Lonely PlanetSep 3
12 Things to Know Before Going to Melbourne
With top tips on everything from gratuity and transit to health and safety, here
Historic gold rush city for day trips.
16 things in this story
- Royal Botanic GardensGardenGardens with First Nations guided tours.
- Koorie Heritage TrustMuseumIt holds over 100,000 items in its collection from paintings and artefacts through to books, videos and photographs.
- Yarra ValleyNeighborhoodWinery-packed region for day trips.
- BallaratNeighborhoodHistoric gold rush city for day trips.
- Chapel StreetNeighborhoodRetail zone stretching from South Yarra to Windsor.
- Hosier LaneSightGraffiti-covered laneway in the CBD.
- Melbourne Cricket GroundSightVenue for Australian Rules football.
- FitzroyNeighborhood
- RichmondNeighborhood
- CarltonNeighborhood
- Flinders Street StationTrain station
- Bunjilaka section of Melbourne MuseumMuseum
- Elsewhere
- Aunty Peg’sRestaurantCollingwood, AustraliaTop-notch third-wave coffee outlet.
- Swan StreetNeighborhoodRichmond, AustraliaStreet in Richmond with dining and shopping.
- Brunswick StreetNeighborhoodFitzroy, AustraliaStreet in Fitzroy with dining and shopping.
- Smith StreetNeighborhoodCollingwood, AustraliaStreet in Collingwood with dining and shopping.