egin by walking up city’s fine theatresat the BSwanston St, opposite ticket office here. bustling Flinders A little further up, is Street Station, and past the former Georges the magnificent St Paul’s department store – walk number 5 Cathedral. Pass the now home to George monument to explorer Patterson Bates (one Matthew Flinders 1 of Melbourne’s most St Michaels Uniting Westin Hotel and the Burke and famous ad agencies). Church and 101 Collins forecourt, the cosmopolitan Street Swanston Street Wills 2 monument Mingle with smart office dedicated to their doomed workers in suits and of 101 Collins Street 10 , Opposite is the journey of discovery elegant ladies, shopping go into the neo-classical Melbourne Club 15 , a across the continent. and lunching at leisure. foyer. Home to the city’s private gentleman’s club Walking time 1.5 hours Take in the view of the At 161 On Collins 7 , financial whizzes, it’s - you can almost smell Melbourne Town Hall 3 an amazing artistic the leather and cigars Distance 3 Kilometres and Manchester Unity enter the atrium and see the glass sculptures experience – four water as you walk by. On the Stunning city views, glamorous Building 4 , a deco pools, stunning marble corner of Collins and dream built in the 1930s. that represent Significant Collins Street, sophisticated Melbourne Landmarks and granite columns Spring Streets, is the Reaching Collins Street, and Buildings. and sumptuous gold leaf Gold Treasury shopping and Chinatown. catch a whiff of Chanel panelling. Museum 16 , Victoria’s as you turn right into At the corner of Russell Back on Collins Street, ‘Old Treasury’ designed in Melbourne’s most Street you’ll pass Scots several nineteenth the 1850s by 19-year-old sophisticated shopping Church 8 , where Dame century townhouses 11 J.J.Clark. street, home to Tiffany, Nellie ‘Melba’ (named nestle in the shadow of Turning left into Spring Makers Mark, Hermes after her birthplace Nauru House 12 . These Street, we are still in and Louis Vuitton. Melbourne) sang in the late 1800s. Her father were doctors’ surgeries the heart of the city, but Majestic, tree-lined was the builder. where Melbourne’s Collins Street is one the calm green oasis of of Melbourne’s most well-heeled came for the Treasury Gardens is prestigious addresses. treatment. With its luxury nearby. Pass the famous designer boutiques 13 , Hotel Windsor 17 , the At the Regent this area was christened grandest surviving hotel Theatre 5 take a the ‘Paris-end’ in 1958 from the 1880s. The quick tour of the ornate when the Oriental Windsor’s traditional entrance hall, and then Hotel put tables on the afternoon tea is almost look over the road to footpath. Nowadays, city an institution. And at Athena on the parapet Scots Church workers soak up the the Cricketers Bar, the of the Melbourne atmosphere over discerning drinker Athenaeum 6 . As you cross Russell a cappuccino. can enjoy a whiskey If you have time, book a Street, look back down In the 1970s, the Oriental and soda every day, performance in one of the Collins Street for a made way for the soaring from noon. stunning view of the twin towers of Collins city. Notice the beautiful Place 14 . polychrome patterns of Explore the fabulous St Michael’s Uniting shops and cafes and Church 9 . if you have time, check Look down to Federation out the famous view Square on the right past of the city from the the Grand Hyatt Plaza. Melbourne Sofitel restrooms on the Adam Lindsay Gordon Town Hall On reaching the columns 35th floor! and the Windsor Hotel Lonsdale Street 25 N Tattersall’s Lane Cohen Punch 28 Place Lane 20 Parliament Globe Alley 27 26 22 21 Reserve Little Bourke Street 24 23 Little Bourke Street Information Booth Celestial Heffernan Waratah Corrs Pender Lacey 19 Myer David Avenue Lane Place Lane Place Place Melbourne Jones et 18 re Bourke Street Mall 31 Bourke Street Parliament 29 House Royal 32 30 Turnbull Union Alley Arcade Lane 17 et The et re Causeway re et et St Swanston St re Little Collins Street Gordon Block re Reserve 33 Place Melbourne tion Ulster 12 Lane Town sell St Block Hall Alfred ing St Arcade Place Elizabeth St Rus 34 3 Exhibi 4 6 8 9 11 13 15 Spr Collins Street Collins Street 16 Centre 2 35 Way 5 7 10 14 City Square Centre George 36 Parade ANZ Hotel Place Tower Sofitel Flinders Lane Campbell Treasury 37 Arcade St Pauls Gardens Degraves Cathedral Street 1 Flinders Street 38 Federation Square Look across to Parliament shops, mission halls House 18 and the tranquil and secret laneways Federation Square gardens beyond. In 1860 surround you. Cross rioters tried to storm Russell Street and turn parliament, seeking land right into Heffernan reform. You can still see Lane 26 where the the two horizontal gun walls of the Methodist slits installed by the Mission 27 warn: government after the ‘Commit No Nuisance’. Artplay riot, if you look behind Don’t forget to look for Birrarung the columns, high on the street signs at the Carpark Marr the façade. end of the lane. Zinc at Atrium and BMW Fed Sq BMW the Crossbar Edge At Princess Theatre 19 Turn left into Lonsdale Edge (1886) Federici’s Bar is Street, and return to Princ Australian es Whar Yarra River named after an actor who Chinatown taking the Racing Museum Crossbar f died on stage in 1888. first left intoTattersall’s River Terrace Some say his ghost still Lane 28 which was a Va s Bridge The Ian Potter Centre: Atrium ult haunts the building. Next horse bazaar in the NGV Australia s ce in door is the cosmopolitan nineteenth century. Transport Pr European café and the Lonsdale Street has some Square sleek Supper Club upstairs. great Greek restaurants Alfred Deakin Building and is teeming with et Australian re Centre for the SBS cafes and cake shops, Moving Image rich with the aroma of sell St Rus coffee and oregano. East Shard From Little Bourke Street, turn left into Swanston Taxi St Paul’s Court Street, an eclectic Melbourne Rank Visitor Princess collection of buildings Centre Theatre and businesses, shops, buskers and public Fascinating ‘Chinatown’ sculptures. At Bourke Flinder St Kilda Road s St Flinders begins at Tianjin reet Street Street, look up to the four Station Garden 20 as you turn Weathervanes 29 . Your walk starts here into Little Bourke Street. And don’t miss Three Pass Gordon Place 21 , businessmen who now a luxury hotel brought their own et The Ian Potter Centre Australian Centre for re apartment building but lunch 30 – three of NGV Australia the Moving Image for many years a lodging Melbourne’s founding ston St house for homeless men. Arts and Culture Restaurants, Cafes and Bars Shops and Retail fathers, Batman, Swan Cross Exhibition Street Swanston and Hoddle. The Ian Potter Centre: Arintji Reserve Restaurant Best of Souvenirs and continue to Her Turn right into Bourke NGV Australia Mon-Thu 10am-late Mon-Fri Lunch & Dinner Open same hours as Majesty’s Theatre 22 Street Mall 31 , a short Mon-Thu 10am-5pm Fri 7am-late Sat Dinner Melbourne Visitor Centre alongside the Chinatown pedestrian and tram Fri 10am-9pm Sat-Sun 8am-late The Wine Bar Kirra Gallery Arch 23 . Her Majesty’s strip, pulsating with Sat-Sun 10am-6pm Bokchoy Tang Mon-Sun Noon-late Mon-Thu 10am-6pm has staged over 100 Free Entry shoppers, tourists and Mon-Sun 11.30am-late Youme Fri 10am-9pm musicals since 1934. city workers. Here you’ll Australian Centre for Café Chinotto Mon-Sun 9am-5pm Sat-Sun 10am-6pm At Facing Heaven find Melbourne’s two the Moving Image Mon-Sun 8am-late The Cellar Mon-Sun 10am-6pm Time Out Café Archway 24 you are Mon-Sun 10am-late big department stores, Free Entry Charmaine’s Mon-Fri 7am-late in culinary heaven, David Jones and Myer, Mon-Sun 10am-late Sat-Sun 8am-late Urban Attitude Australian Racing with a host of Asian plus the Royal Arcade Chocolate Buddha Transport Sun-Thu 10am-6pm restaurants nearby. Museum Fri-Sat 10am-9pm (1869) with its delightful Mon-Sun 10am-6pm Mon-Sun Noon-late Mon-Sun Noon-late Yum Cha anyone? range of small specialty Free Entry Feddish Taxi Restaurant 7–Eleven Be tempted at Shark Fin shops. Stop at the Mon-Sun Noon-late Mon-Sun Noon-late Mon-Sun Early-late House, the Dragon Boat, information booth in the Funk Fish Zargatt or for something special, Mall for more information Mon-Sun 11.30am-late Mon-Fri 10am to late the Flower Drum. about the city. Sat-Sun 10am-late Turn right at Cohen Place Take the scenic route and walk through to the home, and explore Tourism Information Useful Numbers Chinese Museum 25 , the maze of sensational Melbourne Visitor Centre Victorian Tourist Information 132 842 home of ‘Dai Loong’ shops and cafes in Located at Federation Square Best of Victoria Booking Service 9650 3663 the world’s biggest the narrow laneways. Cnr Flinders and Swanston Street The Met – train, buses and trams 131 638 Dragon. You’re now in Walk through Open 7 days 9am-6pm the heart of one of the V/Line – country and interstate transport 136 196 Royal Arcade 32 , Melbourne Visitor Booth oldest Chinatowns in Block Place 33 and Travellers’ Aid 9654 2600 the western world – Located at Bourke Street Mall Block Arcade 34 over Mon-Fri 9am-5pm CityLink etag information 132 629 where hard-working Collins Street through goldminers, herbalists Sat-Sun 10am-5pm Airport Bus – Skybus 9335 3066 Centre Way 35 , Centre Public Holidays 10am-4pm and cabinetmakers first Place 36 and Degraves National Trust of Australia 9656 9800 For assistance with any queries regarding Melbourne settled in the 1850s.