April 2020
- Zany mini golf chain Holey Moley is running free virtual parties for bored homebodies
- New mobile testing sites open at Melbourne shopping centres
- You can now take a virtual tour of the Royal Botanic Gardens
- Victoria is running a Tree of the Year competition and voting is now open
- You can support regional businesses by shopping via this online country market
- International students in Victoria can now access up to $1,100 in relief payments
- Melbourne is about to experience its coldest April day since 1996
- Pick up dinner cooked by Karen Martini and Philippa Sibley
- Clamms is giving away free fish to hospitality workers
- The 2020 Royal Melbourne Show has been cancelled
- Fed Square’s free yoga and meditation classes can now be accessed online
- Multiple stores within Emporium Melbourne are reopening today
- Victoria’s current restrictions won’t be eased until at least May 11
- Victorian arts companies to get $16.8 million government lifeline
- Victoria will be testing 100,000 people in the next two weeks
- The best books read by celebrities available on Audible Australia
- QVWC Shop
- Support bushfire-affected businesses by ordering virtual experiences and gourmet products
- Zomato has launched commission-free takeaway
- Snap your homemade cocktail to win the Woodford Reserve range
- A Fitzroy book shop is setting up Melburnians on literary "blind dates"
- Oscar winner ‘Parasite’ is now available on Stan
- A Melbourne distillery and brewery have teamed up make juniper-scented gin hand sanitiser
- Group sport and travel to NZ: how 'stay at home' restrictions could be relaxed within weeks
- Meet Cream Town: an online collective supporting artists by selling prints for a flat $100
- The NGV’s 2020 winter masterpiece exhibition has been postponed for three years
- MTC has teamed up with Scotchmans Hill to create wine-packed isolation hampers
- A Victorian father has turned his son’s cubby house into an online rock’n’roll school for kids
- Wild Life Bakery is now delivering logs of cookie dough to your door
- A Melbourne photographer has captured the city’s abandoned streets at the height of the shutdowns
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge has a new show streaming from May 7
- These cute fairy penguins were snapped hugging in St Kilda
- Get Mimosa Rock Oysters that were destined for Australia's finest restaurants delivered to you
- This Melbourne ceramics studio is delivering at-home pottery kits
- Leaps and Bounds music festival to go ahead online with cash boosts for artists and venues
- Turpins Falls
- The Wiggles launch an educational podcast to keep kids entertained during the shutdowns
- What it feels like to get tested for coronavirus in Australia
- Moon Dog Brewery will give you free beers if you cut an iso-mullet
- A chef and a designer have written a cookbook filled with 'isol-Asian' recipes
- Explore the Great Ocean Road from your sofa with this SBS doco
- You can now shop at Prahran Market’s online marketplace
- You can now do a 3D virtual tour of the Old Melbourne Gaol
- You can get a personalised tea subscription in Melbourne
- Buy an essential worker a beer as a sign of appreciation
- Urban Alley Brewery is now producing hand sanitiser for the general public
- You can now take virtual tours of the NGV’s Kaws and Keith Haring exhibitions
- Treat yourself to a gorgeous flower box and support local Melbourne florists
- The Mass Isolation Australia project is documenting the shutdown through photography
- How to pause your Myki or get your money refunded while you're stuck at home
- You can get a pet goldfish delivered to your door
- MTC is inviting Melburnians to recreate this theatrically themed cake at home
- Melbourne designer Lucy Folk is having an online archive sale
- Get a goodie box of Bellarine Peninsula produce delivered to your home
- Look up! A meteor shower will shine over Melbourne soon
- The spiciest Australian memes about life right now
- MTC launches a digital platform filled with backstage tours, interviews and...a bakeoff?
- Chefs across Melbourne are banding together to feed communities and health workers
- The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has been forced to “hibernate” all its musicians
- The Farmers Arms is still holding its weekly meat raffle
- In pictures: Crowds of people gathering in Melbourne over time
- MONA is beaming 49 searchlights into the night sky every Saturday until it reopens
- Victoria is now testing anyone showing symptoms for coronavirus
- Things to do in Melbourne over the Easter long weekend
- This Melbourne studio is livestreaming daily Pilates, barre, cardio and yoga classes
- Melbourne Buddhist Centre
- Arts Centre Melbourne’s spire has been lit yellow as a sign of hope
- You can create an at-home scavenger hunt for free
- Australians have started painting rainbows everywhere to raise spirits
- Check out these eerie photos of Melbourne’s empty streets
- Daughter In Law and Mrs Singh are donating their takings to staff ineligible for government help
- Join a free cooking class from Vue De Monde in the comfort of your home
- The latest cancelled and postponed events and closures over coronavirus in Melbourne
- Dinner by Heston
- South Melbourne Market is now doing drive-through pick up
- You can host your own virtual movie screening and discuss the film live online
- Melbourne International Film Festival has been cancelled for 2020
- Rascal is now a community store selling items from local Brunswick businesses
- Pedestrian traffic in Melbourne’s CBD is down 83 per cent
- ACMI has launched a virtual film club with weekly double bills
- The Australian Chamber Orchestra has announced a huge digital season of at-home concerts
- Miznon want to cater your Friday night Shabbat dinners
- This mobile Melbourne zoo is doing daily reptile livestreams
- Savour and Grace is having a massive warehouse sale
- Many of Melbourne’s arts institutions have lost their funding – here’s how you can help
- Here's how you can help rebuild Melbourne's beloved La Mama Theatre
- Arts Centre Melbourne is now broadcasting free performances and virtual tours
- This Chapel Street restaurant is offering drive-through gnocchi
- Project 281 Cafe is donating all profits from coffee and toasties to its workers
- Phillip Island researchers are currently looking for volunteer seal spotters
- Laneway Learning is now running $9 online short courses
- Time Out Australia staff share the one thing that’s helping them stay sane
- The Paperback Bookshop
- Couples who don't live together CAN visit each other under latest 'stay at home' rules
- Lentil As Anything is now delivering its pay-as-you-feel vegan meals
- Geelong Arts Centre has started livestreaming performances
- Helpful advice for the person who isn’t taking iso-life seriously
- You can spot seven different planets in Melbourne’s night sky tonight
- This AI artist can turn you into a hilarious Renaissance painting
- The NGV now has dedicated online activities for kids, including virtual excursions