Melbourne Underground City Guide

  

Top 10 Underground Things to do in Melbourne

  1. Take on the Chazov-Dmytryk-Harkov treasure hunt around Melbourne's laneways

    2. This is a really cool series of puzzles placed throughout the alleyways of Melbourne CBD. Solving one puzzle leads to the location of the next puzzle and so on. It starts at the Pac Man game found in Hosier Lane with the first clue being the question mark...

  2. Visit Bennett's Lane Jazz Club

    3. Touted as the best jazz club in the southern hemisphere, there are compelling world class performances here pretty much every night. It's normally $10 - $20 for entry and performances start around 8:30pm.

  3. Check out the Street Art and do a Graffiti Tour

    4. Get to know Melbourne for what it is famous for its hidden alleys. The guides on these tours are graffiti artists themselves and let you know about the subculture in Melbourne.

  4. Have Coffee at Brother Baba Buden

    5. One of Melbourne best little hidden cafes, with incredible coffee and an awesome atmosphere and decor. Very Melbourne.

  5. Stay at Urban Central

    6. Urban Central is one of Melbourne's biggest and busiest modern hostels with some of the best facilities and a great location between Melbourne CBD and St Kilda.

  6. Visit the China Town Market

    7. Every 3rd Saturday of the Month Heffernan Lane (between Russell and Swanston) in China town gets busy with a melting pot of Asian food and souvenir stalls. It's a really cool random set up and is open till 10pm.

  7. Check out the Underground Cinema

    8. So Melbourne! These guys organise a secret film screening event held in undisclosed locations throughout the city. I can't do this justice to how cool this is!

  8. Check out some Art Galleries or go on an Art Gallery Tour

    9. The suggested tour is an educated, behind the scenes tour of some of the coolest artist runs spaces in Melbourne www.walktoart.com.au/walking_tour_art.html

  9. Go on a Yarra Valley Wine Tour

    10. A tour which take you out to the wineries of Victoria where you get tasters of a lot of premium Australian wines and have the opportunity to buy them cheaper than you can in the shops

  10. Eat at the Beatbox Kitchen & Taco Truck

    11. Two awesome moving eateries serving up gourmet fast food and around Melbourne. They set up in a new place each night so you have to check out their facebook's to see where they will be.

  11. Try a "South American Delight" Smoothie from Tropicana Juice Bar

    12. It tastes awesome and has a secret ingredient that makes you giggle. Located at 213 Elisabeth St in the city.

  12. Check out some hidden bars & rooftop bars

    13. Probably the most important thing to do as a tourist here! Ask some advice from locals about where to go (you won't find them otherwise) or come on one of our tours.

  13. Go and see a movie outdoors (summer only)

    14. Either at the Rooftop Cinema on Swanston St or in the Moonlight Cinema in the Botanical Gardens

  14. Chow down on some Asian food

    15. Don Don Cheap, simple and generous Japanese (321 Swanston St), Supper Inn - A Melbourne institution open till 3am (Celestial Avenue, China Town), North East China Family Dumpling House on the corner of Flinders Lane and Elizabeth St, Or if you feel like splashing out on a top end restaurant check out the Flower Drum(Market Lane, China town) - the 2nd best Asian restaurant in the world.

Must Do Tourist things to do in Melbourne

  1. Visit the Eureka Tower Skydeck 88
  2. Go to Melbourne Aquarium
  3. Go to Philip Island to see the Penguins
  4. Go to an AFL game at the MCG
  5. Travel the Great Ocean Road
  6. Check out the ACMI at Fed Square
  7. Smash a box of goon
OK so we've found a few more things to add to the list since it was 10... If there are any other happenings in Melbourne that you think would be a good addition to this list feel free to shoot us a mail with the details and we'll stick it up.