You could argue that Post Malone wouldn’t have the career he has without high-end automobiles.The music video for his break-out hit single, White Iverson (which currently boasts a healthy 914 million+ views on YouTube) notably features a rented Rolls-Royce Ghost doing doughnuts in a dusty paddock. Since then, he’s become one of the most successful musicians of the 21st century – and has gone from just renting nice cars to buying them. Lots of them.His taste is eclectic, to say the least: a Rolls-Royce Cullinan Black Badge with a bright yellow interior; a ghostly white Bugatti Chiron and Lamborghini Aventador SV Roadster; he even has a Subaru WRX for when he wants to fly under the radar (relatively speaking, of course).But he clearly has a taste for American motors – which makes his latest pickup perhaps not so surprising, but respectable nonetheless. Malone (real name Austin Post) took to Instagram yesterday to show off his latest ride: a second-generation Ford GT supercar.

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In production since 2016, the second-generation Ford GT, like the first generation (which was only sold for two years between 2005 and 2006), is a tribute to the legendary GT40 race car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times in a row, immortalised by the film Ford v Ferrari.Unlike the GT40 or the first-gen GT, the current Ford GT is powered not by a V8 but by a 3.5L twin-turbo EcoBoost V6 making 492kW. This decision to go with a V6 was met with skepticism by dyed-in-the-blue Ford fans, and has always made the new GT a somewhat divisive car.But its supermodel looks and impressive performance are nothing to be sneezed at: a top speed of 348 km/h and a 0-100km/h time of just over 3 seconds make it more than a match for anything out of Europe, much like the original GT40. Posty clearly knows a good thing when he sees it.His fans are a fan too, with comments ranging from “lemme borrow” and “that’s sick” to “GT stands for good taste”.Other American monsters in his garage include a Hennessey VelociRaptor 6×6, a fourth-gen Lincoln Continental, a slammed Chevrolet C-10 and a ‘sex spec’ 1992 Ford Explorer with butterfly doors. The Texan does love his domestics.RELATED: Kendall Jenner’s ‘Perfect’ Pickup Truck Shows Celebrity Cars Are Changing For The BetterAutomotive YouTuber James “TheStradman” Condon (who you might remember was the genius behind this tank-tread Aventador) recently took a tour around Posty’s garage with his father Rich Post, where they took a look at even more expensive vehicles – check out the video above.

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Conor McGregor makes a living out of delivering punches. But recently he appears to have received one. The 32-year-old showed this off last night after an intense late-night workout.McGregor proudly showed off the bruise to his face in an Instagram post. He had also had a haircut, which he also shared with his 40.4 million followers. He wrote:

“Getting the hair cut at #mycaligym, after an intense late night workout. Demand the best of yourself!”

From “the king is back” to “Ireland stand up we’re about to do it again” many followers appeared excited by the message (if not the ‘call to iron’ part).Scrolling along the series of images McGregor uploaded to the post, viewers gained a glimpse of some of the exercises he completed during this nocturnal muscle bashing.Namely: box jumps and sled pushing.

Weirdly enough, the sled pushing looks to have taken place on concrete.

McGregor also appears to have done some sparring too (either that same night or a previous one), showing off a black eye. This could be courtesy of his sparring partner Dylan Moran.

For those curious about how the MMA meteorite and trolley throwing fiend is keeping fit in preparation for his upcoming fight (the final joust in his trilogy with Dustin Poirier), he hasn’t been short of fitness content on Instagram lately.He hasn’t just been cruising for a bruising in a ring. In recent weeks McGregor has shown followers everything from him cruising the streets on a bike to smashing the core workout most men skip to doing some “big pumpin” bench press.

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Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier 3 will take place at the T-Mobile Arena on July 10, 2021, at UFC 264.

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There has been a lot of noise surrounding Australia’s vaccine situation. From your local silver foxes and vixens proudly posting ‘prick pics’ to Facebook (not that kind) to your local politicians defending the slow nature of the rollout (or criticising it, depending on your electorate), to conspiracy theorists babbling about Bill Gates’ plan to rule the world via an incredibly inefficient distribution program… it’s been a whirlwind year and a half.

But now, as we start to realise getting vaccine rates up is key to allowing people other than Scott Morrison to make ancestral trips overseas, business people back to drinking champagne at exotic conferences, influencers back sipping cocktails abroad and international students to once again come and prop up our universities, we are realising we probably ought to speed things up.

As The New York Times wrote in its weekly newsletter on June the 17th, “Australia and so many of the countries in Asia that led the world in containing the coronavirus are now stuck languishing in the race to put it behind them.”

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Unfortunately, this is proving difficult as we were relatively slow, compared to many other countries, to secure vaccine deals. On top of that, the main vaccine we have secured access to (the AstraZeneca vaccine) has suffered some hiccups around public messaging.

A leading health expert recently told Weekend Today that there has been a “great failure in the procurement and supply” of vaccines in Australia. 9News reports that these comments come amid “reports of bungles in distribution leading to vaccines going to waste, while other distributors are unable to meet their demand.”

The expert – adjunct Professor at UNSW and Strategic Health Consultant, Professor Bill Bowtell – also told Weekend Today that since the announcement that the AstraZeneca vaccine was no longer recommended for Australians under 60s, the rate of those getting the jab has fallen “just at the time when we need the vaccine rate to be going up,” 9News reports.

“Unfortunately we’re seeing very low vaccination rates. The rate has fallen in the last few days since the change in advice.”

“We’re going into winter with Australians three-point-something totally vaccinated.”

“We’ve got this dangerous Delta variant coming in through the airport that we saw the other day in Sydney. This is very serious,” he added.

We need to put the risk of death from AZ vaccine into better perspective compared to benefits of the vaccine. If you are over >70 yrs and get infected with Covid, you have a higher that 1 in a 100 chance of dying compared to 1 in 2 million chance of dying after AZ vaccine. pic.twitter.com/aUtAaqZZMy

— Peter Collignon (@CollignonPeter) June 21, 2021

Bowtell also said: “We’ve got a real lack of confidence in what’s been said by the various authorities” and that he thinks “that’s increasing vaccine hesitancy.”

“The problem is one of supply. Of course, the best thing would be if we could have a vaccination rate that was remotely similar to the vaccination rates now in the UK, the US, Canada, Spain and so on, but we don’t.”

The latest statistics from The New York Times’ vaccine tracker paint a picture much in need of improvement.

Last updated at the time of writing (June the 22nd), the tracker shows that Australia has a puny percentage of fully vaccinated people when compared to other countries’.

As was pointed out on the ABC’s Q&A program in May, Australia had at the time vaccinated roughly 1.7% of its population against COVID-19. That paled in comparison to the United States’ 40% and even lesser developed nations like Kazakstan’s 5% vaccination rates, as they stood at the time.

Though we are now, at the time of writing, up to 3.4% fully vaccinated, the point still stands. Kazakstan is now up to 8.9% fully vaccinated (with 15% having had their first jab). The US is now up to 45% fully vaccinated, with 53% of their population having had their first jab.

One positive sign is that 22% of Australians have had one jab. So – barring a sudden change of heart – we should soon see that fully vaccinated 3.4% start climbing. The bad news? With only 22% having had one jab, we’re not going to see much more than 22% of people fully vaccinated at least for the next couple of months.

For the full breakdown in national vaccine rates, head on over to The New York Times.

Jumping back to Australia, a recent ABC article cleared up a few misconceptions around Australia’s response to COVID, and vaccine rollout, which we think are worth re-iterating.

On Friday the 4th of June the ABC wrote that Australia is “underperforming” when it comes to the vaccine rollout when you compare us to the global average, sitting at around number 113 in the world on May the 26th.

However, that statistic, which has come under the microscope since Labor’s spokesman for Health, Mark Butler brought it up on the ABC’s RN Breakfast program on May the 26th (and then Tweeted about it), does not quite give a full picture of how fully vaccinated a population is, given some vaccines require two shots to work, while others just need one prick of the needle, the ABC reports.

Australia is ranked 113th in the world in the vaccine rollout. Scott Morrison said we were at the ‘front of the queue’ but we’re so far back we can’t even see the front of the queue. pic.twitter.com/oboqCrZQWh

— Mark Butler MP (@Mark_Butler_MP) May 26, 2021

As the ABC reports, “According to Our World in Data, Australia ranked 105th when it came to the share of the population who had received at least one vaccine dose.”

“As for the share of the population who had been fully vaccinated, Australia – which had fully vaccinated just under 2 per cent of people at the time of Mr Butler’s claim – ranked 124th.”

“Recent data from Johns Hopkins University, meanwhile, puts Australia in 84th place when it comes to the percentage of the population that is fully vaccinated.”

“With close to 500,000 people having had both jabs, Johns Hopkins rates Australia’s vaccination effort as being below the global average” (ABC).

In other words: we’re not doing quite as badly as 113th anymore, but we’re still performing “below the global average.”

The ABC has also debunked the myth that 210 Australians have died as a result of getting vaccinated, a claim that has been shared on social media.

According to the TGA report, “the 210 deaths in question occurred ‘following immunisation’, not necessarily as a direct result of it,” (ABC).

“The April death of a 48-year-old woman, who died in hospital after developing thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), is the only death which has been linked to COVID-19 vaccines in Australia.”

The ABC also shared a quote from the TGA’s latest safety report: “Apart from the single Australian case in which death was linked to TTS, COVID-19 vaccines have not been found to cause death.”

The ABC also pointed out that the TGA “uses its adverse event-reporting system to closely monitor reports of death following COVID-19 vaccination.”

The TGA compared expected natural death rates to observed death rates following immunisation, the reports adds, stating: “To date, the observed number of deaths reported after vaccination is actually less than the expected number of deaths.”

Some argue what Australia is missing right now is the same level of diligence and enthusiasm about getting vaccinated as we have about contact tracing, getting tested and isolating.

The New York Times’ Sydney bureau chief Damien Cave made this argument on June the 17th in The Australia Letter, talking about his family’s experience of being caught up in Sydney’s latest COVID outbreak.

“The good news is that Australia (at the state level) has become extremely sharp when it comes to outbreak management,” Cave wrote. “I was able to get tested late Wednesday night in a suburb of Canberra, and my negative result arrived a few hours later with a text message at 3:07 a.m.”

“In Sydney, my wife’s visit to a busy pop-up clinic had her in and out in record time.”

“The health workers we called to report ourselves as potential contacts were also polite and reasonable. They all seemed to have the same matter-of-fact tone of Gladys Berejiklian, the New South Wales premier, tamping down panic while pleading for patience.”

But then an interaction Cave had with a contract tracer called Andrew opened his eyes to, in his view, Australia’s problem.

“But at one point, while talking to Andrew, the friendly and thorough contact tracer in New South Wales whom my wife and I both spoke to Wednesday night, I started to see the problem,” Cave wrote. “It was when he asked me if I had been vaccinated.”

“‘No,’ I said. ‘I have an appointment for next month.'”

“What I immediately thought (but did not say) was that I could have had a shot sooner. Because of an error with the state’s online registration process that had allowed anyone to sign up, I’d made an earlier appointment before I was technically eligible. I canceled a few minutes later. It didn’t feel right.”

“I’d given up my spot (which would have made me fully vaccinated by now) for the same reason I was talking to Andrew: I wanted to do my part, to keep the system fair, to serve that same collective spirit that made Australia do so well with Covid’s first phase.”

“Andrew seemed to share that ‘mateship’ ethos. He told me, with the cheer of a music lover who had just scored concert tickets, that he had just gotten an AstraZeneca jab. He was quite happy to hear that I had signed up for a vaccination of my own, in my case, the Pfizer shot.”

“He was so happy in fact that it made me realize what was missing from the public debate. Enthusiasm for the promise of a vaccinated community – that’s what he exuded.”

“It’s what animated our conversation even at 10:30 p.m., and it is what Australian officials, from the prime minister on down, have somehow lost the ability to conjure up.”

“Where are the officials and celebrities, I wondered, rallying ‘Team Australia,’ asking everyone to pitch in by embracing vaccinations? Where is the cheer squad shouting ‘how great is this,’ crowing about how vaccines can bring countries and the world back together?”

A question we all need to answer. Maybe we shouldn’t be mocking those silver foxes after all?

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There’s nothing quite like a hot shower in the middle of winter… And there’s nothing quite as bad as when someone puts on the washing machine or starts doing the dishes while you’re enjoying one.But one Melbourne family man isn’t worried about that. Indeed, he’s made a habit of having freezing cold showers instead – a simple yet bracing activity that could actually be the key to better physical and mental health.Father of two Peter Leary has been taking cold showers outside for the last two years after reading an article suggesting that immersion in cold water could help protect the brain against neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s, a disease which affects his own mother and one he’s desperate to avoid, ABC News reports.There’s evidence to suggest that this sort of cold water shock therapy is good for one’s neuroplasticity, and can even help produce a so-called ‘cold shock’ protein that can slow the onset of dementia, the report relates. Leary also suggests that showering outside in cold water has had other impacts on his health, reporting that his motivation has increased and he has more control over his anxiety, as well as suggesting that he hasn’t had a common cold or the flu since he started his daily cold shower ritual.It seems like a needlessly bizarre thing to attempt (and downright silly considering Melbourne’s notoriously fickle and cold weather), but cold water therapy like this could be the key to improving a wide range of health outcomes.

Cold water immersion has been shown to do everything from helping stimulate fat loss and improving one’s immune response to reducing stress levels and kickstarting endorphin production. It’s also a way of practising mindfulness and can help build mental fortitude.It’s why the Wim Hof Method, pioneered by the Dutch extreme athlete of the same name and a favourite of ‘health hackers’ like Joe Rogan and Dave Asprey, has gained significant popularity in recent years. (Asprey’s also famously a fan of cryotherapy chambers.)The controversial method revolves around frequent cold exposure and breathing exercises, and while it can be rather dangerous – some practitioners have died attempting the method – the results seem rather miraculous.RELATED: I Tried Australia’s Most Picturesque Sauna. It Ruined Me For LifeIn this way, we can think of Leary’s cold shower technique as a far less intense, simpler yet similarly effective way to incorporate cold water therapy into your daily routine. Plus, you save on heating bills, we suppose.

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We all know coffee is a miracle drink – if only because the caffeine it supplies us helps us get through a busy day.But coffee’s not just good for perking you up: there’s a wealth of scientific research to suggest that regular coffee consumption can do everything from reducing the risk of getting multiple sclerosis or coronary artery calcium; offer protection against type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s; and can not only act as a painkiller in its own right but can even boost the effect of other painkillers.Now there’s yet another string to coffee’s metaphorical bow: drinking up to three or four cups of coffee a day reduces your risk of developing and dying from chronic liver diseases, a new study by the University of Southampton has found, CNN reports. Take that, coffee haters.Founder of Bulletproof Coffee and well-known ‘health hacker’ Dave Asprey was quick to promote this report, quipping on Instagram that you should “tag a friend who punched himself in the face by giving up coffee ‘to be healthy’.”

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The study suggests that coffee drinkers were 21% less likely to develop chronic liver disease, 20% less likely to develop chronic or fatty liver disease, and 49% less likely to die from chronic liver disease than non-coffee drinkers. Both ground caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee apparently provide a benefit, as well as even instant coffee.RELATED: ‘Just Plain Wrong’: Australian Baristas Reveal The Orders That Make Them Lose All Respect For You“Coffee is widely accessible, and the benefits we see from our study may mean it could offer a potential preventative treatment for chronic liver disease,” Dr Oliver Kennedy, the study’s author, relates.

“This would be especially valuable in countries with lower income and worse access to healthcare and where the burden of chronic liver disease is highest.”

Of course, not all coffee is created equal – and depending on how you take your coffee, your mileage may vary. Enjoying as much as 3 or 4 long blacks a day might do you good, but knocking back even a single Starbucks-esque, heavily sugared or cream-filled coffee a day could contribute to adverse health outcomes.Also: caffeine addiction is a great way to ruin your sleep cycle and give you anxiety.But still: this study provides yet more evidence that if you keep to a reasonable level of consumption, and coffee works for you and your lifestyle, there’s no reason to give coffee up simply because “it’s unhealthy.”Put that in your cup and drink it.

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Smoking. Poisoning your enemies. Populism. Leaving your car idling with the hazard lights on while popping into the newsagent to buy cigarettes. Annually throwing 40 metric tonnes of tomato down the drain. Paying for sun loungers on the beach. Calling thongs “flip flops.”

There are a lot of European habits Australia has (arguably) done well to avoid.

There is one we might be able to learn something from though: sunbathing.

Before we get into it, this comes with a big red disclaimer: there is good reason sunbathing is different in Australia.

As many tourists have found out: waddle around with your shirt off in Sydney’s Hyde Park in December and you’ll receive a nasty red rash, not a luscious brown tan (not that brown tans are good for your skin either).

Fall asleep on the beach in Manly or Coolangatta and you’ll wake up looking like a lobster, not a greek god or goddess.

The analogies continue.

But there are some aspects to European sunbathing Australians can learn from. This is summed up well, we believe, by the following photo, taken by Carlos de Andres on the stairways of Madrid’s Retiro Park.

Though elitists might say the plastic bags lower the tone of the photo, we reckon this image is a classy classic, much in the same way Julio Iglesias washing down his KFC Family Bucket with a bottle of Château Lafite-Rothschild on his private jet in 1986 was a classy classic…

To clarify: we are not suggesting you should go sunbake in Western Australia’s Marble Bar as if you’re in Madrid. In fact, we’re not suggesting you sunbake at all.

As Craig Sinclair, Chair, Public Health Committee, Cancer Council Australia, said in 2017: “In summer most of us get enough Vitamin D through incidental sun exposure – deliberate excess sun exposure, even for those with Vitamin D deficiency, is never recommended.”

He went on to say: “Two in three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime. Sunscreen has been proven to prevent skin cancer, including the most deadly type – melanoma.”

Again, to clarify, sunbathing is not good for you. Neither is sunbaking. Don’t do it.

That said, there are still some interesting aspects to the devil-may-care mentality of European sunbathing we believe many Australians could learn from. Yes: they have the luxury of being more laissez-faire about it, having more of an ozone layer. But you can take the ~philosophy~ underpinning this photo and apply it to other areas of your life, even if you don’t start going out and cooking yourself.

What do we mean by philosophy?

Living in the moment, spontaneity, wringing out maximum enjoyment from minimal resources, taking pleasure in the simple things. Not feeling guilty about being a little bit selfish. Why? In the long run, taking that ‘sick day’ to marinate on the balcony (or if you care about your potential melanoma prospects, read a book indoors), is better for both you and your business, if it helps keep your mental health in a good place.

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But back to the European sunbathing philosophy. What can we learn from it? What does it look like? We’ll put it this way: listening to a cliché Youtube house music mix on a London rooftop, while lying on a towel, on cement, with a couple of beers, can be just as enjoyable as a stay in a luxury northern NSW Airbnb. No hassle, no planning, just: “Oh, the thermometer isn’t frosty today!”…

Or using your shirt as a pillow and drinking store-bought Coca-Cola, as per the photo that inspired this article in Madrid. Not healthy for the body, but a potential opiate for the mind…

The above photo of summer 2020 in Seville shows a sunbather in Spain adapting to last year’s lockdowns. With summer 2021 now in full swing and Europe in some ways improving (and in others not out of the woods) it will be interesting to see how things unfold this year.

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Europe’s sunbathing philosophy can also be applied to your holidays in Australia, whilst borders remain closed. Simple is often better, and a good holiday is often about who you’re with (and what you eat). Also: improvising can be very rewarding (unless you have a specific challenge you want to tick off, the completion of which can be another source of satisfaction).

Food for thought, anyway…

For more tips on how to look after yourself in 2021, look below.

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Shoes are an absolute essential for any man. After all, the last thing we want is to spend our hard-earned cash on expensive shoes only for them to tear the next day after a sweet night out.

From oxfords to loafers to boots, the vast range of shoes available out there can be very intimidating to think about, so to help you out we’ve scoured the city to bring you best shoe stores Melbourne has to offer.

124 Shoes

124 Shoes is a store that exudes Italian vibes from top to bottom. Marketing themselves as ‘authentic shoes, not for the ordinary’, every product they have in store is handpicked from Italy’s finest labels and made by second and third generation shoemakers that have used traditional artisan techniques to make the finest shoe possible. You’ll find a diverse selection of laced shoes, boots, sneakers and loafers to keep those feet happy all year round.

Brands: Alexander Motto, Antonito Maurizi, Area Forte, BB Washed, Buttero, Conflict for Interest, Ella Maurizi, Ink, Loake, Marsell, Moma, Officina Creative, Philippe Model, Preventi, Primabase, Rapero, Satori Gold, Shoto, The Last Conspiracy, The Wrong Shoe.

Address: 16-30 Russell Pl, Melbourne, 3000

Phone: 03 9662 2941

Sneakerboy

If you’re a man who loves making memorable experiences, Sneakerboy is the way to go. Their luxury kicks come from some of the biggest brands to date including Balenciaga, Adidas, Lanvin and Raf Simons. What sets this place apart from its competitors is the unique shopping experience.

The store acts as a showroom display of sorts as you try on the sneakers then make the purchase online. With a bit of patience, the sneakers will arrive on your doorstep in no time.

Brands: Common Projects, Alexander McQueen, Raf Simons, Filling Pieces, Golden Goose, Asics, Undercover, Adidas Originals by Hyke, Adidas, Buscemi, Balenciaga, Puma, Off-White, Y3, Pony, Giuseppe Zanotti, Nike, Lanvin, Balenciaga, Kris Van Assche

Address: Shop 1/265 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, 3000

Phone: 03 9650 1933

 Aquila

Aquila is a store that can do no wrong. Although they have expanded into other realms of menswear, their heart and soul still remains strong in their diverse range of quality shoes. Aquila is a good solution or those who don’t want to spend a fortune, and their selection is large enough that you’ll find the perfect pair of shoes whether it be for work or play.

However due to their lower price point, you’ll need to put in a little more extra love and care into maintaining the shoe. They have several locations throughout Melbourne for your convenience along with an online store.

Brands: Aquila

Address: 574 Chapel Street, Melbourne, 3000

Phone: 03 9827 3106

McCLoud Shoes

Located in the heart of Melbourne, McCloud Shoes places a strong emphasis on casual footwear – perfect for any older gentlemen who likes to keep it simple and chic. Your feet are in good hands with the staff at this store, all of whom are extremely knowledgeable about everything  to do with foot candy.

What’s great is that they also offer a repair service where you can do full sole repairs for any of your old shoes that have been overused. At around $500 for a pair it’s definitely an investment, but it’s one you’ll be glad you made.

Brands: Assorted, Barker, Centenario, Cheaney, Church, Cudworth, Florsheim, Georges, RM Williams, Rockport, Romika, Sebago, Secrid, Shelta Australia, Sioux, Aldo Brue

Address: 116 Queen Street, Melbourne 3000

Phone: 03 9670 3386

Double Monk

Those with well lined bank account can do no wrong heading to Double Monk. The crew here offer an entire range of premium shoes that promise both quality and longevity. Boasting an elegant product range is an understatement.

Brands: John Lobb, George Cleverley

Address: 53 Smith Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, 3000

Phone: (03) 9417 3335

Luisa Leather Boutique

Luisa is Melbourne’s no-fuss importer of immaculate men’s footwear direct from Italy. First opened by Stefano Stefani in 1989, the warehouse extends its impressive range to include some of the world’s finest footwear straight off the runway and the latest lookbooks. Conveniently situated on Collins Street, this store has a wide selection of super-polished footwear, perfect for building your formal look.

Brands: Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, DSquared, Lanvin, Stefano Stefani

Address: 161 Collins St, Melbourne, 3000

Phone: 03 9639 4413

Wootten

Wootten is the destination to get your feet into some of the city’s finest handmade men’s shoes. They offer custom-designed footwear, orthotic, prosthetic and engineered sportswear shoes. They can serve up pretty much any demand but we do recommend you guys hit up their online store if you want to speed up the process and get those puppies on your feet a.s.a.p.

Brands: Wooten

Address: 20 Grattan Street, Prahran, Melbourne, 3000

Phone: 03 9510 6503

Christian Kimber

Melbourne based designer Christian Kimber first launched his eponymous menswear label back in 2014, with a small curated collection of footwear and accessories. Today, Christian Kimber is one of the best shoe stores in Melbourne, known for its edgy yet clean aesthetic. Whether you’re looking for fine pair of streetwear sneakers or something more polished for everyday office wear, this Melbourne label designs it all. As well as producing quality footwear, Christian Kimber is also committed to creating more sustainable, durable products geared to last a lifetime.

Brands: Christian Kimber

Address: 264 Johnston Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne VIC 3065

Phone: 03 9486 9690

Florsheim

Florsheim is an international brand that has now made its way to the heart of Melbourne CBD. This footwear brand is so distinct as its designs offer finer details, with each shoe treated with great attention to detail. As one of the finer shoe shops in Melbourne, Florsheim has always had its finger on the pulse regarding the latest trends, ensuring their collection fuses timeless style with modernised alternations. From classic stitching and quality craftsmanship, these shoes come with all the finishing details.

Brands: Florsheim

Address: 175 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Phone: 03 9663 1830

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While electric vehicles (EVs) are quickly becoming more and more common on the world’s roads, Australia still lags far behind virtually all developed nations when it comes to EV take-up, despite the lack of a notable domestic auto industry.Take-up has largely been hampered by a lack of federal incentives or consistent policy regarding EVs. Some states are offering incentives whilst others are in the process of policy planning, but things have been moving at a snail’s place. Until now, at least.New South Wales – the country’s most populated state and biggest individual state economy – has just announced a $490 million package of reforms designed to stimulate uptake of EVs, including a stamp duty waiver, $3,000 rebates for up to 25,000 vehicles under $68,750, spending on charging infrastructure, and deferring a road user charge until 2027, The Driven reports.It’s the biggest and most concrete policy change the country has seen in regards to EVs in a long time, and a move that’s been lauded by consumers and industry players alike. Volkswagen Group Australia managing director Michael Bartsch in particular has called the reforms “logical and progressive” and suggesting that they’ll help Australia leave the “automotive third world”.

That $68,750 figure seems largely shaped by the cost of a Tesla Model 3, Australia’s most popular EV. A base model ‘Standard Plus’ Model 3 starts at around $62,900 – although its ‘Long Range’ and ‘Performance’ trim levels are $77,900 and $89,900 respectively, so no rebates there.Similarly, while luxurious EV options like the Audi e-tron, Jaguar I-PACE or Porsche Taycan will still be eligible for that stamp duty waiver, they’ll miss out on that meaty $3,000 rebate scheme.Still, these new incentives make NSW officially the best place in Australia to buy an EV, beating out the ACT for the most generous incentives in the country. The ACT government offers $15,000 interest-free loans to anyone wanting to buy an EV. You also don’t pay stamp duty and get free rego for 2 years.Victoria is also offering a $3,000 subsidy for more than 20,000 zero-emission vehicles with a sticker price of less than $69,000 – but has come under fire for its controversial and inarguably backward plan to levy a road user charge of 2.5c/km for full battery EVs, and 2c/km for plug-in hybrids.

RELATED: Surprising Car Brand Becomes Unexpected Australian Sales SuccessOne of the concerns about Australia’s slow adoption of EVs – as well as policy stagnation regarding other aspects of modern motoring, such as emissions, fuel quality and taxation – is that Australia will become a ‘dumping ground’ for outdated car technologies and models that wouldn’t be acceptable in other parts of the world, to the detriment of consumers, business and the environment.That’s why this move from the NSW state government is so refreshing. As Australia’s leading state, developments in EV policy NSW will undoubtedly encourage and shape other states to follow suit – and might even encourage the federal government to take a more active role in shaping EV adoption Down Under.

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The following article was produced in partnership with IWC Schaffhausen.

In only a short few decades, the IWC Schaffhausen Big Pilot’s Watch has cemented itself as one of the most iconic watch designs ever made.

First re-introduced back in 2002 and informed by IWC’s long history of producing instrument watches, the Big Pilot is instantly recognisable: the utilitarian, ultra-legible dial, the signature large conical crown and, unsurprisingly, its rather large size… There’s no mistaking a Big Pilot.

When you’ve got such a classic on your hands, there’s a strong temptation to just rest on your laurels. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, right? Well, IWC haven’t done that. 2021 has seen the enterprising Swiss watchmaker introduce a radical and hotly anticipated update to the Big Pilot that’s already caused a stir among watch aficionados.

Meet the IWC Schaffhausen Big Pilot’s Watch 43: an authentic interpretation of the iconic design that maintains everything you know and love about the Big Pilot while introducing a few key innovations many fans have been crying out for.

As the name implies, the Big Pilot’s Watch 43 is 3mm smaller than the classic Big Pilot – still not small by any means, but a much more accessible size for people with smaller wrists or simply for those looking for a more subtle watch diameter. This is a real game-changer and one that makes a hell of a lot of sense in 2021.

Not only has the Big Pilot shrunk a little, but its weight-loss regimen has also seen its date window and power reserve disappear, too, making it a time-only timepiece. This also allows the exceptional finishing of its dark blue and black dials to really ‘pop’. As IWC Creative Director Christian Knoop relates:

“With the Big Pilot’s Watch 43, we have returned to the extreme purity of the original observation watch designed more than 80 years ago and created a simple three-hand watch with no other elements on the dial. Despite its reduced size, the 43-millimetre case combines a bold look with great wearing comfort.”

But the case size isn’t the only exciting thing about the Big Pilot’s Watch 43. The watch now features IWC’s exceptional new EasX-CHANGE strap system, which enables wearers to quickly and easily change the strap and adapt the watch swiftly to different surroundings or activities.

For example, while the Big Pilot’s Watch 43 comes with either the Big Pilot’s famous four-rivet leather strap or a comfortable stainless steel bracelet as standard, the EasX-CHANGE system makes it a doddle to swap in a rubber strap if you were, say, going for a swim – something you can do with added confidence, too, seeing as a revised case construction has bumped the Big Pilot’s Watch 43’s water resistance up to 100m.

That revised case construction has also opened up the back of the watch, allowing the impeccably finished, 60 hour power reserve IWC Calibre 82100 movement to be shown off behind a hardy sapphire crystal back. Because everyone likes to look at the mesmerising mechanics of a watch movement.

That’s really the thesis of the Big Pilot’s Watch 43: it’s a Big Pilot for everyone. People who’ve been intimidated by the large size of the watch will find the smaller size exciting and intriguing, while long-time fans of the brand will appreciate its purity and functionality.

All in all, it’s one of the most exciting chapters in the IWC Big Pilot story yet – and one we’d like to keep reading, over and over again…

Discover the IWC Schaffhausen Big Pilot’s Watch 43 collection here.

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