Melbourne's walks
Atmosphere · Melbourne · Best at Dusk
After Dark
Ghosts, gangsters and the lanes Squizzy Taylor ran.
Melbourne's other history — the one that happens after the lights go down. Body-snatchers behind the hospitals, the lane where Squizzy Taylor was finally cornered, the ghost light that still burns every night on the stage at Her Majesty's so Federici — the baritone who died playing Mephistopheles in 1888 — won't feel forgotten. Best walked at dusk, when the bluestone gives back the day's heat.
How long have you got?
75
minutes
30 min2.3 hr
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