Family snaps up Black Rock home for more than $5.7 million

Family snaps up Black Rock home for more than $5.7 million

The result for the five-bedroom house soared well above the $4.8 to $5 million price guide.

  • byMelissa Heagney-Bayliss

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Goodbye,Abbotsford. Hello,LoJo:The Melbourne area rebranding itself

Goodbye,Abbotsford. Hello,LoJo:The Melbourne area rebranding itself

A section of Abbotsford is keen to reinvent itself and is staging a festival to get the word out.

  • byCara Waters
Ramshackle house that baffled locals listed for $2.3m-$2.5m

Ramshackle house that baffled locals listed for $2.3m-$2.5m

The owner’s brother and listing agent say the graffiti-covered building was likely to sell to a developer,or someone capable of adding townhouses to the block.

  • byJim Malo
Newport home passes in as first-home-buyer nerves show at auction

Newport home passes in as first-home-buyer nerves show at auction

The two-bedroom home failed to get a single bid from onlookers,with interested first home buyers concerned about the state of the market.

  • byMelissa Heagney
How a day making VB brewed up more than a'hard-earned thirst'

How a day making VB brewed up more than a'hard-earned thirst'

Even this self-confessed drinks snob retains a sentimental attachment to the iconic brand. Or is that just the beer talking?

  • byMax Allen
Abbotsford Convent in crisis talks with tenants as COVID-19 effects bite

Abbotsford Convent in crisis talks with tenants as COVID-19 effects bite

Australia's largest multi-arts space faces more ructions over its future direction,as tenants say an inflexible board and the pressures of COVID-19 are forcing them out.

  • byBianca Hall
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Bodriggy is a bodacious new brewpub
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Melbourne

Bodriggy is a bodacious new brewpub

This huge brewpub and modern Latin American grill is a fun,frothy boost for Melbourne's inner north.

  • byDani Valent
Fresh start as Abbotsford Convent reopens historic laundries

Fresh start as Abbotsford Convent reopens historic laundries

Eight artists will breathe new life into a restored building where disadvantaged women were once forced to work.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Harsh convent childhood'left a scar on my life'

Harsh convent childhood'left a scar on my life'

Memorial is unveiled for generations of residents of Good Shepherd institutions.

  • byCarolyn Webb
AU79 cafe goes for gold
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Melbourne

AU79 cafe goes for gold

As the adage goes:money can't buy you happiness. But it will buy you a power breakfast in brass-trimmed surrounds.

  • byNola James
Oneyada Cafe,Abbotsford,Melbourne
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Melbourne

Oneyada Cafe,Abbotsford,Melbourne

Rice soups and grilled roti:Bangkok-style market breakfasts add to Melbourne's cafe scene.

  • byMatt Holden