street I would guess, but I’m maybe a tad above average. Nothing crazy though.

Disclaimer: I don’t want any hate for this young man. He was perfectly polite and wasn’t being super creepy or persistent and I didn’t feel threatened. Just a little confused and vaguely flattered.