Discover Secret Melbourne: hidden places off the beaten track, historical oddities, quirky bars, sites of the unusual and the unknown.
Place
The Tan
Melbourne’s most popular running route: no visit to Victoria’s capital is complete without a walk or run around The Tan…
Block Arcade
The Block Arcade is an historic Melbourne Shopping arcade and one of the finest examples of Victorian architecture in t…
Welcome to Thornbury
Welcome to Thornbury; Melbourne’s first and only permanent bar and food truck stop.
Como House
Built in 1847 as the home of Melbourne Supreme Court Justice Sir Edward Eyre, Como House is one of the city's oldest bu…
Organ Pipes National Park
The home of an ancient lava field, Victoria's Organ Pipes National Park is a public space full of geological and cultur…
The Fitzroy Gardens
Steeped in both beauty and history, the Fitzroy Gardens are composed of a variety of elements that combine to create a …
Abbotsford Convent
A former Catholic reformatory, Abbotsford Convent was, for the impoverished girls who lived there, either a godsend or …
Royal Arcade
The oldest surviving shopping arcade in Australia, Melbourne's Royal Arcade is famous for being watched over by two fig…
Alfred Nicholas Gardens
A stunning Melbourne park built for an Australian pharmaceutical pioneer, the history behind Alfred Nicholas Gardens is…
Brunswick Street
Brunswick Street is a North Central Melbourne Street that, in the 1980s, became the focal point of the city's rich indi…
Old Melbourne Gaol
A former jail that once housed some of Australia's most notorious criminals, the Old Melbourne Gaol is infamous for hav…