For more information on how we use cookies consult our revised Wandering the city of Melbourne at night is fantastic and ghostly. Choose from a four course or seven course menu and don’t skimp on the matched wines – they are well worth it.My favourite brunch spots are Lucky Penny, Drugstore Espresso & Two Birds One Stone (you’ll queue for the latter on weekends) and my favourite wine bar is South Press. Our top tip is to buy a Myki card, which you can use to pay for traveling on the tram, train, or bus. The start of Melbourne’s west, Footscray is one of Melbourne’s most multicultural neighbourhoods, which is said to be home to speakers of more than 35 different languages.
Iconic Melbourne sights include Fed Square, Flinders Street Station, the Queen Victoria Markets (the largest markets in the southern hemisphere) and Hosier Lane, which is Melbourne’s most famous laneway. Founded in 1861, it is Australia’s oldest, largest and most visited art museum.” (Wikipedia) #art #graffiti #melbourne #australia #photography #longexposure“The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Australia. Spinetoli on Toorak Road does beautiful Italian food, from the Le Marche region.With it’s bayside beaches, nightlife and bustling Acland Street, it’s no wonder that St Kilda is one of Melbourne’s most popular tourist destinations. St Thomas & Serotonin Eatery are my favourite spots for brunch.So-hipster-it-hurts Fitzroy is a lot of fun, even when it’s being a little precious. When’s the last time you ventured out of your neighbourhood and explored a part of Melbourne you’d never visited before? Ratio Cocoa Roasters is a compact coffee factory which aims to teach Melburnians to take chocolate just as seriously as they take their coffee, and just around the corner, Code Black Coffee is a great spot for brunch.
The city is a good central base for visiting most of these neighbourhoods, but for more of a local feel while still saying somewhere convenient, I’d recommend staying in Prahan, Richmond or Fitzroy.The Melbourne CBD isn’t just a collection of skyscrapers and government buildings. If starving artists and students are the mascot for the north, AFL players, WAGs and trophy wives are the mascot for the south.Melbourne’s most famous street, Chapel Street, runs all the way from South Yarra, through Prahran and into Windsor. When choosing housing in Melbourne, a good starting point is to consider the kind of lifestyle one is looking for: convenient city living, beachside sun and sand, family-oriented comfort or an alternative, lively area. Here’s a quick guide to help you on your journey. It’s also a design district, with gallery after gallery of furniture, homewares and textiles along Church Street. A Guide to Fitzroy: Melbourne’s Hipster Neighbourhood ETSY February 28, 2016 May 10, 2016 Australia , Hipster Haunts , Lifestyle , Melbourne , Off the Beaten Path , Slow Travel Lonely Planet barely talks about it and it’s not on TripAdvisor’s top 10 things to do in Melbourne, but ask any Melbournian where the hipsters gather and they would definitely direct you to Fitzroy. It’s sports mad, home to the MCG stadium (AFL, cricket, football) and Rod Laver Arena (the Australian Open). Lygon Street is their legacy, which is lined with Italian restaurants and delis. The Bourke Street Mall is famous for shopping, and the city’s best laneways can be found off Flinders Lane, Little Collins Street and Little Bourke.I’ve written a whole post about my favourite restaurants in the Melbourne CBD, but Trattoria Emilia, Oter & San Telmo are a good place to start. Unpopular opinion: the legendary Chin Chin is good, but overrated.My favourite bars in the Melbourne CBD include Punch Lane, Kirk’s Wine Bar and Eau de Vie (pronounced Just across the Princes Bridge from the CBD, Southbank is home to Hamer Hall, the Arts Centre and the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), which I think is the best art gallery in Australia. If you’re looking for somewhere to party and make new friends, St Kilda is your spot. My favourite parts of South Yarra are along Chapel Street, Toorak Road and Commercial Road, which have a nice mix of wine bars, restaurants and boutiques.Atlas Dining is my favourite restaurant in Melbourne. The neighbourhood becomes an expat's immediate community and will shape day-to-day experiences like commuting or, for those with children, schooling.