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
Australia’s first-ever Vietnamese museum is coming to Melbourne
February 11th, 2025
The new cultural landmark will celebrate Vietnamese history, migration, and community.
Australia’s First Ever Vietnamese Museum Has Been Approved For Melbourne’s West
January 29th, 2025
IThe museum will be located in Sunshine and share the stories, traditions and history of the Vietnamese diaspora.
The Best Lunar New Year Events in Melbourne
January 16th, 2025
This year, Lunar New Year falls on Wednesday, January 29, and rings in the Year of the Snake. For many, this is a time to get together with friends and family to wish for good luck and a prosperous year ahead. We’ve rounded up some of the best Lunar New Year festivities on offer across Melbourne, so gather your loved ones and book ahead to ensure you don’t miss out. Kung hei fat choy!
It’s Lunar New Year time
January 1st, 2025
Melbourne’s west is bursting with excitement this January. From Lunar New Year to sunset safaris, the westside is teeming with fun activities for all to start the year. Welcome the year of the wood snake with multiple Chinese New year events across the west, including Sunshine, Wyndham, and Williamstown.
DEEP WEST: Houdini defies gravity in Diggers Rest
July 1st, 2024
In the unassuming town of Diggers Rest, an intriguing piece of history is etched into the landscape. It was here, over a century ago on March 18, 1910, that the legendary Harry Houdini made aviation history. The world-renowned escapologist and magician achieved the first controlled, powered aircraft flight in Australia, soaring briefly but momentously over the fields.
Michael Smith completes his 100th anniversary circumnavigation of Australia
May 19th, 2024
Adventurer Michael Smith touches down after 44 day circumnavigation of Australia in a seaplane, 100 years after it was first done.
‘Mo Po’, Dame Edna’s Hidden Gem of the North is Changing
May 18th, 2024
“In the last few decades, the place has become a hidden gem.. it’s the same radius out of the city as Brunswick, Northcote, Prahran, and I think we’re growing and catching up to those places in nightlife, culture, cafes and being the place to be” (Mayor Pierce Tyson)
Spotlight on Werribee on ABC’s The Conversation Hour
May 14th, 2024
Werribee is in one of Australia’s fastest growing regions. It is also one of our most culturally diverse regions with around 145 different languages spoken. On this episode, Richelle Hunt and Bronwen O’Shea explore the challenges and opportunities of this suburb on the rise.
Sleepless Festival on ABC Evenings
May 8th, 2024
Listen to organiser of Footscray’s highly anticipated Sleepless Festival, Troy Rainbow, on ABC Evenings with David Astle. David and Troy discuss the exciting lineup and events at this year’s festival. Tune in at 2 hrs and 30 mins
Enjoy May in Melbourne’s West
May 8th, 2024
The month of May in Melbourne’s west promises a line up of events and activities to check out, and Western Melbourne Tourism has curated a list of highlights.
How a run-down strip became the most exciting culinary street in the west
April 28th, 2024
Tocca, Old Habits and Tucker’s Sandwiches are just some of the culinary delights on offer in Melbourne’s south-west.
April Fun out West
April 19th, 2024
The month of April is packed with live music, top-notch comedy, and heaps of school holiday activities in Melbourne’s west.
Overnewton Castle on Disrupt Radio
April 7, 2024
Emma Stott, Managing Director of Overnewton Castle speaks about the history of the heritage listed castle and the local area and running a small family business in the world of hospitality and events. (Scroll to 7 April, 6pm)
Marching into good times
March 4th, 2024
Summer festival season is dying down but in the lead up to Easter there’s no shortage of events and activities to check out in the west and Western Melbourne Tourism highlights list.
St Albans, The Diamond of the West, Now Shines and Sparkles
March 2nd, 2024
Centred on a bustling market, St Albans is loved by many people of many cultures, writes Melissa Cunningham.
Eat Drink Westside
February 27th, 2024
Melbourne’s western suburbs are too often neglected. And it is a damn shame because the area is flooded with superb cafes, restaurants, pubs and bakeries. To combat this lack of love and attention, Western Melbourne Tourism has teamed up with Melbourne Food & Wine Festival to run a stacked program of events from Friday, March 15–Friday, March 22.
Western suburbs to greet Indian tourists
December 8th, 2023
Melbourne’s west is home to one of the largest Indian communities in the country, but now efforts are being made to attract Indian tourists to the region rather than just those looking to make it their home.
Namaste Westside is an initiative of Western Melbourne Tourism that has recently secured a Victorian Government Visitor Servicing Fund grant to create a visitor service program for the growing Indian tourism market.
Summer in the west
December 1st, 2023
December is here and with it comes the holiday season and a plethora of activities and events for people to get involved in across Melbourne’s west this December and January. Find out more from us at:
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…
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