Melbourne travel guides & articles
All 9 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Melbourne — newest first.
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Penguins and Palms in Melbourne's St Kilda This November
How to time a November evening in St Kilda around the little penguin colony, the palms on the foreshore and the cake shops on Acland Street, plus when a private guide actually earns its fee.
The Quiet Courtyards Behind Melbourne's Busiest Laneways
A walking route through the CBD's arcades, cottage distilleries and container courtyards, with notes on which ones will seat a group and which will turn six people away at the door.
Melbourne Racing on Twenty Dollars and a Train Ticket
Melbourne has fourteen racecourses within a train ride of the CBD, nobody checks what you're wearing, entry runs AU$15 to AU$35, and plenty of the 2026 racing happens on the cheapest lawns.
Winter in Melbourne Means Football, Full Stop
From the roar inside the MCG to the fence-line quiet of suburban training grounds, how to spend an AFL Saturday in Melbourne the way the city actually spends it.
Melbourne's Coffee Obsession: Where the Flat White Was Born
From a 1954 Bourke Street espresso bar to warehouse roasteries in Fitzroy, Melbourne didn't just adopt coffee culture — it built its own, and this is the route through it.
The Roof of the City: Melbourne's Rooftop Bars and the Culture That Learned to Look Up
Melbourne has no harbour to build a view around, so it built one on top of its car parks and office blocks instead — here's how to find the right one, current as of 2026.
Salt, Wax and Shipwrecks: The Great Ocean Road's Surf-Coast Subculture
From the boardshort factories of Torquay to the cliffs where the ocean is still eating the road, this is the Great Ocean Road told through the surf towns and shipwrecks that actually built it.
The Great Ocean Road's Wild, Windswept Edge
A stop-by-stop, honest guide to Victoria's signature coastal drive — who each stretch suits, what it costs, and why the wind never really stops.
The City Written in Its Lanes: Inside Melbourne's Laneway Culture
A walk-by-walk guide to Melbourne's laneways — where to find the street art, the coffee, and the after-dark bars, and which ones actually suit your group.