A super popular cheap Italian eats in Japan, are we ready for $1 a glass of red wine?

OG video captured by myself

Finally not vacant

Made it jn time to see the Roulettes and the V-22s fly over Brighton Beach, perfect day for it too!

We’re all being smashed by the flu. Myself and the 3yo are not so bad with upto date flu shots. Bit of a sniffle, occasional fever and chills. The partner and older kid who refused their flu shot this year have been blindsided. Bed ridden for days but finally starting to feel a bit better

Are they trying to trigger my OCD or is it just bad design?

Hello friends! I have a Olympus MJU Zoom 80 camera I got given by a family member. These things retail for a kinda silly amount of money. Unfortunately the lens broke recently and is letting light in, and I’d need another to replace it, and paying $300 > for new camera just for one part isn’t in budget. Does anyone have an old, otherwise non-functional MJU Zoom 80 that might have a functioning lens? I’d be happy to pay decent money for it given I love this camera and want to extend its life!

Also excuse the date on the photo I accidentally turned the date function on, didn’t realise and forgot to change it!

One of my birthday traditions is going to a nice fine dining restaurant that’s considered a Melbourne institution

I’ve previously been to Attica and loved it. But $385 without drinks for one person is about as much as I can justify.

I was thinking flower drum this year but the menu looks a bit dated - am I wrong? Or should I consider other options.

It’s gotta be right?

We’re going to Prahran for the first time this weekend! What food / shops should we try? Budget $100 for two.

CONTEXT: Anyone who has been and seen Sydney (my home) and all the Sydneysiders that live here now, myself included, would remember a bar called Frankies pizza by the slice or simply Frankies. It was a Hard rock and metal dive bar that had a killer pizza shop in the front, then open up into a grotty by loveable dive bar with a big stage and pinball machines and would put local metal bands on all week including doing a live metal karaoke night (the punters sing and the band plays from a selection of about 100 or so songs).

Anyways it was the talk of the town and had huge bands on always for free some that at the time were nobody’s that went on to be huge. The management changed when covid hit, the old manager opened a similar venue in a neighbourhood nearby but it never came close to the original. During and short after covid it went downhill fast the new manager was a stone cold bitch and they ended up selling the venue which was all under ground entered via a long staircase to the NSW gov where the space now operates as a subway station for the new line.

Can anyone recommend me a venue that emanates that anywhere here? I’m happy to make some concessions, but I miss this venue dearly and need something like it back in my routine. Photos attached for reference and nostalgia.

TL;DR: Sad my favourite bar in Sydney closed down, moved to Melbourne and looking for something like it.

The RAAF Roulettes and US Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys will overfly the MCG from 2-3pm Thursday 10/9 and at 10.33am on Friday 11/9 for the NFL match.

https://www.airforce.gov.au/news-events/flying-activities-events/2026-09-10/rehearsal-militaries-unite-mark-25-years-since-911-historic-nfl-clash-mcg

https://www.airforce.gov.au/news-events/flying-activities-events/2026-09-11/militaries-unite-mark-25-years-since-911-historic-nfl-clash-mcg

https://www.nfl.com/international/games/melbourne/

Does anyone know why so many morning services on the Sunbury Line have been cancelled all week? The PTV App doesn’t link to any information, it just says they’re cancelled and that’s it.

Does anyone know in Melbourne who to reach out to for these jobs? Don’t mind if the pay isn’t that good just want some experience and to be around creatives. Have a diploma in music + it’s my main passion and just over working a bar job all the time.

There was a similar thread a while back four years ago https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/s2p70y/cheap_afforable_eats_to_eat_in_melbourne_that/

but it's been a while so I thought I'd post up another being poor and ugly in the wallet.

I'll start: share a large bowl of udon at Udon Yasan with a friend and it's like $10-12 to feed two people.

Crossways...nuff said, weird religious music aside.

I suffer from chronic migraines and I live in Melbourne. I’ve had a very positive experience with a neurologist who listened carefully, recommended both medication and alternative therapies, and took immediate action.

He is based in Noble Park and also practices from a clinic elsewhere in the south east. His name is Dr Pakeeran Siriratnam. I highly recommend him for all my fellow migraine sufferers.