Guidebook for Melbourne
Food Scene
Manchester Press
8 Rankins LnWant to know why Melbourne coffee is renown?
A modern Japanese fusion restaurant - be sure to queue up early!
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Calia Emporium
287 Lonsdale StA modern Japanese fusion restaurant - be sure to queue up early!
This place has been here for years and still continues to serve good Cantonese food
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Rose Garden BBQ
435 Elizabeth StThis place has been here for years and still continues to serve good Cantonese food
Casual michelin-star cantonese restaurant from Singapore - try their pork ribs or BBQ pork!
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Hawker Chan
157 Lonsdale StCasual michelin-star cantonese restaurant from Singapore - try their pork ribs or BBQ pork!
Drinks & Nightlife
Lui Bar
525 Collins StAmazing views, plush couches and charming bartenders.
Brunswick St/Gertrude St #13 station
Where the hipsters hang!
Arts & Culture
State Library Victoria
328 Swanston StParliament Gardens
531 Albert StSt Paul's Cathedral
Flinders StreetOne of Melbourne city's landmark churches
I-National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda RdMelbourne Museum station
Hamer Hall, Melbourne
100 St Kilda RdArts Centre Melbourne
100 St Kilda RdPrincess Theatre
163 Spring StI-Theatre kaHer Majesty
219 Exhibition StAthenaeum Theatre
188 Collins StRegent Theatre
191 Collins StSightseeing
Degraves Street
Degraves StreetFamous laneway with cafes and restaurants
Royal Arcade
335 Bourke StBlock Arcade
282 Collins StA heritage shopping arcade
Flinders Street Station - Stop 4
Iconic heritage train station
Indlu Yezibonelo YaseNkosi
9 Nicholson StParks & Nature
Royal Botanic Gardens
Birdwood AvenueTan Track
Tan TrackWant a jog? This is a famed running track amongst locals
Everything Else
Beautiful gardens (recommend Alfred Nicholas Gardens and Rhodedendrum Gardens), walking tracks and cosy cafes/restaurants (queue up for Miss Marples tea room)! There's also an extremely popular fitness track called 1000 Steps. Feed rosellas and cockatoos at Grants Picnic Ground in Sherbrooke. You could also go to SkyHigh which is the top of the mountain and take a view of all of Melbourne.
For the kids, you could go on the Puffing Billy steam train which goes around a heritage railway track.
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Mount Dandenong
Beautiful gardens (recommend Alfred Nicholas Gardens and Rhodedendrum Gardens), walking tracks and cosy cafes/restaurants (queue up for Miss Marples tea room)! There's also an extremely popular fitness track called 1000 Steps. Feed rosellas and cockatoos at Grants Picnic Ground in Sherbrooke. You could also go to SkyHigh which is the top of the mountain and take a view of all of Melbourne.
For the kids, you could go on the Puffing Billy steam train which goes around a heritage railway track.
Essentials
This one's a little small but probably one of closest to the apartment for getting quick and easy items
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Woolworths Metro Literature Lane
201 La Trobe StThis one's a little small but probably one of closest to the apartment for getting quick and easy items
Woolworths QV
Swanston StreetThis Woolies is much larger and should have all your needs!
ALDI Melbourne CBD
501 Swanston StA low cost grocery store which is also really close-by
Asian groceries all in one place! This is literally at our doorstep
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Hometown Asian Supermarket
440 Elizabeth StAsian groceries all in one place! This is literally at our doorstep