WMT media releases
Namaste Westside Set To Welcome Indian Visitors To Melbourne’s West
Nov 24th, 2023
Melbourne’s St Albans Lunar Festival Returns in 2024 with Spectacular Celebrations
September 2023
Westside Wanders kicks off as part of MFWF
Mar 20th, 2023
Melbourne’s west in the Media
Werribee Park Receives Prestigious Green Flag Award
November 16th, 2023
A huge congratulations to Parks Victoria for achieving the Green Flag Award – the international mark of quality parks and greenspaces, for its management of Werribee Park. A well deserved honour.
Festivals Galore in the West
October 12th, 2023
As we enter the last quarter of the year, the west of Melbourne is abuzz with festivals and Western Melbourne Tourism has been curating a festival season hit-list.
National Award for Night Market
September 18th, 2023
A huge congratulations to Wyndham City Council and the Tarneit Firefly Market organising team for winning Australia’s Best Small Event at the 2023 Australian Event Awards!
My tiny suburb is 7km from the CBD – but nobody seems to know where it is
May 7, 2023
Question: You’re walking down an almost deserted street, on one side you can see rabbits frolicking in a huge empty block, on the other the city’s oldest continually operating industrial estate….
Braybrook and Sunshine prove ‘west is best’
Apr 16th, 2023
Shane Delia heads out to the Western Suburbs, to check out the scrumptious pastizzis in what is known as ‘Little Malta’ on Postcards 2023.
Ube, Halo Halo and Lechon — how Filipino foodies are making their mark in Melbourne’s west
April 8, 2023
The fusion of Filipino-inspired desserts and street-style barbecues has become popular in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
Put Zest in the West
June 30, 2022
Melbourne’s west was hit ‘disproportionately’ hard by Covid lockdowns and needs to address an ‘image problem’ to become stronger, a study to be released on Thursday reveals…
Previous WMT news
PRIME Mentoring Program for Melbourne’s West
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Supporting The Sun
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What’s new in Melbourne’s West
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Westside Crawls Wrap Up
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Hanging Local Scavenger
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Covid Westside – Entertainment from Home
Still Loving the West In challenging times like these it’s important that we all support…
Covid Westside – Food from Home
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Still Loving the West – Covid Westside
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The Making of David Greybeard
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