I didn’t do much sightseeing while I was in Melbourne for a couple of days. Just met up with a couple of old, old friends. One from high school and another from my drunken days in merry England. But before I left I’d asked an acquaintance who had lived in Melbourne for a few years where I should go if I just wanted to walk around somewhere cool for a few hours. She had recommended Brunswick Street in Fitzroy and independently my friend decided to take me there to show me a slice of Melbourne.
This is most definitely a fantastic place to wander through. It’s a mix of very cool and funky, alongside really old and shonky looking stores. The warehouses in the side streets are being converted to apartments and the second hand stores are becoming expensive vintage boutiques. There’s a fantastic bookstore called (bugger, I can’t remember right now, but I think it starts with “P”), that you just have to go inside to get the full idea. I won’t sell them short by trying to describe it.
There’s also tons of cafes and pubs with tables on the footpath, and while it would be a great place to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon reading the newspaper and hanging out, it seems as though folks do just that any day of the week. I was also able to get a fantastic breakfast at 3pm in the arvo.
A great mix of people wandering around as well. Dudes in suits, young professionals doing their best to look dishevelled, older blokes down on their luck, flash punks cruising around in their rice rockets. Apparently the area also has one of the highest percentages of the population on the dole. Kinda strange since it looks like it’s starting to be invaded by people with cash.
Anyway, I highly recommend going down there hungry &/or thirsty, wandering up and down the street and then settling in for awhile and watch the show unfold in front of you.
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I have, but not as an adult where I could seek out cool stuff on my own. Last time I was there was as a young teenager, going where my folks took me. And I didn’t appreciate those sorts of things as much back then. Next time u go, I’ll follow u around for a few days.
The place for me!
That’s where I got my first pair of red shoes. Glad you enjoyed it. Did you make it to the Crown?
Hey guys and gals, Melbourne is the place to be. There is somethig here for everybody, There is all sports to see, and at the moment there is the Australian Open(tennis) where a person can see all the top ranked players in action. Cricket is now on, and very shortly the football starts up again, no matter what code you follw whether it be aussie rulles, rugby league,and rugby union, plus a plethora of other sports.
If you are hungry, npo matter what country you come from, a person will find a restuarant that represents their own country. In 12 months a person can go to a different eatery every night, and not go to the same one.
For shopping there is the CBD and Chapel Street,but for bargains nobody can go past the Sunday markets, or the Queen Victoria market, on the city fringe.
For traveling round there is the public transport, which enables a person to travel on the tram, train, or bus. The tickets are 2 hour, all day, weekly, and monthly. The price varies, dependon whether you are travel in zone 1,2,3. Other transport is the water taxis which take you to places close to the bay.
This is one of the great cities of the world. Have a good everyone no matter where in the world u maybe.
Had you not been to Melby before?
Possibly my favourite streets IN THE WORLD…
Fitzroy Ging