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We had picked up some food maps of the city from the Info centre and were trying to find some of the places they recommended, after lots more walking, we found ourselves at a Mexican restaurant called ‘Mamasita’. We didn’t go in this time, we were getting peckish and had decided to go and re-explore the laneways, this time checking out which cuisine we liked the look of. Once we managed to drag ourselves from the kids area, we left the ACMI and crossed over the river onto the Southbank and carried on wandering down, passing lots of modern buildings until we arrived at the Crowne Plaza, a huge casino complex with lots of bars, restaurants and high end shops much like the ones in Vegas. Apparently Banksy has at some point been down there to put his art on the wall, but over time the walls get sprayed over by newer pieces of work and only exist now in photographs,which is quite a cool thing about graffiti and about that lane, its constantly changing, so we’ll come back next time we’re in town to see how much its changed. Also all of the artwork is pretty tasteful and there are some seriously talented people out there. This I assume is all legal as it hasn’t been covered over and no one seemed to care about the guy spraying the wall as we walked past.

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There were plenty of tourists taking photos all the way along the lane, even one graffiti artist doing his thing on a patch of wall. an empty street which was covered all over in incredible graffiti. We carried on wandering and found ourselves at Hosier st. We stopped for a coffee and to have a quick looksy at a map to see where we were, then carried on through the lanes arriving at Flinders street station on the banks of the Yarra river. Each lane and arcade is different, but all have a really fun vibe about them, bustling cafes and small eateries, quirky shops and galleries, as well as artful graffiti all over the place. We lost ourselves in the laneways of the city, a unique feature that is trying to be emulated across the world. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. Seuss and above the artwork said this “You have brains in your head.

After venturing into an arcade between the main streets, we saw an exhibition of the art of Dr. In fact the perfect way to describe this is with a quote from the first thing we saw on our wandering tour of Melbourne. We both love this kind of exploring, you just seem to see things that you wouldn’t normally see when you don’t have a clear direction, it’s great and we can cover some distance in a day. yet) we just wandered around, seeing as much as we could along the way, with no real direction other than a few landmarks we hoped to take in. we did what we do best when seeing a new city (no not get drunk…. We had done a bit of research into the city and as I say, we had been told a lot about it and had been given some tips, so after jumping off the tram smack bang in the middle of the city on Bourke st.

In the mean time we parked in East Brunswick, the district Ben lives in and bought some ‘Myki’ passes to ride the tram into the CBD. I had been in touch with my old school friend Ben who now lives in Melbourne and had arranged to meet for a beer later that evening.

It was an exciting view and we were really looking forward to exploring the city we had heard so much about. The Melbourne skyline came into view from a long distance away as we travelled along the highway past Geelong.