Guidebook for Southbank
Food Scene
Very hip spot, hidden gem in a back lane. Excellent coffee and food. Crowded, noisy and very popular!
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St Ali Coffee Roasters
12-18 Yarra Pl Very hip spot, hidden gem in a back lane. Excellent coffee and food. Crowded, noisy and very popular!
A good place to start or finish a visit to the South Market Markets. Or anytime!
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Chez Dré
285-287 Coventry StA good place to start or finish a visit to the South Market Markets. Or anytime!
Exquisite desserts, cakes, chocolate and other indulgences. Excellent gelato too.
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Bibelot
285-287 Coventry StExquisite desserts, cakes, chocolate and other indulgences. Excellent gelato too.
Cheap and very cheerful. Excellent Malaysian food. About a ten minute walk along Clarendon St. from the apartment.
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Penang Road
177 Clarendon StCheap and very cheerful. Excellent Malaysian food. About a ten minute walk along Clarendon St. from the apartment.
Convenient and good coffee. But so are all the others in that cluster of coffee shops!
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Padre Coffee South Melbourne Market
322-326 Coventry StConvenient and good coffee. But so are all the others in that cluster of coffee shops!
The main street of South Melbourne, full of restaurants, bakeries and coffee shops. It's about a 12 min walk to the good part of Clarendon Street.
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Clarendon Street
Clarendon StreetThe main street of South Melbourne, full of restaurants, bakeries and coffee shops. It's about a 12 min walk to the good part of Clarendon Street.
Shopping
DFO South Wharf
20 Convention Centre PlGood for breakfast and lunch, fresh fruit and vegies, and artisan products. Only 10 mins from your Airbnb.
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South Melbourne Market
322-326 Coventry StGood for breakfast and lunch, fresh fruit and vegies, and artisan products. Only 10 mins from your Airbnb.
Essentials
Woolworths South Melbourne
113 Cecil StClarendon St IGA Xpress plus Liquor
48 Clarendon StJust around the corner.
Parks & Nature
Catch the tram 109 and be there in 10 minutes.! Or do the walk that goes alongside the 109 route through parkland all the way. Something different to the usual urban activities!
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Port Melbourne Beach
Catch the tram 109 and be there in 10 minutes.! Or do the walk that goes alongside the 109 route through parkland all the way. Something different to the usual urban activities!
Neighbourhoods
Your AirBnB apartment is a short walk to South Melbourne with lots of wonderful food, coffee and other retail stores around the area. Not just Clarendon Street, but explore the side streets as well. Head towards the old Town Hall tower clock (visible from most points) and you can't go wrong!
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South Melbourne
Your AirBnB apartment is a short walk to South Melbourne with lots of wonderful food, coffee and other retail stores around the area. Not just Clarendon Street, but explore the side streets as well. Head towards the old Town Hall tower clock (visible from most points) and you can't go wrong!
From your AirBnB, it's just a short walk to the river with its wonderful boardwalks, riverside eateries, pubs and entertainment (buskers, street performers, cinema, etc.) A river walk past the Crown casino complex will take you to Melbourne Skydeck & the Arts Centre.
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Southbank
From your AirBnB, it's just a short walk to the river with its wonderful boardwalks, riverside eateries, pubs and entertainment (buskers, street performers, cinema, etc.) A river walk past the Crown casino complex will take you to Melbourne Skydeck & the Arts Centre.
Amacebiso ngesixeko
Ukuhamba-hamba
Two tram services available right outside your door.
Trams 109 and 96. Both provide a short trip into the CBD and beyond. In the other direction:
Tram 96:
takes you to Acland Street, St. Kilda - a popular tourist destination famous for it's village feel, restaurants and cakes. And close to St. Kilda Beach. (The cakes are better here in Southbank / Sth. Melb.)
Tram 109
takes you to Port Melbourne - the beach, boardwalks, fish & chips, restaurants and seagulls.
You will need a myki card - a digital / mobile version is available from the Public Transport Victoria website - look for "mobile myki".