Melbourne Lane Art 2026
Class Bento guides will take you around the city of Melbourne and its secret (and famous) lanes, with plenty of time for photographs.
Melbourne Small Street Art
Small street art, on paper, photocopied and glued, has slowly changed the way people think about Melbourne’s laneways over the last few years.
Melbourne’s Italian Cake Cult
Brunetti at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, Brunetti on Flinders Lane, Brunetti in Myer – it’s a cake cult.
Sipping Along Smith Street, Melbourne
I’m not sure if it was because it was a quiet afternoon, or it’s general practice, though every place we visited on Smith St allowed me a little taster from the taps before I committed. Excellent for me as I am very fussy about beer and very ignorant about wine.
lyf Collingwood: Budget Serviced Apartments That Are Fit For A Goddess
lyf Collingwood – pronounced “Life” and short for “Live Your Freedom” delivers everything a goddess needs: a clean, quiet, warm, uncluttered room with a comfortable bed and a good shower all at budget friendly prices.
Melbourne – Best Outdoors Winter Dining: The Builders Arms
The Builders Arms Hotel offers delicious and original food, plenty of space and a beautifully restored, historic pub.
Melbourne Stonehenge A.K.A Melbhenge
Melbourne is laid out in a grid, like Manhattan, which is why the Melbourne Henge phenomenon occurs in a spectacular way in February and November.
Melbourne’s Beach Bar for Dogs
A bar for dogs with great open-air dining for their owners, near a dog-friendly beach is hard to find. But The Dog’s Bar in Melbourne has it all, perfect for pooches and their human friends.
Melbourne: The Library That’s a Bar
The biggest, most impressive library in Melbourne is also a bar. And a bookshop. And a cafe.
Ballarat: Finding Vintage and Rockabilly
Ballarat is an 80 minute train ride from Melbourne with great rockabilly and vintage at the other end.
Victoria: Victorian High Country
The Victorian High Country was first put on the map when it became the hideout for Australia’s most notorious bushranger Ned Kelly – who had his own reason for appreciating the region’s vast untamed wilderness. This setting was later brought to world attention with the Man From Snowy River film.