COMMUNITY & BELONGING

Belonging in Melbourne

Run clubs, language nights, board games and the quiet art of making friends as an adult.

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How to Make Friends in Melbourne as an Adult

Making friends as an adult in Melbourne is a logistics problem, not a personality one. Here is the honest version of what works: repetition, low stakes, and showing up more than once.

By Edie Sandoval11 June 20265 min

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