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Marionette Liqueurs

Craft distillery specialising in distinctive liqueurs and vermouths, including orange curaçaos and bitter aperitifs infused with native Australian botanicals. Marionette offers an on-site cocktail library showcasing their products in classic and contemporary serves.

A Melbourne-based rye whisky distillery using locally-grown Mallee grains to craft distinctly Australian spirits. Gospel Whisky's Straight Rye has won consecutive gold medals at international competitions and is recognised among the world's finest rye whiskeys.

Bakery Hill Distillery.

Bakery Hill has been making Australian single malt whisky long enough to reach a 25th edition of both its Classic and Peated Malts — that's the headline. The Kensington bar pours those whiskies alongside local beer, wine and cocktails, with CJ, Ash and the team on hand. Dogs welcome. Tours available.

Cellar Door @ The Farm

One hour from Melbourne, The Farm's cellar door sits on 100 acres of South Warrandyte rolling country — about as close to the Yarra Valley as you can get without leaving the city's fringe. Table-side tastings on the verandah, cheese made on-site by Stone & Crow, and local charcuterie. The Barrel Room handles private events when the vineyard views aren't enough.

Subculture Brewing

On Sydney Road, Subculture runs a tight taproom where crisp lagers share the taps with fruited sours and rotating one-offs built around seasonal collabs with local artists and musicians. Pizza arrives via QR code from Madonna Electric next door. Dogs in the courtyard, a step at the door with a portable ramp on request. Loud, unpretentious, worth the Thursday-to-Sunday window.

Loaded Barrel Distillery

Bob Wilhelm runs Loaded Barrel from Rowville with a staff of three, putting time into every bottle. The debut release, Missfire Gin, came first; whisky — fermented, distilled for fruit and richness — followed. Small-batch independence is the operating principle here, and it shows in the work.

Hobsons Distillery

This Altona North distillery specializes in small-batch spirits with an impressive range including Contemporary Dry Gin, unique flavored varieties like AppleGin and Plum Cafe Gin, plus distinctive liqueurs featuring Tropical Passionfruit and Tasmanian Pepperberry. Known for exceptional customer service and quality craft spirits that work beautifully in classic cocktails.

Darling Distillery

This Melbourne distillery creates complex, balanced spirits from modest beginnings as three mates with a passion for process. Known for their signature Darling Gin, seasonal Christmas Pudding PUD.GIN, and innovative Coffee Gin, they've become a celebrated favorite among connoisseurs and casual drinkers alike.

Cedar Fox Distilling Co.

Craig Westwood spent years at Starward and Mountain Goat before launching his own label in Coburg North. The signature dry gin leans on Sichuan peppercorn, lemon verbena, and Meyer lemon; the oak gin rests six months in ex-Starward barrels. Bottle artwork by New York-based Seldon Hunt references the family's Lebanese heritage. Cellar door open for cocktails.

Foreigner Brewing Co

Hidden in a Brunswick warehouse strip, this brewery specializes in authentic Czech Pilsner brewed with a Czech master brewer, alongside rotating sours, pale ales, and dark lagers. The intimate space hosts a loyal community of patrons who enjoy free pool, darts, and board games.

Patient Wolf Distilling Co.

Matt and Dave spent three years — and considerable jet-lag — developing their gin before launching Patient Wolf in Melbourne's Southbank. The centrepiece is a 220-litre Müller copper still, custom-built in Germany over twelve months, designed to maximise copper contact for a cleaner distillate. The result is a serious small-batch operation that treats gin's 17th-century roots as a starting point, not a ceiling.

8 Track Brewery

Twelve taps, small batches, frequent rotation — 8 Track keeps things moving. The Ringwood brewpub sits close to Heatherdale station with a deck, ample indoor-outdoor space, and brewery kit visible from the bar. Snacks, gluten-free options, dogs welcome.

On Gale St, a short walk from Lygon, this small Brunswick East brewery keeps Thursday-to-Sunday hours and welcomes dogs. The address gives it away: the name is literally the street. Come for the happy hours; stay because the room is the right size for it.

Puss & Mew Distillery

The origin story does real work here: Puss & Mew takes its name from an 18th-century gin-running scheme, in which a Captain Dudley Bradstreet hid inside a house and dispensed gin through a wooden cat's paw — the world's first vending machine. That ingenuity carries into the Nunawading distillery's gin-making and whisky-making classes, where you can produce your own bottle to take home.

Steam Jacket Brewing

On Plenty Road at the Preston border, Steam Jacket's taproom pours Thursday through Sunday — afternoons into late evening on weekends. The Reservoir address is tram and bus accessible, which matters when you're ordering more than one.

Tiny Bear Distillery

This Knoxfield distillery specializes in handcrafted gins, including their bold 58% ABV London Dry Gin and seasonal Limoncello made from local lemons. They offer guided tasting experiences with gin paddles and cheese boards, showcasing unique flavors and the stories behind each bottle.

Brick Lane Taphouse | Brick Lane Brewing Co

Experience freshly poured craft beers while watching brewers at work in this state-of-the-art brewery facility. The family and dog-friendly venue features a spacious outdoor area and rotating food trucks, with their full beer range available for takeaway.

The Foreigner Brewing Company

Tucked into a Brunswick warehouse block since 2016, Foreigner's calling card is the Silent Hunter — a Czech Pilsner brewed via traditional decoction mash with imported Saaz hops, developed with a Czech master brewer whose family roots trace to the village of Přeštice. Free pool and darts, brewers usually behind the bar, and a Stein Club that trades an engraved glass for lifetime schooner pricing.

Three Foxes Distillery

Four generations of distilling — starting with a great-grandfather's ouzo in 1901 — land in a Heidelberg West warehouse on Helen Street. Sarkis and Alec relaunched the family trade in 2019, macerating botanicals the old way. Friday afternoons, the aperitivo bar opens beneath a disco ball spinning above the still. Grandmother's glassware on the shelves; music through the bottling room.

Thirty Eight O Six Brewing

Berwick's first brewery and restaurant offers a diverse range of craft beers including Amber Ale, Hazy IPA, Hefeweizen, and their signature Berwick Draught. With an impressive 4.9/5 Google rating, they combine quality brewing with a welcoming taproom experience in Melbourne's southeast.

A family-run microbrewery and bar where you can watch beer fermenting while enjoying tasting paddles and craft brews like their Galaxy Explorer Pacific Ale. This dog and child-friendly venue on leafy Melrose Street serves ciders, cocktails and local restaurant food, creating the perfect spot for a relaxed drink with friends.

Brogan's Way Distillery

Award-winning South Melbourne distillery offering tastings and masterclasses of craft gins, with a bar open Thursday to Sunday serving cocktails and Spanish-style food from a pizza oven.

Molly Rose Brewing

Collingwood-based brewery producing organic beers with a sustainability focus. The venue offers a brewpub experience with regular events including trivia nights, taverna dining, and BBQ in the beer garden, plus a can club subscription option.

Little Lon Distilling Co.

Located in a heritage-listed 1877 red brick cottage in Melbourne's CBD, this small-batch gin distillery pays tribute to the colorful characters who once inhabited the historic Little Lon district. They craft handcrafted gins inspired by Melbourne's energy, including their popular Ginger Mick with fresh ginger and citrus, and offer unique gin masterclasses in the heart of the city.

Westside Ale Works

South Kingsville brewery producing West Coast IPAs and classic American styles with a focus on clean, well-crafted beers. Westside Ale Works operates a taproom in Melbourne's inner west, offering a rotating selection of hop-forward beers in a relaxed industrial setting.

Wolf of the Willows

Family-owned Melbourne brewery in Mordialloc producing handcrafted small batch beers and hard sodas, with a taproom featuring 16 rotating taps, beer garden, and in-house kitchen serving share plates and mains.

Black Adler Distillery

This Campbellfield distillery crafts premium vodka and gin from Australian wheat using a unique rose quartz filtration method that's said to infuse positive energy. Their hands-on artisanal approach produces crystal-filtered spirits that are kosher certified, gluten-free, and designed for life's special occasions.

Gary Mills studied literature, taught English in Japan, then spent two years making wine at Ridge Vineyards in California under Paul Draper. That backstory shows in the bottle. His Preston urban winery — opened with partner Elika Rowell in 2019, precisely where the wine is made — pours single-vineyard Victorian Syrahs alongside seasonal food from chef Frankie Hadid's kitchen. No performance, just the wines doing their job.

Wolf of the Willows Brewery

Family-owned since 2014, this Mordialloc brewhouse runs 16 rotating taps across a weekend taproom with a beer garden and in-house kitchen. The current pour worth knowing: Wolfred Hazy IPA, built on Nectaron, Mosaic Cryo and Krush Hyperboost hops for tropical fruit with a dank edge. Out front, a oversized tin can makes its bid to join Australia's canon of roadside curiosities.

Inner North Brewing Company

A microbrewery, bar and bottle shop on Russell Street in Brunswick. The bar runs Wednesday through Sunday; takeaway is available the same hours, with local delivery within 10km and an online shop for postal orders beyond that.

Mountain Culture Brewery - Melbourne

Located in the lively suburb of Richmond just minutes from Melbourne CBD, this brewpub pumps out new beers weekly while serving up awesome cocktails, premium wines and hearty pub fare. The kitchen features a huge smoker that works overtime on ribs and brisket, plus classics like chicken parma and burgers, with plenty of vegetarian and vegan options available.

Rocky Ridge Brunswick

A Brunswick outpost of the renowned South West Australian brewery, Rocky Ridge brings their award-winning craft beers to Melbourne's inner north. Known for creative IPAs like their Detective Olivia West Coast IPA and collaborative brews, they offer both classic styles and innovative flavors in their local brewhouse setting.

Bathtub Gin Company

Wayne Bourke's Williamstown micro-distillery runs on a fractional method — each botanical distilled separately, then blended. Organic Australian ingredients, a small team, and Ginny the gin dog rounding out the operation. Contract distilling is available, and the range ships online or turns up at bars around Melbourne.

Hop Nation Brewing Co.

Hop Nation's Footscray taproom pours 19 beers and seltzers on tap — including the XPA, The Heart and Melbourne Fog — from a warehouse-scale brewhouse where you can drink among the tanks. Chef Alex Addams Williams runs Good Pizza out of the kitchen: long-ferment dough in 13-inch rounds or thick pan cuts, toppings uncensored. Happy hour runs Thursday and Friday, four to six.

Liberty Brewing Co Taproom

New Zealand's first brewery to open an Australian taproom, Liberty landed in Cheltenham with a trophy cabinet and the hop-forward range to justify it. Brewer Joe's Jungle Juice Hazy IPA (Mosaic, Amarillo, 6.6%) and Citra Double IPA (9%) anchor the lineup, but the Darkest Days Stout and Raspberry Roller Milkshake Sour signal range well beyond the hop gospel.

Kellybrook Winery

The Yarra Valley's original cellar door, Kellybrook has been making wine and cider on the same Wonga Park property long enough to have something to prove — and doesn't bother. Tastings run across five wines ($15, redeemable on two bottles) or four ciders via méthode traditionnelle and Kelly Brothers labels, plus apple brandy. Share platters, last-Saturday live music, and a patch of grass for dogs.

Reservoir's acclaimed craft brewery producing thoughtfully made lagers and ales inspired by the diversity of Melbourne's north.

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Footscray Brewing Co

Hop Nation's Footscray Taproom is an expansive brewhouse featuring 19 beers and seltzers on tap alongside Good Pizza from chef Alex Addams Williams. The Brooklyn warehouse-style space welcomes groups up to 50 people and accommodates both bookings and walk-in guests.

Local Brewing Co. Taproom & Pizza Kitchen

Surplus bread that would otherwise go to waste gets a second life in the brewing tank at this Hilton Street taproom. The resulting lager, pale ale, XPA and IPA are poured alongside pizza in a neighbourhood setting where the logic is straightforward: drink beer, divert bread from landfill.

Hard Road Brewing

Lein and Ange Jenkins have been in craft beer since 2008, running this Bayswater brewery under various names before settling on Hard Road in November 2019. The setup is deliberately unpretentious — you can see the tanks from where you drink. Belgian Pale Ale, Breakfast IPA and a West Coast IPA have all come out of this space. Kids and dogs have always been welcome.

Project Brewing Company

Family-run microbrewery, distillery and taproom on Laser Drive operating Thursday to Sunday. The Vienna Lager uses German pilsner and Vienna malts with a single noble hop; the Raspberry Sour Lager gets a kettle souring step mid-production before summer fruits go in late ferment. Weekends bring live music and Burgerchiefs burgers to the taproom floor.

The Beer Factory

Keilor Park's brew-on-premises setup hands you the process rather than the pint. Choose from over 70 recipes — beers, ciders, ginger beers — then brew it yourself with staff guidance. The factory holds your batch through two to three weeks of fermentation before you return to bottle, can, or keg it. Kegerator sales and keg swap-and-go round out the offer.

Kellybrook Winery & Ciderhouse

Family-owned winery and cidery in Wonga Park, just 45 minutes from Melbourne's CBD. Kellybrook produces wines and ciders in-house and offers tastings, platters and drinks at the cellar door Friday to Sunday.

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Mad Dream Brewing Co.

A brewery in Hallam, VIC that is currently in development. With an impressive 4.8/5 Google rating, this upcoming establishment has already generated significant anticipation in the local community.

Chief of Staff Distillery

Family-run small batch distillery in North Melbourne producing gin and spirits using native Australian botanicals. Offers hands-on gin making masterclasses and cellar door experiences where visitors can craft their own signature gin.

2 Brothers Brewery

Award-winning craft brewery in Moorabbin housed in a sprawling warehouse with a beerhall atmosphere. 2 Brothers serves fresh-tapped beer alongside a seasonal food menu.

Boatrocker Brewery

Located in Braeside, this combined brewery and distillery specialises in wild ales, sours and barrel-aged stouts, alongside craft spirits. The venue features 19 taps, tasting flights, craft cocktails and regularly hosts food trucks and special events.

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Fixation Brewing

Melbourne's dedicated IPA brewery founded in 2015, operating a taproom called The Incubator in Collingwood. Fixation produces nothing but IPAs — from their flagship Obsession Session IPA to hazy, fruited and high-ABV expressions — all brewed with obsessive freshness.

This unique urban winery in Brunswick East operates as a winery by day and wine bar by night, crafting premium handmade wines in the heart of the city using grapes from Victorian vineyards. Founded by two mates who discovered a fermenter in a suburban basement, they focus on demystifying winemaking through inclusive experiences that bring people together over great wine, food and music.

A sake brewery located in West Melbourne, VIC with an impressive 4.7/5 Google rating. This local brewery specializes in crafting traditional Japanese sake in Melbourne's inner west.

Witchmount Estate

The Ramunno family planted the first vines here in 1991; winemaker Laura Sparrow now runs the cellar door and winery. Next door, a separate events operation — the Harvest Restaurant and wedding venue — runs under director Brenton, whose photography background shows in how the property is presented. Sunbury's volcanic plains make for an interesting terroir, and the estate wines back it up.

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Brewmanity Brewery & Rooftop

A South Melbourne brewery and rooftop bar spread across three levels with breathtaking Melbourne skyline views. They craft classic beer styles with a modern twist, from rice lagers to smoked stouts, while using the power of beer to create positive community impact through their good deeds philosophy.

Barbarian Brewing Co.

On Geelong Road in Kingsville, the Baa brews its core range on-site — familiar styles, no gimmicks — and backs them with slow-cooked roasts and house-baked breads. Show up after rugby, bring the family, arrive by rideshare and they'll shout you a round. Melbourne's west has needed a pub like this.

Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers

Matt and Andrea's MacBeth Street operation runs 19 taps alongside a working distillery producing gin, whisky and rum on the same floor. Fridays and weekends the taproom opens properly — food trucks, craft cocktails, tasting flights. The rest of the week, it's takeaway only. A brewery that actually distils, rather than just slapping spirits on the merch shelf.

Here's Looking at You, Kid - Spirits and Distillery

Liz Beech moved her distillery from Mordialloc to a two-storey Victorian terrace on Errol Street mid-pandemic, installing copper pot still Eliza Jane behind glass-fronted walls that flood the room with light. The Casablanca-themed cellar door pours gin and vodka across tasting paddles; upstairs, masterclasses let visitors blend and bottle their own spirit. Both the gin and vodka have taken Australian Distilled Spirits Awards.

Set in a converted warehouse in Dandenong, this brewery showcases hop-forward beers across 16 taps plus limited releases. The dog-friendly venue offers beer and pizza with communal seating.

Starward Whisky

Melbourne whisky distillery maturing single malt in Australian red wine barrels from the Yarra Valley, producing a uniquely local whisky character. Starward has become one of Australia's most celebrated whisky producers, with a distillery and tasting bar in the city.

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Mountain Goat Beer

Richmond's original craft brewery and one of Melbourne's most loved, famous for Hightail Ale and Steam Ale. Mountain Goat was founded in 1997 by Dave Bonighton and Cam Hines, helping pioneer Australian craft beer, and operates a popular taproom in the heart of Richmond with regular events and tours.

Starward Distillery & Bar

Red wine barrels and Melbourne's volatile weather do the heavy lifting here. The working distillery in Port Melbourne runs tours and tastings, with whiskies like the wheat-and-malt Two-Fold and single malt Nova poured straight from production. Every ingredient is sourced within a day's drive. The bond store "Draw Your Own Dram" sessions — tasting flights drawn directly from the cask — are worth booking ahead.

Mountain Goat Brewery

This Richmond brewery is where "all the magic happens," offering craft beers alongside pizza in their original brewery home. Known for their well-loved beer range and welcoming atmosphere, they invite visitors to see the brewing process while enjoying their favourites on tap.

Co-Conspirators Brewing

Established brewpub in Brunswick with a decade of brewing experience, hosting a dog-friendly and family-friendly space for casual gatherings and celebrations. The venue features house-brewed beers, food collaborations, and regular events including comedy nights.

Twelve weeks, no filtration, no pasteurisation, no additives. The brewers behind Keeper walked away from corporate brewing to do it properly at their Weston Street taproom in Brunswick East — slow, natural, hands-on. The pilsner is the place to start.

Goona Warra Vineyard

Historic bluestone estate from 1863 on the outskirts of the Macedon Ranges, producing handcrafted cool-climate wines. Features a restaurant, café, and on-site accommodation alongside vineyard views and gumtrees.

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Carlton Brewhouse

Home to Australia's iconic Carlton Draught, this historic brewery offers tours through over 100 years of brewing heritage on the banks of the Yarra River. The family and dog-friendly venue features a fantastic beer garden, pub fare, and complimentary entertainment including pool, darts, and table tennis.

Tallboy and Moose

This independent Preston brewpub produces creative small-batch beers including lagers, IPAs, sours and stouts, available on-site or for takeaway. The pet-friendly venue hosts regular events and Sunday sessions, serves pub food with weekly specials, and offers a full beer garden experience.

Brisbane-based small-batch brewery exploring diverse styles weekly with an ever-changing lineup. Range Brewing is known for its experimental approach to techniques, hops and beer styles, with a strong design ethos and a taproom in the inner-city producing some of Queensland's most creative craft beers.

Mernda sits at Melbourne's northern fringe, far enough out that a working vineyard still makes sense. Five Vineyard pours single-vineyard wines over lunch and dinner — the kind of place that pulls double duty as a wedding venue on weekends. The wines come from the one site, which matters more than the tagline suggests.

The Mill Brewery

A decade-old Collingwood brewery operating on a straightforward founding principle: make beers worth drinking with people worth drinking them with. The lineup runs from Skull Draught and Mosaic Pale Ale to the hop-forward Kicker IPA, with limited releases like the Galaxy-hopped Harvest Daydream Pale Ale keeping regulars paying attention.

The original home of Moon Dog Craft Brewery since 2011, this historic Abbotsford venue was where the founders first started brewing and even lived in the early days. Now operating as an exclusive functions and events space for private hire, it offers a unique setting steeped in Moon Dog's brewing heritage.

Top Shelf International

Home of NED Australian Whisky, one of Australia's fastest-growing whisky brands, and Grainshaker Australian Vodka. Distilled at their Carrum Downs facility in regional Victoria, the distillery is building a destination visitor experience centred on Australian grain spirits.

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Thunder Road Brewing

Independent Brunswick brewery occupying a heritage industrial building, serving crowd-pleasing lagers, bitters and pale ales alongside experimental releases. Surrounded by giant fermentation tanks, the bar offers an immersive brewery experience open Friday to Sunday.

Bodriggy Brewing Co

Located in Abbotsford, this brewery and brewpub occupies a converted former LPG facility, offering hop-forward beers brewed on-site alongside American-inspired food. The venue features a brewpub, cocktail bar, and bottle shop in a locally-focused space.

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Located in Glen Iris, this independent brewery produces bold, flavourful beers alongside a taproom and kitchen. Deeds Brewing specialises in core range and limited release brews, barrel-aged beers, and mixed culture offerings, complemented by a selection of spirits and merchandise.

Stomping Ground Brewery

Award-winning brewery with beer halls in Collingwood and Moorabbin Airport. Known for diverse range of beers from approachable lagers to adventurous barrel-aged brews, plus community events and merchandise.

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Cozy Box Melbourne

This Carlton distillery reimagines Indian cuisine through modern tapas-style dining designed for sharing and discovery. Each small plate transforms traditional flavors with contemporary presentations, creating bold expressions that honor authentic techniques while pushing creative boundaries.

Arundel Farm Estate

A bluestone manor built in 1868 overlooks 20 acres of shiraz and viognier vines on the Maribyrnong River Valley ridge at Keilor. The original two-acre block, planted in 1984, was first vinified by Rick Kinzbrunner of Giaconda. Wild-yeast fermentation, daily hand-plunging, basket pressing, then 12–18 months in barrel. The cellar door runs Thursday to Sunday; horses graze the front paddock.

This Port Melbourne brewery crafts beer specifically for Australian tastes, offering an extensive range from crisp lagers like Goldy and Middy to bold IPAs and tropical sours. With locations in both Port Melbourne and Margaret River, they provide takeaway service and focus on fresh, locally-minded brewing.

Bridge Road Brewers Brunswick

This popular craft brewery brings their acclaimed Beechworth brewing heritage to Brunswick East, serving up flagship beers like their Beechworth Pale Ale, Little Hazy, and Bling IPA. They offer an impressive range including alcohol-free options and run Australia's most popular brewery beer subscription service, "The Posse."

Bodriggy Brewing Company

A former LPG conversion centre on Johnston Street, Bodriggy has occupied this Abbotsford site since 2018 when brewing moved on-site. The roller doors still squeak. Inside: brewery, brewpub, cocktail bar and a bottle shop front bar. The name comes from the original stonework on the façade — local enough to mean something, loose enough to wear well.

Award-winning distillery crafting gin and non-alcoholic spirits with identical botanical flavour profiles. Each ingredient is individually distilled, with signature ranges including Spades, Diamonds, Hearts and Joker Vodka available in both alcoholic and alcohol-free versions.

Brick Lane Market | Brick Lane Brewing Co

Located in the heart of the Queen Victoria Market Precinct, this two-storey venue combines craft brewing with market fresh eats. Features an upstairs dining room and terrace, downstairs taproom, weekend brunch, and Monday quiz nights with cash prizes.

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Located in the iconic Queen Victoria Market on String Bean Alley, this brewery offers great beer on tap with funky music and chilled vibes. Guests can bring their favorite market food to enjoy while chatting with the knowledgeable team about all things beer.

Blackhearts & Sparrows

Sibling-owned specialty bottle shop operating since 2006, featuring curated wine and beer selections including their house brewing label. Offers same-day delivery across Melbourne metro areas.

Bad Shepherd Brewing Co.

A Cheltenham brewpub with range — the Double Choc Hazelnut Brown and Almighty Imperial IPA sit alongside a Kölsch on the current lineup, while the kitchen runs American BBQ-style comfort food: burgers, ribs, the usual suspects done properly. Open from midday Wednesday through Sunday, later on weekdays. Good reason to head south of the river.

Brick Lane Brewing

Located in the Queen Victoria Market precinct, this Melbourne brewery operates a two-storey venue featuring a dining room, terrace, and taproom with house beers and contract brewing. The space offers weekend brunch, quiz nights, and function facilities.

Stomping Ground Brewery & Beer Hall - Morris Moor

A stunning brewery and beer hall housed in a converted former cigarette factory, featuring over 25 rotating craft beer taps, wood-fired pizza, and expansive indoor-outdoor spaces with a large beer garden. Open daily from 11:30am with live music on weekends, family and dog-friendly dining, plus function spaces including the private Boiler Hall.

Witchmount Cellar Door & Winery

An Italian migrant's 1991 dream, now 6 hectares of Shiraz, Cabernet, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc in the Sunbury region, thirty minutes from the CBD. The cellar door wine bar opens onto vineyard and lake views on weekends; the Harvest restaurant runs an à la carte menu for those who want to stay longer.

Urban Alley Brewery Knox

A family-friendly brewpub by day that transforms into a vibrant nightclub by night, located in Westfield Knox Ozone. Features craft beer brewed on-site with visible fermentation tanks, modern pub classics, and an on-display gin distillery. Offers regular entertainment including live music, DJs, weekly trivia, and themed party nights on weekends.

Shadowfax Wines

Situated on a heritage estate in Werribee, this winery offers handcrafted wines, a restaurant showcasing regional produce, and a cellar door open Wednesday to Sunday. Live music features on Friday nights and Sundays.

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Shadowfax Winery

Shadowfax sits inside Werribee Park, a short walk from the Mansion and Open Range Zoo, which means no dogs beyond the gate. The cellar door runs Wednesday to Sunday; the restaurant stretches to Friday dinners with live music. Wines are sourced from named vineyard sites, each treated as its own terroir argument. The region's produce drives the kitchen.

Craiglee Vineyard

Pat Carmody planted his first vines here in 1976, on a site where James Stewart Johnston had grown Shiraz a century earlier — a 1872 vintage of which won international awards and, when opened at a Melbourne dinner in 1972, convinced Carmody to replant. The bluestone winery Johnston built into the hillside still stands. Shiraz remains the calling card, ranked Excellent on Langton's Classification.

Dukes Distillery

Located in South Wharf, this Melbourne distillery operates a cellar door where visitors can experience their craft spirits firsthand. With a 4.3/5 Google rating, they offer tastings and direct sales of their locally produced spirits in the heart of Victoria's capital.

Located just 45 minutes from Melbourne at Pietro Gallus Estate, this villa-inspired restaurant celebrates modern Italian cuisine with warm Mediterranean hospitality. Guests can dine indoors, alfresco on the traditional cobblestone piazza overlooking Warrandyte's rolling hills, or in unique private spaces including picnic huts where bush meets olive grove.

Open 7 days a week, this craft brewery at 32 Chifley Drive features a spacious dog-friendly beer garden and welcomes families with kids. They accommodate walk-ins and bookings up to 40 people, with longer hours on weekends starting from 11:30am.

Urban Alley Brewery

Dean Bruce and Dean Grant opened this Docklands brewpub in 2018 with a clear brief: build a bridge between mainstream and craft. Their Urban Ale was the first pour from a 25-hectolitre brewhouse designed for 690 people. Twenty-plus awards since 2019 suggest the formula works. The beer is brewed on-site; it doesn't get much fresher than that.

Russo Estate Winery

Rita and Joe Russo planted their first vines at Diggers Rest in 2000, with no farming background and, by their own account, misplaced optimism. The estate sits on the same ground where Harry Houdini made Australia's first controlled powered flight in March 1910. That history gives the place an unlikely footnote — and the wines, now award-winning after a long learning curve, an equally unlikely origin story.

Marnong Estate - Winery

A sprawling 1,200-acre vineyard in Mickleham offering award-winning wines, multiple dining experiences including the hatted La Vètta restaurant, and panoramic views of the Macedon Ranges. Features a cellar door, luxury accommodation, and hosts events from outdoor cinema to live music on their scenic grounds.

Sake Online Australia

An online retailer claiming Australia's widest sake range, shipping from Melbourne's eastern suburbs. The catalogue runs deep: junmai daiginjo from Tatenokawa (founded 1832 in Yamagata), yamahai from Yuki no Bosha, fruit liqueurs from Umenoyado, shochu, umeshu, and Ise Kadoya craft beer. Browsable by style, polish ratio, and sweetness profile. Free shipping over $100.

Everything But Gin Distillery

This Australian-owned boutique distillery in East Melbourne is currently developing their branding and operations. Led by Chief Distiller Antony (Tony) Anderson, they can be contacted directly while their full website launches.

Banyule Gallery

Banyule Gallery in Heidelberg, VIC has collection and exhibitions that explore fine art, contemporary art. Core activities include exhibition. Nearby towns include Ivanhoe, Eaglemont, Kew. Admission is free.

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Wyndham Cultural Centre

Wyndham Cultural Centre is a cultural centre in Werribee, VIC. The cultural centre explores themes of contemporary art, multicultural. Core activities include exhibition, performance, education, community. The venue serves as a community hub. Visitors can enjoy workshops, events, cafe, accessible. Nearby towns include Altona, Williamstown, Footscray.

Snow Monkey Sake

Thomastown's Snow Monkey takes Japanese sake and runs with it — naturally fermenting a sparkling, flavoured drink that owes as much to Australia as it does to Jigokudani. Two canned varieties: Passionfruit & Yuzu (43 calories) and Lemon & Yuzu (59 calories). No added sugar, gluten free, and bracingly low on ceremony.

Ian Potter Museum of Art

The Ian Potter Museum of Art is the University of Melbourne's principal art museum on the Parkville campus, housed in a 1998 award-winning building designed by Nonda Katsalidis. Custodian of Australia's largest university art collection with over 18,000 works spanning classical antiquities to contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, the museum reopened in 2025 with the landmark exhibition spanning 65,000 years of Australian art history.

Heide Museum of Modern Art

Set on the former farmstead of John and Sunday Reed, Heide is an outdoor sculpture park and gallery dedicated to modern and contemporary Australian art, with three gallery buildings among 16 hectares of gardens.

Labassa Mansion

Labassa is the most opulent surviving Victorian mansion in Australia — a palace of 35 rooms completed in 1890, with a breathtaking interior of painted ceilings, gilded mouldings, ornate fireplaces and richly patterned wallpapers that showcase the excess of Melbourne's land boom era.

Melbourne Tram Museum

Melbourne Tram Museum in Hawthorn, VICm explores themes of transport, social history. Core activities include exhibition, education, conservation. The venue is family-oriented and provides immersive experiences and features interactive exhibits.

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Drum Theatre Dandenong

Corner of Lonsdale and Walker streets in Dandenong, this council-run theatre pulls a broad program — Bluey's Big Play one week, a Fleetwood Mac tribute the next. It's an unlikely cultural anchor for one of Melbourne's most ethnically diverse outer suburbs, and the programming reflects that mix. Open weekdays, 10am to 4pm.

Incinerator Gallery Moonee Ponds

Incinerator Gallery Moonee Ponds collection and exhibitions explore contemporary art. Visitors can enjoy free entry, accessible. Nearby towns include West Melbourne, Essendon, Northcote. Admission is free.

The Johnston Collection

Fine and decorative arts occupy a historic East Melbourne townhouse at 192 Wellington Parade, visited by guided tour only — sessions run at 10am, noon and 2pm, Wednesday through Sunday. The program around each exhibition is serious: curator walk-and-talks, afternoon lecture series, even a book club. Currently showing *Taste Temptation*, an exhibition exploring food, feasting and the decorative arts.

Seaworks Maritime Museum

On the Williamstown waterfront, where the Yarra River meets Port Phillip Bay, this volunteer-run maritime precinct occupies former industrial sheds, piers, and slipways. The Ocean Photographer of the Year exhibition has shown here; the Winter Solstice Festival fills the yards. It's heritage infrastructure still in use — which makes it more convincing than most museums.

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Wilson Botanic Park Berwick

Thirty-nine hectares of basalt lake, birdhide, and walking tracks on the southern fringe of Melbourne. Over 1,000 plant species share the grounds with 80 bird species, plus turtles, frogs and snakes. The birdhide sits right at the lake's edge — bring patience. Free entry, open daily until 9pm in summer.

HMAS Castlemaine

Victoria's restored Bathurst Class Corvette offers visitors an immersive experience of Australian maritime history. Explore how crews lived and worked during wartime, witness the original engines in action, and discover the remarkable story of the only Australian corvette from the 1940s still afloat.

Rippon Lea Estate

Rippon Lea is one of Melbourne's great 19th-century suburban estates, with a polychrome mansion and 14-acre heritage garden featuring a lake, fernery, and rare plantings.

Monash Gallery of Art

Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) holds Australia's most significant public collection of Australian photography, with over 4,000 works spanning documentary, artistic and conceptual photography from the 1940s to the present in a purpose-built gallery in Melbourne's southeast.

Jewish Holocaust Museum

The Jewish Holocaust Museum in Elsternwick is Australia's oldest Holocaust museum, established by survivors in 1984 to preserve testimony and memory of the Shoah. Its remarkable collection of personal artefacts, photographs and documents is complemented by the living witness of survivors who share their stories with visitors.

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre is a Federation-era farmhouse converted into a community gallery, presenting contemporary art exhibitions with a particular emphasis on supporting local and emerging Victorian artists in a leafy northern suburb of Melbourne.

Venom Brewing Taproom

The Drysdale family has been brewing out of Melbourne since 2015, and their Golden Ale — the first beer Joel Drysdale produced — remains the flagship. The limited releases push further: a Double Golden Hazy IPA, a Portello-inspired Imperial Sour. The snake-bite origin story is corny, but the range is not.

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Koorie Heritage Trust Melbourne

The Koorie Heritage Trust is the leading Koorie cultural institution in Victoria, preserving and presenting the living heritage of Aboriginal peoples from southeastern Australia through exhibitions, cultural tourism, oral history archives and art programs that celebrate the continuing strength of Koorie culture.

NT Chinese Museum

This museum offers visitors a thoughtfully curated exploration of Chinese culture and heritage, enabling visitors to deepen their understanding of Chinese art, history, and traditions.

Scienceworks is an interactive science and technology museum in Melbourne's west, featuring hands-on exhibits, a planetarium, and the historic Pumping Station from 1897.

Immigration Museum

Housed in the Old Customs House, the Immigration Museum explores the journeys of people who came to Victoria from around the world, telling personal stories of migration across two centuries.

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

Wood Marsh's weathered-steel building on the Melbourne Arts Precinct has been ACCA's home since 2002. Inside, the scale is uncompromising — designed for new commissions rather than touring shows. Founded in 1983, the organisation works directly with artists to produce work made for these walls, which means what you'll see here exists nowhere else.

Monash University Museum of Art

MUMA presents a dynamic program of contemporary Australian and international art, with particular strengths in conceptual and experimental practices across its two gallery spaces on campus.

Old Melbourne Gaol

Old Melbourne Gaol is one of Australia's most significant heritage buildings, where over a hundred men and women were executed, including Ned Kelly in 1880. Night tours reveal its grim convict history.

Werribee Park is a spectacular 19th-century Italianate mansion set in formal and informal gardens on the Werribee River, built by the Chirnside pastoral dynasty in 1877.

Como House and Garden

Built in 1847 and expanded over the following decades, Como House is a rare surviving example of Melbourne's Italianate mansions, set in formal gardens with original furnishings intact.

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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

Thirty-eight hectares on the Yarra's edge, the Melbourne gardens hold more than 50,000 plants across 8,500 species — a working research institution as much as a park. The National Herbarium of Victoria sits within its grounds, anchoring programs in rare and threatened plant conservation. Come for the landscape; stay because the science running underneath it is genuinely worth your attention.

State Library Victoria

State Library Victoria is one of Australia's great public institutions — a free library and cultural destination housing over two million items, including Ned Kelly's armour, in a magnificent 19th-century building.

Old Treasury Building

Built in 1862 to house Victoria's gold rush wealth, the Old Treasury Building is a grand Renaissance Revival landmark now operating as a museum dedicated to Melbourne's history and the story of the city's gold-era prosperity.

Williamstown Historical Museum

Housed in a converted sailmaker's store dating to 1856, Williamstown Historical Museum tells the story of one of Victoria's oldest port towns through maritime artefacts, photographs and local history collections.

Gertrude Contemporary

Forty years on from its origins in a Fitzroy textiles factory, Gertrude now occupies a converted furniture warehouse on High Street, Preston. Sixteen studio artists cycle through on two-year residencies, with every resident guaranteed a solo show at the Collingwood satellite, Gertrude Glasshouse. The result is rare: exhibition programs where you can watch the work and the artist form together.

La Trobe's Cottage

La Trobe's Cottage is a prefabricated timber dwelling shipped from England in 1839 as the first home of Victoria's inaugural Superintendent Charles La Trobe. Nestled in the Kings Domain, it offers an intimate window into the colony's earliest days.

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Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre

Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre within Melbourne Museum is a dedicated space celebrating the history, art and living culture of Victoria's Aboriginal peoples. The centrepiece First Peoples exhibition uses multimedia, Aboriginal language and contemporary artworks to tell the story of Aboriginal Victoria from Creation to today, while the Birrarung Gallery showcases three rotating exhibitions of contemporary Koorie art annually and the Milarri Garden features culturally significant plants.

Australia's museum of screen culture, ACMI at Federation Square explores the art, science and culture of film, television, video games and digital culture through bold permanent and touring exhibitions.

Cook's Cottage in the Fitzroy Gardens is the oldest building in Australia, transported stone by stone from Great Ayton, Yorkshire in 1934. Built by the parents of Captain James Cook in 1755, it stands as a remarkably preserved piece of 18th-century English domestic architecture.

Chinese Museum Melbourne

The Chinese Museum in Melbourne's Chinatown celebrates over 170 years of Chinese history and culture in Australia, from the gold rush arrivals of the 1850s to the contemporary Chinese-Australian community, through rich collections and the iconic Millennium Dragon.

Wyndham Art Gallery

Wyndham Art Gallery is a long-established gallery in Werribee, VIC. The gallery's collection and exhibitions explore contemporary art, fine art. Core activities include exhibition. The venue serves as a community hub. Visitors can enjoy cafe, shop, accessible. Nearby towns include Melton, Sunbury.

RAAF Museum Point Cook

The RAAF Museum at Point Cook is Australia's only national museum dedicated to Royal Australian Air Force history, located at the birthplace of the Australian Flying Corps. The museum houses one of the finest collections of historical military aircraft in the world, from a World War I Maurice Farman Shorthorn to an F-111, with live flying displays of heritage aircraft including a Mustang and Tiger Moth on selected days.

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Koorie Heritage Trust

The Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square is Victoria's only public collection dedicated solely to Koorie art and culture, holding over 100,000 items including artworks, artefacts, photographs and oral history recordings. Established in 1985, the Trust presents rotating exhibitions of Aboriginal art across multiple floors, offers guided Aboriginal Cultural Walking Tours of Melbourne, and runs educational programs for schools and corporate groups, all with free admission.

Museum of Chinese Australian History

The Museum of Chinese Australian History in the heart of Melbourne's Chinatown documents over 200 years of Chinese Australian heritage across five floors of a restored 1890s warehouse. Highlights include Dai Loong, the world's largest Chinese processional dragon, the immersive Finding Gold experience recreating life on the Victorian goldfields, and an extensive collection of traditional costumes, photographs and documents tracing the community's contributions to Australian society.

Botanical Garden

Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne

The Gardens Victoria arm that focuses squarely on native plants and conservation science rather than ornamental beds. Two sites operate under the one organisation — Melbourne and Cranbourne — with the latter backed by the National Herbarium of Victoria's State Botanical Collection. Rare and threatened species research happens here alongside visitor programs. Bring a picnic; the outdoor spaces are the point.

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Cranbourne Botanic Garden

The Australian Garden at Cranbourne is dedicated entirely to Australian native flora, with dramatic sand-sculpted landscapes, a red sand garden, and 170,000 plants across 25 hectares of bushland.

Town Hall Gallery Hawthorn

Town Hall Gallery Hawthorn is a heritage-listed gallery in Hawthorn, VIC. The gallery's collection and exhibitions explore fine art, contemporary art. Core activities include exhibition. The venue serves as a community hub and is housed in a historic building. Visitors can enjoy free entry, accessible. Nearby towns include Camberwell, Kew, Balwyn. Admission is free.

Polly Woodside Maritime Museum

Polly Woodside Maritime Museum is a museum in Melbourne, VIC. The museum explores themes of maritime, social history. Core activities include exhibition, education. The venue is housed in a historic building and provides immersive experiences. Visitors can enjoy guided tours, accessible, cafe, shop. Notable for being major collection and long established. Nearby towns include South Wharf, Melbourne CBD, Southbank.

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Gasworks Arts Park

Gasworks Arts Park is a cultural centre in Melbourne, VIC. The cultural centre explores themes of contemporary art, photography film. Core activities include exhibition, community, performance, education. The venue serves as a community hub and features outdoor spaces. Visitors can enjoy workshops, events, cafe, picnic area, accessible. Nearby towns include Albert Park, St Kilda, South Melbourne.

Bayside Gallery

Bayside Gallery is a gallery in Brighton, VIC. The gallery's collection and exhibitions explore fine art, contemporary art. Core activities include exhibition. The venue serves as a community hub. Visitors can enjoy free entry, accessible. Nearby towns include Caulfield, Sandringham, Moorabbin. Admission is free.

Glen Eira City Council Gallery

Glen Eira City Council Gallery is a gallery in Caulfield, VIC. The gallery's collection and exhibitions explore fine art, contemporary art. Core activities include exhibition. The venue serves as a community hub. Visitors can enjoy free entry. Nearby towns include Glen Waverley, Bentleigh, Ormond. Admission is free.

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The Hub Performing Arts Centre

The Hub Performing Arts Centre is a cultural centre in Narre Warren, VIC. Core activities include performance, education, community. The venue serves as a community hub. Visitors can enjoy events, cafe, accessible. Nearby towns include Cranbourne, Berwick, Officer.

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Maranoa Gardens Balwyn

Maranoa Gardens Balwyn is a long-established botanical garden in Balwyn, VIC. The garden showcases collections focused on environmental, natural history, agriculture. Core activities include exhibition, education, community. The venue features outdoor spaces and is family-oriented. Visitors can enjoy free entry, picnic area, gardens, accessible. Nearby towns include Camberwell, Nunawading, Box Hill. Admission is free.

Walker Street Gallery & Arts Centre

Walker Street Gallery & Arts Centre is a gallery in Dandenong, VIC. The gallery's collection and exhibitions explore contemporary art, fine art. Core activities include exhibition. The venue serves as a community hub. Visitors can enjoy accessible, shop. Nearby towns include Springvale, Keysborough, Noble Park.

Maroondah Art Gallery

Maroondah Art Gallery is a gallery in Ringwood, VIC. The gallery's collection and exhibitions explore fine art, contemporary art. Core activities include exhibition. The venue serves as a community hub. Visitors can enjoy accessible, family friendly. Nearby towns include Croydon, Heathmont, Melbourne outer suburbs.

Whitehorse Artspace

Whitehorse Artspace is a contemporary fine art gallery located in Nunawading, Victoria. Visitors can enjoy shop, family friendly, accessible. Nearby towns include Box Hill, Blackburn, Mount Waverley.

Polly Woodside (National Trust)

Polly Woodside (National Trust) is a heritage-listed heritage site in Melbourne, VIC. The heritage site explores themes of maritime, colonial history, social history. Core activities include conservation, exhibition. The venue is housed in a historic building and provides immersive experiences. Visitors can enjoy guided tours, accessible, cafe, shop, family friendly. Notable for being long established and major collection. Nearby towns include South Wharf, Southbank, Melbourne CBD.

Werribee Park Mansion

Werribee Park Mansion is a grand 60-room Italianate estate built between 1874 and 1877 by Scottish pastoralists Thomas and Andrew Chirnside from their wool fortune. Victoria's only major freestone mansion features ornamental carvings, heritage gardens designed by Royal Botanic Gardens curator William Guilfoyle, a heritage orchard dating to the 1870s, and the Victoria State Rose Garden, all set within a sweeping parkland 35 kilometres west of Melbourne.

National Gallery of Victoria

Founded in 1861, the NGV holds more than 76,000 works across two buildings on Southbank — NGV International and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia. The permanent collection, spanning ancient to contemporary, is free. A third building, The Fox: NGV Contemporary, is incoming. Oil and gold on spruce panel sits alongside fashion, architecture and sound. Not bad for a Tuesday afternoon.

Jewish Museum of Australia

On Balaclava Road in St Kilda, this museum sits at the intersection of art and Jewish culture — tracing Australian Jewish life through rotating exhibitions and a permanent collection. It positions itself as a place for all people, not just the community it documents. The Bunurong Country setting adds a layer of shared storytelling that the museum takes seriously.

Werribee Mansion — Werribee Park

Werribee Mansion is a magnificent 60-room Italianate mansion built in 1877 by the wealthy Chirnside brothers on their pastoral estate along the Werribee River. The house and its formal gardens, reopened after major restoration, are among the grandest expressions of colonial pastoral wealth in Australia.

Public Record Office Victoria

One hundred kilometres of hard-copy records — land grants, cabinet submissions, court files — stacked in climate-controlled storage at 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne. Open weekdays until 4:30pm, the Reading Rooms draw genealogists, lawyers and historians equally. The on-site gallery rotates temporary exhibitions drawn from the collection. Victoria's paper memory, available to anyone who turns up.

Melbourne Museum

Melbourne Museum is one of Australia's largest and most visited museums, covering natural history, science, technology, and Victorian culture across vast galleries in Carlton Gardens.

Botanical Garden

Williamstown Botanic Gardens

Williamstown Botanic Gardens is a heritage-listed botanical garden in Williamstown, VIC. The garden showcases collections focused on environmental, natural history, architecture. Core activities include conservation, education, community. The venue serves as a community hub and features outdoor spaces and is family-oriented. Visitors can enjoy free entry, picnic area, gardens, accessible, parking. Notable for being long established and state significant. Nearby towns include Newport, Footscray, Melbourne CBD. Admission is free.

Polly Woodside is a beautifully restored 1885 iron-hulled sailing barque moored on the Yarra River at South Wharf, offering visitors a rare chance to step aboard a historic tall ship and explore the age of sail.

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