If you've ever dreamed of going to the famed Christmas markets in Germany, the next best thing in Australia is when the Queen Victoria Winter Night Market commences. Until August 28 you can spend cosy Wednesday evenings enjoying live entertainment, huddling around open fires and feasting on goodies from a selection of global street food stalls, carts, trucks and festival bars. You can also expect roving performers, tarot reading, the famous silent disco and a rotating line-up of homegrown talent playing live music on the market's main stage.
While we're used to celebrating Christmas over barbecues and beers while donning Hawaiian shirts and summer dresses, it's tough not to feel FOMO from the wintery festivities of our mates in the Northern Hemisphere. And while Melbourne rarely gets snow — if light dustings even count — we'll be damned if that stops us from trying to recreate our very own white Christmas in July.
Round up your mates (minus the Scrooges) and hit up these snow-covered markets, historic towns and decadent Christmas feasts.
