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Welcome back to another end-of-week Feel-Good Friday roundup: where we bring you a bunch of cool things happening over the next few days we’ve spotted so you can get out there and enjoy your weekend. Man of Many is actually taking today off, after winning Media Brand of the Year at the 2025 Mumbrella Awards (humble brag), but we didn’t want to leave you high-and-dry, so this week we’re delivering you some free breakfast courtesy of Uber Eats, as well as your chance to snag Tassie’s first amphora-rested whisky. What does that mean? Read on and find out.
Welcome to this weeks Feel-Good Friday.
Uber Eats and Harry’s Bondi giving away Free Brekkies
Uber Eats is delivering a new world-first feature Down Under—’Dine Out’, which will give Sydneysiders access to in-venue dining deals. The goal, according to Uber Eats ANZ MD Ed Kitchen (yes, that’s really his name), is to help restaurants fill seats.
In order to celebrate, Uber will be working with Harry’s Bondi to give away 300 free breakfasts: lemon & ricotta croissants with white chocolate and pistachio drizzle, plus a mandarin matcha. All you have to do is get down to Rainbow Studios, Darlinghurst on Saturday morning, 9 August, between 8 and 10 am, and get in line.
If you’re more interested in the ‘Dine Out’ experience, you can expect to see crowd favourites Catalina, Fabbrica, Mary’s and P&V on there, so get out there and get eating.
City2Surf is This Weekend, Has Already Raised $3m
Even though this weekend is set to be a wet one in Sydney, thousands of do-gooders are planning to hit the streets for the world’s largest fun run: The City 2 Surf. Itself having run for 55 years, the City 2 Surf is a staple event in the city’s calendar, and brings people from around Sydney together in a 14 kilometre congested conga line.
Starting at Sydney’s CBD and ending at Bondi Beach, the run is essentially the pre-game for what ends up becoming a beach-side dance party afterwards. All for a good cause, of course. So far this year the C2S has raised $3 million, but has its sights set on $5 million.
Running spots are already booked out, but if you’re keen to head to Bondi on the day and celebrate with the rest of the city, we’d advise you to wear your gumboots and raincoat at least.
Melbourne Welcomes ‘The Artistry’ Festival This Weekend
Down in Melbourne-town, Queen Victoria Market is going to play host the ‘The Artistry’ this weekend: a two-day festival filled with live performances, video game tournaments, a sizeable food market, creative workshops, and a multicultural dance party.
The event actually kicks off on Friday, 8 August, though, with a free co-ordinated drone show in the skies above Birrarung Marr park, which leads into two full days of good times until Sunday, 10 August. With a broad offering, The Artistry Festival caters to effectively anyone that needs something to do this weekend.
At the very least, you could be part of Australia’s largest random play dance: a dance celebration where TikTok moves meet K-Pop fandom. Or just eat some delicious food. Whatever floats your boat, really.
Australia’s First Amphora-rested Whisky Could Be Yours
If you’re used to the idea that whisky is aged in porous, wooden barrels, let me be the first to tell you that there is, in fact, another way. Amphora are a type of vase, traditionally made out of clay or ceramic, typically used in ancient Greece, and it’s being used by Tassie distiller Callington Mill to deliver a fresh spin on whisky.
It’s a 4,000-year-old technique being brought back for modern use, with Callington having aged its first Amphora-rested drop for the past two years in a 350-litre clay amphora—and you could get your hands on one of the first drams bottled.
The distillery is running a ballot to see who’ll get the right to purchase its first-of-a-kind whisky (for AUD$199), which’ll be drawn in three lots between the 11 and 13 August. If that sounds like something you’re interested in, check it out in the link below.
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