Raw Vegan

**Join your local guides on the best pub crawl in Melbourne!** Meet at WAX Music Lounge on 250 Flinders St, and explore the best, most well-known venues with people from all over the world. With **4 free 'welcome shots'** upon entry to each bar followed by exclusive drink deals at each, you'll see just why Melbourne is known as the nightlife capital of Australia! Experience a range of Melbourne's most famous bars & pubs throughout the night, with **free entry** for all, and reduced entry/recommendations at the end of the event to keep your night going strong! Play games, **win prizes** and mingle with locals, travelers & everything in between on the most sought-after event in Melbourne! * **4 FREE SHOTS** * **4 BARS ALL WITH FREE SKIP-THE-LINE ENTRY** * **PLENTY OF GAMES AND PRIZES TO BE WON** * **UNLIMITED MEMORIES & CHANCES TO MAKE FRIENDS IN THE CULTURAL CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA!** Starting at 5:30PM at WAX Music Lounge on 250 Flinders St, you will receive your skip-the-line wristband, free welcome shot and mingle with other attendees before we introduce our games and prizes to be won throughout the evening. We then mix it up weekly, visiting some of Melbourne's most iconic and well-known bars with your pub crawl crew who have lived and breathed the city for most of their lives. **Make sure to lock in your spot ASAP as tickets often sell out!**

Hi Radiant Ladies, Join us for a refreshing Saturday walk at Ruffey Lake Park. 👭 Walk at your own pace 🐕 Dogs welcome ☕ Coffee after 🌦️ We walk every Saturday (unless it’s pouring) New ladies welcome. See you! 



Leanne & Lyn 💕

Join Stephen Fiyalko, President of the Melbourne Theosophical Society for meditation, self attunement, study and discussion on the Laws of the Universe. We welcome all to join at 5:30pm for a 30 min Meditation and will begin the discussion group at 6:00pm. For those who prefer to just attend the discussion group you're welcome to arrive at 6pm. An understanding of and action within the Laws through our choices give practical tools for facing, managing and surmounting with confidence the many challenges we face in our daily lives, in society and the world itself. Ignorance of the Laws can leave us adrift to be buffeted and feel overwhelmed by stormy seas. Each week will look at one of the twelve Laws which are principles, not rules, seeking a deeper understanding of that Law, our and their inter-relationship with the other Laws. Discussion will involve sharing stories from our lives which contribute to a growing understanding and confidence in our lives. Each session is free, but donations are welcome.

Join the Melbourne Happy Hour Commandos for a night filled with drinks, dancing, and the opportunity to make new friends! Get ready for a fun evening at our new very cool and intimate bar-Miranda Bar in Flinders Lane. You will get Spice Market vibes with an awesome Happy Hour 6-9pm and a groovy DJ playing all the best dance tunes from 8pm. And ...wait for it....some favourite staff from Spice Market ! Remy and Heather will be looking after us again! Whether you are new in town or a longtime resident, this event is perfect if you are looking to unwind and mingle with like-minded individuals. We all love to hit the dance floor and we don't wait until 11pm! With great dance tunes the floor starts grooving from 8:30 pm or just chill and enjoy a Happy Hour drink and unwind. Indulge in delicious drinks, hit the dance floor for some social dancing, and experience the lively atmosphere that Melbourne has to offer. Don't miss out on a fantastic night of fun times and creating memorable experiences with a group of friendly individuals. Join us for an unforgettable night with the Melbourne Happy Hour Commandos!

Pickles Milk Bar is retro-chique 1970s food done vegan! More options than you can poke a stick at, and it's all very punny! :-) This meetup is a picnic! So we'll meet, grab food, and eat it in a park nearby. Feel free to bring your own if you don't want to grab it from here.

Mochi: A Beloved Tradition in Japanese Family Life You'll watch fresh mochi being cooked right before your eyes with our mochi machine. Then enjoy rolling the warm mochi into balls and tasting it wrapped in nori, dipped in sweet bean, sweet soybean powder, or sweet sesame sauce. Also in Ozoni, comforting Japanese family mochi soups. Come and enjoy these simple and delicious traditional recipes, loved by families and enjoyed across generations. 🍡✨

🐾 Puppy Pub Crawl – Brunswick Edition 🍻🐶 Take your doggies out for a Sunday adventure around Brunswick’s best dog-friendly venues! Socialise with fellow dog lovers while your pups enjoy treats, doggie cocktails, and day out. We’ll be visiting a mix of venues including a brewery, a dog-friendly café & licensed bar, and one of Brunswick’s iconic live music pubs. Total walking distance is approximately 1.4km, making it an easy and enjoyable stroll for both humans and pups. TICKETED EVENT ONLY, book your tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/559894739237?aff=oddtdtcreator 📍 Meeting Point: Inside Augie’s Place ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🐾 1st Stop – Augie’s Place Café & Licensed Bar 🍷 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Kick off the Puppy Pub Crawl at the beautiful Augie’s Place — perfectly located right in front of the park for the ultimate dog-friendly afternoon. What’s waiting for you: 🍷 Human Special $10 mulled wine to keep the humans warm and happy 🎁 Complimentary Doggie Bag Every pup receives a special take-home bag filled with an assortment of Augie’s treats 🖼️ Live Dog Portraits by Puppawtraits Capture your furry best friend with a custom portrait: • $30 for 1 dog • $40 for 2 pets in one drawing Pre-order via: popuppawtraits@gmail.com Limited drawings available on the day 🍴 Food & Drinks Augie’s will also be serving delicious tapas, with drinks.. both available for purchase throughout the event. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🐾 2nd Stop – Co-Conspirators Brewing Co 🍺 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Next, we head to Co-Conspirators Brewing Co for a wide selection of craft beers on tap, alongside wine and cider available at discounted prices for our group. The brewery team will also give a short introduction about who they are and what they do. 🐾 Every pup will receive complimentary Spent Grain Dog Treats made by the brewery! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🐾 3rd Stop – The Retreat Hotel 🎶 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ We’ll finish the crawl at The Retreat Hotel — a Brunswick institution and home to some of the area’s best live music. With its cocktail bar, main bar, and huge beer garden courtyard, it’s the perfect final stop for humans and pups alike. 🐶 Dogs will enjoy exclusive Doggie Beef Martinis (non-alcoholic, of course!) 🥔 Our group will also be served wedges and vegetarian nachos to share. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Spend the afternoon meeting fellow dog lovers while your pups enjoy treats, social time, and plenty of attention as we explore some of Brunswick’s favourite local haunts. 📌 Important Info • All dogs must remain on-lead while visiting venues • Please ensure your dog is social and comfortable around other dogs and people • Bring a blanket or mat for your dog to sit on if possible 🚕 Need a dog-friendly ride? Use Uber or Uber Pets, and notify your driver before pick-up. Stay updated on future Puppy Pub Crawl events: 👉 Facebook: Crawl Puppy Pub 👉 Instagram: @crawlpuppypub We can’t wait to crawl Brunswick with you and your furry best friends! 🐾✨

* 🌏 **MELBOURNE → MT DONNA BUANG**🏙️ * 📅 **SUN 28 JUN, DAY TRIP ☀️** * ✨**Step Into Stillness — Hike, Breathe, Taste**✨ \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **✨ Breathe in the fresh forest air of beautiful snowy Mount DONNA BUANG and its surroundings🌿** Swap city clang for alpine hush! We’re heading to Mt Donna Buang for a day of powder‑dusted trails, redwood whispers, forest‑floor meditation and country flavours. Think snowy switchbacks, soul‑warming lunch, a gallery in the treetops, and orchard‑fresh treats on the way home. New friends, big laughs, zero hassle. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **🎒 All-Inclusive for $99** ✅ Round-trip **transport** in a comfortable **MERCEDES minivan** 🚐 ✅ Guided **9 km hike** + all gears 🥾 ✅ Unlimited **snacks, soft drinks, coffee & tea** ☕ ✅ **Meditation** \- with great company ✅ Rustic **Ratatouille** meal (vegetarian) 🍽️ ✅ Visit **stunning scenic lookouts** 🌄🦘 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- #### 🕒 Itinerary: 🌅 07:30 — Meet at **St Paul’s Cathedral,** Flinders Street ☕ 08:00 — Stop for a break 🍉 09:00 — Arriving - **tea/coffee/drinks** and snacks (included!) 🥾 09:15 — Snow❄️**Hike** 9 km - 180m elevation 🧢 11:30 — Lookout tower 🍽️ **12:30 PM** — **Group picnic lunch** Featuring rustic **Ratatouille (veg.)** + snacks & drinks 🌟 13:00 — **Redwood Forest** ✨ 13:30 — **Meditation** – ground & breathe 🦘 14:00 — **River walk** **-** Explore & river bend 🚐 15:00 — **Scenic drive** back through the ranges 🌸 16:00 — **Country Shed** – taste & stock up 🏙️ 18:00 — Return to **Melbourne** with a heart full of memories 📍 Drop-off: Hammer Hall, Melbourne \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **💰 How to Book?** Secure your spot with a **$99 transfer** **Please note:** An RSVP alone does not secure your spot — only a transfer confirms your place on the trip. Thanks for understanding! 🔹 **PayID:** 0414 661 458 🔹 **Bank Transfer:** **NAME:** KARAPETIAN G **BSB:** 013233 **ACCOUNT:** 226325836 **Ref:** Don 🌟 **Limited spots available—RSVP now!** S*pots are only confirmed once payment is received !!!* \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ❗️**Please Note:** **Payments are only credited or refunded if the event is canceled or rescheduled by the organizer.** In all other circumstances, payments are **non-refundable and non-transferable**. ❗️Thank you for understanding and supporting the planning involved in creating these experiences! 🌿 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **🎒 What to Bring?** ✔️ **Small thermo bottle for tea** ✔️ **Comfortable hiking shoes (or able to supply, let me know size)** **✔️ Wind/water-resistant jacket**🧥 ✔️ **Long pants & long sleeves** 🌿 ✔️ **Hat/beanie/gloves** 🧢 ✔️ **A positive mindset & big smile!** 😊 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- 📢 **Questions?** Feel free to **DM me anytime!** 📩 ✨ **Let’s make this an adventure to remember** \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Visit our sources: https://www.facebook.com/groups/812911556223655/?ref=share Instagram: nogeography.hike.kayak https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/no-geography-hike-and-kayak/ \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **\*\*\*Step Into Stillness — Hike, Breathe, Taste\*\*\*** \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **LIABILITY WAIVER** The organizer of this group cannot accept any liability for any loss, damage, injury, or accident to participants or their property at this event. By participating in this event, you're taking responsibility for your own safety and well-being. By joining this event you agree to these terms. ## **COVID-19 Safety Measures** * The event host is instituting the above safety measures for this event. * Please do not attend if you are experiencing any flu-like symptoms, such as fever, cough, or sore throat. * If you have recently tested positive for COVID-19 or have been in close contact with someone who has, we kindly ask that you refrain from attending. * Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in keeping our community safe!

Join us at the Dutch restaurant Mokum in Brunswick for dinner. They serve food from across the Netherlands and the former Dutch colonies including Surinam and the Dutch West Indies. As usual please pay Alex a $10 deposit with your name on the reference. His account details are in the question asked when you confirm attendance.

Many people are now hearing about Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, including legal treatment pathways in Australia through authorised medical practitioners. At the same time, there are people who have had significant psychedelic experiences outside formal clinical settings and have nowhere grounded to talk about what happened afterwards. What seems less available is a simple, open space where people who have had, are considering, or are trying to make sense of these experiences can talk with others who understand that psychedelic experiences can be serious, complex, deeply personal, and sometimes difficult to explain to people who have not been through something similar. This meetup is intended as a grounded, respectful peer conversation for people who are trying to make sense of a past psychedelic experience, whether it occurred through a legal therapeutic pathway, a retreat, an underground setting, or personal use. People may come to these experiences through many different life circumstances, including depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, grief, heartbreak, existential questions, or a sense that something in their life needs to change. The focus is not on substances themselves. The focus is on integration: what happened afterwards, what changed, what became clearer, what became harder, what still feels unresolved, and how people are carrying the experience into their everyday life. We’ll meet casually at Fitzroy Gardens in East Melbourne for an informal outdoor gathering. There is no set agenda. The aim is conversation, connection, listening, and respectful discussion around meaning, mental health, trauma, grief, identity, relationships, spirituality, confusion, insight, and life after a powerful experience. Some people may describe their experience as healing or transformative. Others may feel unsettled, disappointed, overwhelmed, or unsure what to do with it. All of that is welcome. Depending on the group size, we may split into two informal spaces: 1. **A listening circle** A quiet, structured space where people can share their story without interruption, fixing, advice-giving, debate, diagnosis, or analysis. 2. **A casual discussion group** A more open space for free-flowing conversation, questions, reflections, and connection. You are welcome to share as much or as little as you like. You can also simply come to listen. Please bring your own brunch, water, chair, picnic rug, or anything else you need to feel comfortable outdoors. **Important boundaries** This is a peer-based social and educational gathering only. This event is not a substitute for professional care. No photographs of attendees are to be taken during the event. This event does not facilitate, encourage, organise, recommend, supply, sell, exchange, or discuss how to access illegal substances. No promotion of any type of services will be allowed.

Join us for the Summer edition of [Nature Loving Fest](https://www.facebook.com/events/1575999320350910/), a small, thoughtfully curated outdoor gathering celebrating vibrant vegan eats, handmade goods, and the fullness of the season. Formerly known as our Vegan Pop-Up, this gathering continues to grow as a space rooted in nature, community, and intentional living. Expect around 20 + local vendors offering refreshing seasonal vegan dishes, small-batch bakes, handcrafted goods, and earth-conscious products. This is a welcoming space to slow down, connect, and enjoy the warmth and abundance of summer. Come support local makers, share good food, and celebrate the height of summer with us. Admission is Free.

Join us for a fun and relaxing brunch at Carfagna’s! Come enjoy delicious Italian food, great conversation, and a chance to connect with other amazing women in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Whether you’re new to the group or a familiar face, we’d love to see you there. Please RSVP early so we can plan seating. Looking forward to a great brunch together!

**Pagans on the Patio! Summer/Fall Series** A casual gathering the first Thursday of each month. Time to relax, meet new people, and reconnect with old friends. There is no charge for the event itself and all are welcome but there are a few guidelines: 1. **You are expected to purchase food and/or drink to compensate the Cantina and our server.** 2. **No soliciting. Do not bring samples of your wares or brochures of your services.** 3. **Please respect the spiritual and political views of others that are present. No disruption of the peace.** In case of inclement weather, we will find seating indoors. I hope to see you there. Blessed be! \~ Cynthia ❤️---

Come join us for lunch together at Bendi Wok, one of my favorites!

Let’s check out this Mediterranean restaurant in Clintonville. Parking is the back or on the side streets. Check out the menu; https://allorakitchenbar.com/dinner/