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Sydney Melbourne Cup Events

Tuesday, 1 November 2022 Every year, the Melbourne Cup is held on the first Tuesday of November in Australia. It’s a horse race, but it’s so much more than that. The Melbourne Cup has become a national holiday for Australians and an event that stops the nation in its tracks. As the Melbourne Cup approaches, […]

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Melbourne Cup Events Brisbane

Tuesday, 1 November 2023 Every year, the Melbourne Cup is held on the first Tuesday of November in Australia. It’s a horse race, but it’s so much more than that. The Melbourne Cup has become a national holiday for Australians and an event that stops the nation in its tracks. As the Melbourne Cup approaches, […]

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Engagement Party Gifts

A Gier Design Adventure Together Print Oh, the places they'll go! Why not mark where they've been with this personalised art. You can pick three locations where the artist will source maps from (think hometowns and where they've met or live) and add custom text to mark the adventure they are going to embark on. [...]

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Top Rated Wedding Gifts

Bath and Bedding Parachute Down Alternative Feather Bed From $229  An entire bed is a lot to ask for (or gift), but this mattress topper that we adore is the next best choice. (And if you want to go ahead and put a mattress on there, we will not judge. Here are our favorites.) FROM $229 AT PARACHUTE Brooklinen Linen Core [...]

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Top Wedding Gifts For Foodies

1. Le Creuset Mini Stoneware Cocottes 10cm Individual portions of fish pie, soufflé or chocolate pudding, it’s easy to imagine lovebird friends enjoying these mini stoneware cocottes. With ten colours to choose from, these little dishes from Le Creuset held their ground as the popular gift of choice in 2012. 2. Eva Solo Hurricane Lamp Candlelit romance and alfresco [...]

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12 Kids Party Themes & Ideas

12 Kid’s Birthday Party Theme Ideas   Birthdays are an important milestone for any child. Finding the right theme is just one piece of the puzzle. You also have to organise decorations, invite friends and family, purchase gifts and sort out a venue. And let’s not forget about the pièce de résistance: the cake.   [...]

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12 Wedding Ideas

  Boho Weddings Another wedding theme idea we’re in love with? The boho wedding. It’s been a key trend for a few years now, and you’ll be pleased to know flower crowns, tealight candles and feather arbors are still on trend in 2020.   As the bohemian spirit is all about embracing nature, a boho [...]

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Top Christmas Party Ideas Everyone Will Love

Christmas is fast approaching and it’s time to start organising catch-ups with friends and family and making plans for the office Christmas party. If you have left your Christmas party planning a little late this year don’t worry, we’ve got some fantastic options for fantastic Christmas party ideas that everyone from your boss to your great aunt […]

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A Local’s Guide To The Gold Coast

The Gold Coast is Queensland’s tourism hot spot and it’s easy to see why. The city is blessed with stunning beaches, incredible wildlife and a cafe and restaurant scene that rivals that of bigger cities. There is so much to see and do during your stay here, it’s often hard to narrow it down. To […]

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30th Birthday Party Ideas For The Ultimate Celebration

Time flies when you’re having fun. You’re suddenly 30 years young and it’s time to celebrate. Gather your nearest and dearest for a 30th birthday to remember. Whether that’s an intimate dinner or a hair-raising adventure, there are endless amounts of epic party tips and inspirations. To help you get planning here are a couple […]

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Engagement Party Ideas To Impress Your Guests

If you’ve recently said the ‘Big Yes’ it’s time to celebrate with your friends and family by throwing an engagement party. It’s not every day you get engaged so you’ll want to make this party something extra special. Here are some original ideas that will make your engagement party the event of the year (until […]

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Hens Night Ideas For The Classy Bride To Be

Not every bride wants her hen’s night to involve pink tulle, bar shots and phallic symbols. If your hen cringes at the idea of a tacky night out on the town, here are some classy hen’s night ideas. 1. Mexican Themed Fiesta For fun colourful brides that enjoy a festive celebration a Mexican themed hen’s party […]

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The Best Bucks Party Ideas On The Internet

Unique Bucks Party ideas Guaranteed To Please Traditional bucks party activities are well overdone and frankly a little outdated. Many grooms don’t need ‘one last night of freedom’ where they mistakenly believe that anything goes. Instead, the focus is moving towards an excuse to celebrate, tick off bucket list activities and hang out with the […]

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Last Minute Christmas Party Ideas

  Stuck for last-minute Christmas party ideas? From feasts to cocktail parties, we’ve put together a list of ideas to help you celebrate the festive season on the Gold Coast. Christmas Banquet Host a festive feast with family and friends. Indulge in a banquet menu featuring smoked spice chicken wings, barramundi tacos, and glazed beef […]

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How To Host A Killer Cocktail Party

How to Host a Killer Cocktail Party You’ve got a long list of people you’ve postponed dinner plans with for the past three months and you need an excuse to wear the new dress that you paid far too much for online. You consider a girls night out on the town, but then you remember […]

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Brilliant Hens Party Ideas Everyone Will Love

So you got stuck planning your bestie’s hen’s night? We feel your pain, between trying endless slices of cake, searching for function room reviews and coming up with a creative hen’s party theme is the last thing on your mind. We’ve done the hard yards crawling through Pinterest to create the best 6 hen’s party ideas to help you […]

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Proposal Ideas From The Pros

15 Proposal Ideas From the Pros   You’ve bought the ring and now you have to orchestrate a thoughtful and memorable proposal to up your chances of hearing a “yes”. Whether you’re special someone is an adventurous adrenaline junkie or a wildlife warrior, we have the perfect location and activity to “wow”, with all the […]

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Top Songs For Your Birthday Party Playlist

Everyone has a dancing queen or king within them, and what better time to crank the tunes and bust a move than on your birthday? Get your dancing shoes on and let your hair down as we give you our ultimate birthday party playlist with the top ten songs to get you and your guests […]

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30 Ideas For Your 30th Birthday Party

This is it, the big 3-OH! You’ve finally made it to the next big phase in your life – your 30th birthday. Whether you’re sliding into this new chapter with a cheer or anticipating it with feat, the time has come to seriously consider your options for your big dirty 30. Strap yourself in and […]

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12 Budget Tips For Your Affordable Wedding

You’ve just said ‘yes,’ and now it’s time to start planning the wedding you’ve secretly had a Pinterest board for since you were 17. But those euphoric feelings of finally being able to find unique wedding ideas on a budget and affordable honeymoon spots start fading away when you realise one thing: how much it’s going […]

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Top Tips For An Affordable Christmas Party

  Christmas Party Budget Tips Christmas is a notoriously expensive time of year, and when money is disappearing faster than Santa will deliver all his presents it can be hard to get enough together to throw a half-decent Christmas party. But never fear, we’ve got five tips for throwing a super soiree on even the […]

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How To Rock The Wedding Speech

Your best bud, brother, or anonymous acquaintance is getting hitched. Woohoo, it’s party time! But wait: the groom’s asked you to handle a speech for their wedding reception. Try not to pout too hard – while it may seem like a big chore, presenting a wedding speech doesn’t have to mean your night (or your […]

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Corporate Function Ideas & Team Building Activities

16 Corporate Function Ideas & Team Building Activities Looking for corporate function ideas? Let’s be honest good ones can be few and far between. Between trying to wrangle the whole office together and lock down the one day a year everyone is available (not including Michelle from accounts who seems to be permanently on holiday in Bali) […]

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Speech Writing Tips For Your 21st Birthday

21st Birthday Speech Writing Tips Birthdays: cake, presents, parties … speeches. Yep, Dad’s getting on and wants to reminisce, friends are celebrating their 21st birthday party and want jokes that’ll dull the pain, and your third cousin just wants some filler while the candles are being lit. If you’ve been “privileged” with the task of presenting […]

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Top Ideas To Make Your Office Come Alive With The Festive Spirit

Has planning your office Christmas party in Brisbane got you excited for the silly season? That’s ok – with Christmas coming up just around the corner, there’s never been a better excuse to inject a little holiday cheer into your office space. So without further ado, here’s our list of top 5 ways to make […]

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Top First Dance Songs For Your Wedding

Top 10 Songs For Your Wedding & First Dance Whether your wedding plans are well under way or you’ve just begun to scheme (good job getting a jump on things!), organising your dream wedding is guaranteed to be a mammoth task consisting of hours of planning, organising, re-planning, and remembering things last minute. While it may […]

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10 Ways To Announce You’re Engaged

So you’ve decided to make it official. Congratulations! What a tremendously exciting time of your lives. The only thing left to do is to decide how you’re going to shout it from the rooftops for the whole world to hear. However, we all know that in this day and age a phone call to mum […]

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21st Birthday Party Ideas

Your 21st birthday party is a milestone event that you will never forget.  Unfortunately, when you celebrate your 21st it’s usually around the same time as all your mates, so while you may not forget it, for everyone else those 21st Birthday parties tend to blur into one. If you want your birthday to really […]

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5 Brilliant Corporate Party Ideas & Themes

It’s that time of year again, when your team is feeling a bit out of touch and HR is threatening to show IT where they can stick that USB for good. But don’t despair, because we all know that there’s nothing like a creative corporate event to get the ideas flowing and the communication growing […]

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The Best Australian Christmas Gift Ideas

So the jingle bells are ringing in your ears and work days with eggnog breaks are bearing down on the calendar. With practically every office since the start of time taking part in Secret Santa (and, let’s face it, the occasional please-promote-me gift to the boss), it’s time to think about your gift for the […]

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Top Christmas Party Ideas: Corporate Edition

Christmas Party Style Guide Can’t you hear those sleigh bells jingling? Don’t worry you’re not suffering from tinnitus, it’s just the sound of your corporate Christmas party coming up fast. Don’t let the silly season sneak up on you this year, start planning your Christmas party with our special guide. Office Christmas Party Ideas The shops […]

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20+ Engagement Party Ideas Everyone Will Love

11 Engagement Party Ideas Everyone Will Love So you’ve got the ring on your finger and updated your Facebook relationship status accordingly, the only thing left to do to set your engagement off is to throw a great party at an even greater engagement party venue. But if you don’t want to settle for just […]

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Christmas Party Games

Hey, planning the perfect Christmas party can be tricky. Sometimes your guests are more naughty than nice (we’re looking at you, questionably handsy Santa), the egg nog takes more casualties than you’d intended, or the catering’s a flop, and you all spend the evening crowded around some decidedly un-festive hummus. Here’s the good news: no […]

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Small & Intimate Wedding Ideas

A few years ago everyone was talking about ‘Tiny Houses’. Now days it’s all about ‘tiny weddings’. With House and general living costs at an all-time high, couples have more important things to spend their money on then giant over the top weddings, which is why small weddings are the trend of the moment. Just […]

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Top 5 Original Wedding Ideas

So you’ve got the ring (check), posted a pic of ring on the social (check), told your family (check), gloated to your friends (check), now all that’s left to do is start planning your wedding! Every couple wants their wedding to be different so here are some original ideas that will make your wedding stand […]

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Sneeze Guards for Restaurants, Cafes & Bards

The Essential Guide to Sneeze Guards for restaurants, cafes and bars As a restaurant owner or caterer, the sneeze guard is an essential buffer between germs created by your guests and your excellent food. Whenever you are in a buffet situation, sneeze guards provide this buffer. After all, without a food guard, it’s very hard [...]

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