Collection · 8 walks
Grand Melbourne
Story Walks through the gold-money architecture, university quads and demolished palaces that explain how the city sees itself.
- Melbourne · Late afternoonBeneath the BluestoneOur recommended first walk — read Melbourne in layers, from Birrarung to the city's living edge.110 min
- MelbourneLost MelbourneStand on the corners where the city's lost grandeur used to soar.75 min
- MelbourneHow We Govern OurselvesParliament, Old Treasury, the eight-hour day — how Victoria argued itself into being.80 min
- CarltonUniversity CarltonWhere Germaine Greer studied and Whitlam's cabinet first met.75 min
- Collingwood · Late afternoonGhost Signs of CollingwoodFaded brands, hand-painted serifs, and a century of advertising still on the bricks.70 min
- East MelbourneGrand East MelbourneParliament, the mansions, the gardens — power's permanent address.75 min
- St Kilda · Late afternoonSeaside St KildaLuna Park, the sea baths, the Espy — a century and a half of Melbourne's seaside.75 min
- Eaglemont · Late afternoonThe Heidelberg SchoolThe exact slopes where Streeton, Roberts and Conder painted Australia into existence.75 min