Past Melbourne Classes
Take a look back at the classes we’ve run in Melbourne.
Past Melbourne Classes
Couch Adventures: Tour Cuba with Meagan (Online)
So, you thought travel had come to a halt. Hell –no. Grab your hat and come on this virtual tour of Cuba. This tour will offer an insight into the country’s history, give you a taste of salsa, a sip of mojito and a touch of rumba. After this virtual tour you will be…
Finding Your Voice: Intro to Singing with Alex (Online)
Everyone has a voice! This highly interactive introduction to basic vocal skills will provide you with an insight into the human voice as well as exercises to further develop your singing skills! This class is designed for those that love to sing in the shower who want to know a little more about how the…
Learn to Make Handmade Fettuccine Carbonara with The Pasta Hotline
The simple act of making pasta is a wholesome goal for lots of modern-day food lovers. The process is therapeutic, humbling and a great way to impress your dinner party guests! After this class, you’ll be able to entertain with ease, using this delicious yet not too difficult handmade Fettuccine Carbonara, that will delight…
Knots Away! Self Massage with Clare (Online)
Do you find yourself needing to work out the aches and pains after a day in the office or an afternoon cooped up in lock down? Why not try a bit of self-massage? Guaranteed to loosen the muscles up and feel amazing! What will we cover? We will cover the basics of how to self…
Watercolour for Beginners: Brush Lettering with Emilie (Online)
Join artist and educator Emilie and learn how to make beautiful watercolour brush calligraphy! Mix the colours and play with the unique quality of watercolour to create flowing illustrations with letters. You can use this technique for cards, posters, or a sweet note to slide under your lockdown neighbours door. Emilie will share tips…
Digitise and Protect your Photos with Sammy (Online)
Want to learn how to create digital copies of your precious memories? Do you want to make sure your family history will be preserved so your great, great grandchildren can view family photos of generations past? In this class you will learn about how to protect and digitise your family photos for future generations. What…
Watercolours for Beginners – The Night Sky with Emilie (Online)
Come and enjoy the wonderful world of watercolour paintings! This beginners class will teach you skills and techniques to create your own piece of watercolour art. You will experiment with colour and shapes to create a beautiful image of The Night Sky! What will we cover? This beginner’s painting class will: Focus on using watercolour…
Building Healthy Relationships with Eddy (Online)
We all have an innate desire to be loved and wanted, both platonically and romantically But how do you know if the relationships you have are serving you well? Come along to the workshop held by Boutique Psychology to see how you can both improve relationships and identify and unhealthy relationships. What will we cover?…
Feldenkrais: Free the Neck (Chair Version) with Ralph (Online)
Do you find you wake up with a stiff neck? Or maybe your neck aches a little after you've hunched over your laptop all day? Get a safe and easy fix for neck tension and stiffness using the ingenious Feldenkrais movement exercises. Come and spend your lunch break with us as we help you free…
Calligraphy For Beginners with Rachel (Online)
Come and learn the art of calligraphy! Calligraphy is the art of creating beautifully constructed letters and it is a super handy skill to have. You can use calligraphy to write your wedding invitations, make impressive looking signs or pen beautiful notes to the love of your life. Come and learn the beautiful art form of…
Bee a Pollinator! Native bees with Katrina (Online)
Bee a pollinator! Join bee guru Katrina to learn about our fascinating native bees and how to promote biodiversity in your own backyard. Discover how to spot a native bee, understand their important role in pollinating your garden veggies and learn how to create the ultimate native bee paradise in your garden for…
City Precinct Members – Knots Away! Self Massage with Clare
What’s it all about? Do you find yourself needing to work out the aches and pains after a day in the office or an afternoon on the sports field? Why not try a bit of self-massage? Guaranteed to loosen the muscles up and feel amazing! What will we cover? We will cover the basics of…
Discover Your Personal Colour with Rachel (Online)
Do rich, warm colours suit your complexion or can you rock pure black and white? In this class you'll learn how to analyse our own personal colour palette and how to utilise that knowledge to achieve the best look. Get the top tips for your personalised colour, including clothes, make-up and even hair. Come…
The Queen of Spanish Tapas: Tortilla with Maria (Online)
What’s it all about? If you’ve ever been to Spain, you couldn’t possibly have missed the (Spanish) tortilla. However if you haven’t made it to Spain before, you might be wondering is that a Mexican tortilla, or is it a Spanish fritatta? Well no… it’s made with simple ingredients, potatoes and eggs and it’s…
Watercolour for Beginners: Creative Cards with Emilie (Online)
Join artist Emilie and learn to make your own creative cards with watercolours. Emilie will guide you through the steps and methods for applying and manipulating watercolours, as well as tricks and tips to create some beautiful effects. You'll finish the class with a card to gift a loved one in lockdown! What will we cover? This…
Learn to Make Vegan Cheese with Elodie (Online)
If you have ever tried to give up dairy cheese, you know how hard it can get! Unfortunately, non-dairy cheeses from shops can either be very expensive or less appealing than dairy cheeses. The good news is, you can make your own at home and impress your friends with a vegan cheese board at your next…
Tension – The Art of Shibari with Ash & Harley (Online)
Join us for a guided journey into the exciting world of rope bondage. Designed for curious, caring creatures, this class will explore the artform’s potential for profound intimacy, connection and trust building. We will learn the important foundations of safety and rope-craft before learning some basic yet effective techniques for empowering your inner rope-top. The lesson structure is designed…
Journal Writing for Mindful Living with Ingrid (Online)
Do you need to take a little extra time for yourself, to reduce stress and live more mindfully? In this class, you will learn a self-reflective journal writing process that will meet you where you’re at and will help you to become kinder towards yourself. You’ll be guided to check in with yourself, gain…
Urban Sketching for Beginners: Views from Home with Emilie (Online)
We’ve all heard of urban sketching, a lovely art form creating quick rough sketches while on location, walking around the city or parks. It’s more about the essence of the moment and the fun process than a polished end result. Normally these sketches fill notebooks along with comments and thoughts about the places visited…
Feldenkrais: Ease Your Back (Floor Version) with Ralph
Have some tension in your back you would like to release? Come and join this lunch time workshop and learn some techniques from the Feldenkrais method to help ease your lower back. Feldenkrais are movements that soften, release and ease tension within the body. Knowing these movements can improve your posture, balance and strength. Join Ralph…
Lockdown Cocktails Part 3: Ripe Raspberries with Simon (Online)
We continue our exploration of cocktails on a theme ingredient in Melbourne lockdown 6! This time it's the rouge and booze that's the delicious raspberry. Raspberries are a very flexible ingredient so let's try them in drinks as fresh fruit, as a jam and as a liqueur (Chambord). Get the ingredients and follow…
Rattled to Resilient with Anita (Online)
Anyone else feels like the word ‘resilient’ is being bandied around too much? Resilience isn’t some magical gift endowed on the chosen few, it’s actually a skill you learn, so that you can roll with the punches that life (and COVID) keep throwing our way. Resilient people are able to bounce back from setbacks and…
SOLD OUT – QUEER SOCIAL – Happiness Hacks with delsi (Online)
Life feeling a little challenging right now? Want to find out what the researchers know about happiness? Research shows us that are a bunch of things we can implement within our lives that can boost our happy feels. And if we implement these things regularly it can become a little easier to tackle all that lives…
Cashflow: Where Does Your Money Go? with Scott (Online)
Ever wondered where your money goes? This session will focus on your cash flow management and plans in the short, medium and longer term. Learn how to put together your personal money system to help you achieve a better handle and awareness on your money flow. Plus, get an understanding of personal debt…
Loving Yourself into Wellbeing with Jossy (Online)
Feelings are a natural part of the landscape of human experience. Joy, sadness, excitement, anger. These emotions are intimately woven into the stories of our lives. Some emotions are pleasant and welcome and others and not pleasant nor welcome. Come and learn about loving yourself and how it can help you and your wellbeing.…
Portrait Drawing for Beginners with Emilie (Online)
Come to this drawing class and break the myth about what is often considered the most difficult artistic genre: portraits! Emilie will provide some technical pointers to draw the human faces. Through observation exercises, you’ll learn the basics about proportion, tone and shading. We will try different approaches, draw from observation and from imagination. We…
Indian Home Cooking: Masala Chai & Pakode with Sarita (Online)
A little bit cold in lockdown? Would you like to cozy up with some homemade Masala Chai and delicious onion fritters - otherwise known as Pakode? Have an evening with cooking queen Sarita who will teach you the right way to make the perfect cup of Kadak Indian Chai and delicious savoury fritters called Pakodas. Join…
City Precinct Members – The Joy of Sleep with Thomas
Do you suffer from lack of sleep? Does your mind race at night, leaving you exhausted during the day? Have sleeping problems affected your work, social life or relationships? Come and learn some techniques to get better sleep from recovering insomniac and Doctor of Philosophy, Tom. What will we cover? In…
Watercolour for Beginners – Painting Nature with Emilie (Online)
Come and enjoy the wonderful world of watercolour paintings! This beginners class will teach you skills and techniques to create your own piece of watercolour art inspired from something beautiful from nature. Bring in a flower, leaves or a branch for your inspiration. And then learn techniques and skills to transfer it onto paper. What will…
Happy Houseplants with Patrick (Online)
Is your Ficus flagging? Your Pothos pouting? Does your Hoya look haggard? Well worry no More! Join Patrick to learn the fundamentals of looking after house plants to ensure they are vibrant and happy. What will we cover? The fundamentals of how to care for your house plants, including: Basic plant physiologyWhen and how much…
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