Author Heather Kipling

As part of my travels over in the Southern Hemisphere and keen to get some sunshine before heading back to a UK winter (double winter yes) I booked a couple of bargain flights over to Bali for a ten week break...

Recovery firmly under our belts, the next stop on our travels was the surf town of Coolangatta, a chilled out beach town brimming with surf beaches and upcoming cafes. The perfect spot to relax. Hotel Komune...

Known as the Australian version of Glastonbury, heading to Byron Bay for Splendour in the Grass was the only option for this festival lovin’ gal. Escaping the cold of Melbourne, Splendour in the Grass...

Byron Bay was originally a village until 1963 until surfers discovered the seven beachfronts along the most eastern stretch of Australia. Over the past few years Byron has become a hub for surfers, creatives...

It can be distressing to hear that 1 in 5 children globally experience violence before the age of 18 and that’s why YGap have devised their “Polished Man” campaign to drive awareness and fundraising. In...

Kaya Health Club guarantees the feel good factor giving visitors passion and support on their health and wellness journeys, through a combination of mind and body classes and therapies. Kaya was started...

Spring Fling Festival is a highlight of North Melbourne's Spring/Summer calendar and this year looks set to be bigger than ever! Into it's 37th year, the Spring Fling runs on the support of the local...

Ok, hands up who hasn't quite got over the fact that summer seem to come and go in the blink of an eye, coupled with the fact we can no longer spend every Wednesday evening hanging out with friends and a...

After attending the launch of Ygap’s 5 cent campaign Couturing have been closely following their progress and although final numbers are still being calculated, YGap announced on Thursday night that their 5...

After attending the launch of the Le Creuset store in Melbourne, a feeling of foodie inspiration has seeped into the Couturing skin. The array of brightly coloured casserole dishes, tangines and prestine...

With a dashingly good beard, a voice that made every woman in the crowd swoon and new found respect, Monday night at The Forum with Nick Murphy’s alias was wonderful. Hitting back from laryngitis two...

Hosted annually in the Victorian region of Rutherglen, the winery walkabout attracts a large crowd from both Victoria and New South Wales, to taste a selection of wines and muscats from the wineries across...

Melbourne is a beautiful city, every week a new restaurant, bar, coffee shop, clothing store will pop up with a launch event or three. Every now and again the urge to escape takes over, to get away from...

Australia’s short film festival, St Kilda Film Festival last night awarded Director Dave Wade and Producer Alexandra BlueBest Short Film for Welcome to Iron Knob at the Closing Night...

Known as St Kilda’s night of nights, on Thursday the iconic Palais Theatre opened its doors to more than a thousand, voyeurs, press, film buffs and film makers to open the St Kilda Film...

For many people in Rod Laver last Friday night, they will only know the Arctic Monkeys on one level, as the grown up showmen that woed a crowd with sounds from their latest album AM and classic floor...

Salt therapy is designed to cleanse and relieve inflammation in both the skin and the lungs, relieving symptoms of everything from the common cold, to more serious conditions such as asthma, bronchitis and...

Making time for exercise during the Autumn/Winter months can always seem such a chore. By the time you've finished a busy day, the last thing you want to do is head out for a run in the dark wet weather...

Anyone visiting Melbourne has heard of the Twelve Apostles and the Great Ocean Road, a pinnacle for the average tourist and a must see for any newbie. What they don't tell you about is an almost untouched...

With no plans over the Easter weekend what better way to take in a true country festival than volunteering at Boogie. Started 8 years ago in the town of Tallarook, the legend that is Bruzzy allowed a merry...

The 5cent campaign is simple: giving those unwanted five cent coins to people who need them. In 2012 YGap launched an innovative and simple campaign to get people to donate their unwanted 5 cent pieces and...

This week within the heart of the city, Hamish Munro revealed his innovative installation paying homage to the unique cultural history of Melbourne at Melbourne Central. Melbourne Central's General...

A highlight of the events calendar sees Melbourne’s finest funniest return to the city for the 28th year in a row for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.  Started by Barrie Humphries and...

This week super stylish and Swedish Rekorderlig Cider launched the Rekorderlig Fashion Lounge to Melbourne’s fashion elite for the star studded opening of the 2014 Virgin Australia Melbourne...

A combination of guilty pleasures for a Sunday afternoon, fashion and French, Dressed for Winter explores a behind the scenes look at fashion weeks across the globe, interviews with designers, models,...

A festival not to be missed among Melbournians, Sydney Road closed its streets for what looks to be their most successful festival yet. The Sydney Road Street Party was launched in 1994 to celebrate...

Five years in the making, the inaugural SUPERGRAPH launched in Melbourne with Australia’s newest Contemporary Graphic Art Fair taking place at the beautiful The Royal Exhibition Building,...

A dizzying exploration of music video as an art form... The Australian Centre for the Moving Image presents Spectacle, an extensive collection of over 300 clips spanning from the 1920’s to the present...

It’s the graveyard shift and three women find themselves in an industrial wasteland, willing to risk everything in their interplay with each other and a moving machine. Lyrical, intimate and dangerous,...

Now in its 10th year, Laneway Festival was the brainchild of Jerome Borazio and Danny Rogers. Starting in 2004, they invested time and money into bringing new music to Melbourne’s summer time at the...

This week the iconic Melbourne rooftop announced the second part of their summer film programme and it’s pretty spectacular. From classics such as Never Ending story, Ferris Buellers Day Off and...

Calypso beats, seventies sequin threads and faux American accents; it could only be the return to Melbourne of London based band Crystal Fighters to The Corner Hotel, Richmond. Not what you expect from...

Yoko Ono is a fascinating character in her own right. Wife of John Lennon, artist and musician, her latest exhibition at The Museum for Contemporary Art in Sydney features her work from over the last five...

Last night the Melbourne Maltesers Moonlight Cinema opened its gates in the Royal Botanical Gardens for the preview screening of comedy sequel Anchorman 2, the legend continues. Lucky enough to enjoy the...

Festivals are pretty much up there as a favourite thing to do for me, dancing in a field with a group of like minded folk, enjoying music and life in general. For a first Melbourne camping festival, what...

With technology at our fingertips and almost having too much choice in every avenue of our lives, searching for ideas and concepts is always at the forefront of our minds. Interior design has become particular...

Western Australian was never really on the agenda on my last trip to Australia but when the opportunity arose this time around I jumped at the chance to head “westside” for a long weekend with the girls in...

On a trip to Buenos Aires, a year ago in August, my Australian friends spent two weeks persuading me to visit Melbourne again. After a bit of soul searching and wondering why I was dead set on settling...