The Melbourne Tour Guide

I figured there are a lot of extra little bits of advice that it would be handy to know, so consider this a little helpful list until I turn it into a better, more useful post. MYKI public transport tickets have a daily maximum fare. This means that if you ride once, it will cost you $4.40. If you ride a second time, it will cost you $8.80, but that will be the cap for the day. What this means is that if you get 200 different trams, trains or buses, this will be the maximum amount you will pay for the day.  Currency transfers can be expensive. If you are planning on being here for a few months even, there's a better way of doing things than to keep using your own cards/accounts from your home country. Open up an account with 'TRANSFERWISE', and you can use this as a local bank account and get your own card, or you can use it to send money to a local bank account which can be opened up. You will save massively on conversion fees as well as ATM/cash machine fees whil...

Melbourne Street Art : This post is always being updated! Keep checking back for more. Melbourne is increasingly getting a reputation as having some of the best street art in the world! Here I want to tell you some of the best places to check some of it out, as well as introduce you to a few of the best artists! Hosier Lane : Hosier Lane is arguably one of the most famous places in all of Melbourne. Located between Flinders Street and Flinders Lane, just a two minute walk from Flinders Street Railway Station it is very easy to get to. There is a bit of an unwritten rule that artists will not paint over each other unless they think they can do a better job, so you tend to see a really high quality of artwork here. My particular favourite is the piece by Matt Adnate of a young Indigenous boy looking out over the city, up very high on one of the buildings. ACDC Lane/Duckboard Place : Another very high quality street art laneway combo. ACDC Lane and Duckboard Place connect up so ...

For my comprehensive guide to enjoying Melbourne click here.  Food: Australian Style Foods: Charcoal Lane (Fitzroy) has Indigenous cuisine. One of my favourite places. Metro Burgers (Degraves Street), try out the kangaroo burger, emu burger or crocodile burger. The Napier Hotel (Fitzroy) has amazing kangaroo steak.   Vietnamese:  Pho Dzung City Noodle Shop Love Pho Restaurant Richmond Italian 400 Gradi (2014 World's Best Pizza) Doc Espresso Ca De Vin Mexican: Vamos Thai: Soi 38 (Carpark Thai) Greek: Melina on the Rooftop Stalactites Malaysian: Laksa King (Flemington) Dumplings: Shanghai Dragon Dumplings (Russell St) Empress of China Other Good Foods: Moroccan Soup Bar (Fitzroy)  Kodiak Club (Fitzroy): American/Canadian style foods, make sure to try out the cheeseburger spring rolls they will change your life.  Best Cafes The Little Denn Jungle Juice Manchester PRess Cap...