Guides
Melbourne, on a concession fare
The NGV and free galleries, the Free Tram Zone, gardens and markets — a great city day out for couples and solo travellers that costs very little, with the Seniors Card discounts most people miss.
A Couple's Slow Day in Melbourne's Gardens and Markets: How to Spend Almost Nothing
A gentle, low-cost day out in inner Melbourne built around free gardens, cheap market eating and easy public transport…
A Day Out With the Girls in Melbourne's CBD: Free Galleries, Cheap Eats and Easy Trams
A practical plan for a group of friends over 60 to enjoy Melbourne's inner city on a budget: free galleries, the NGV,…
A Solo Winter Day in Melbourne's CBD: Free Galleries, Warm Corners and Quiet Pleasures
A practical, gentle plan for spending a winter day alone in Melbourne's inner city without spending much. It covers fr…
How Far Does the Free Tram Zone Get You? A Low-Cost Day in Melbourne for Over-60s
Melbourne's Free Tram Zone, free galleries and public gardens make a full day in the CBD possible on very little money…
Three Free Days in Melbourne's CBD: A Couple's Mid-Week Itinerary Without a Car
A practical three-day plan for over-60 couples spending time in Melbourne's CBD without a car. It covers free gallerie…
A Free Art Day in Melbourne: The NGV and the Ian Potter
Melbourne's two flagship public galleries — NGV International on St Kilda Road and the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australi…
Queen Victoria Market: A Food-Lover's Morning in Melbourne
Queen Victoria Market is one of Melbourne's great pleasures for a couple who know how to take their time — and at 73,…
The Royal Botanic Gardens and the Tan: Melbourne's Gentle Green Day
Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens offer one of the city's most rewarding and largely free days out, with flat lakeside…
Melbourne's Laneways: A Coffee and Street-Art Crawl for the Over-60s
Melbourne's CBD laneways pack a surprising amount of culture, history, and good coffee into a compact, mostly walkable…
Fitzroy and Brunswick Street: Melbourne's Bohemian Day
Fitzroy and Brunswick Street offer one of Melbourne's most rewarding culture days for a group of friends — galleries,…
South Melbourne Market and Albert Park Lake: A Day by the Water
South Melbourne Market and Albert Park Lake make a natural pairing for a day that balances good food, easy walking, an…
State Library Victoria: A Quiet Culture Day in the Heart of the City
State Library Victoria sits in the heart of Melbourne and offers a genuinely unhurried culture day for couples who wan…
Lygon Street, Carlton: Melbourne's Italian Food Day
Lygon Street in Carlton is Melbourne's oldest Italian precinct, a place where the espresso culture took root in the 19…
Melbourne Museum and the Carlton Gardens: A Culture-and-Green Day
Melbourne Museum and the Carlton Gardens offer a full, unhurried day of culture, history and green space in the heart…
Southbank and the Yarra: A Riverside Culture Stroll
Southbank and the Yarra River form one of Melbourne's most walkable cultural corridors, and for a group of friends who…
Melbourne's Chinatown: A Dumpling and Heritage Day
Melbourne's Chinatown on Little Bourke Street is the oldest continuous Chinese settlement in the Western world, and it…
Docklands and Library at the Dock: Melbourne's Quiet Waterside Day
Docklands sits just west of Melbourne's CBD, yet most visitors walk straight past it. For a couple who prefer a quiete…
Abbotsford Convent and the Children's Farm: A Riverside Hidden Gem
Tucked into a bend of the Yarra River just three kilometres from Melbourne's CBD, the Abbotsford Convent and the neigh…
Prahran Market and Chapel Street: A South-Side Food Day
Prahran Market sits at the quieter, more grounded end of Chapel Street — a working food market that has been feeding M…
Heide Museum of Modern Art: Gardens, Art and a Slow Lunch
Heide Museum of Modern Art in Bulleen sits on the Yarra River floodplain about 13 kilometres north-east of Melbourne's…
Melbourne's North: A Multicultural Food Day in Coburg and Preston
Melbourne's northern suburbs of Coburg and Preston offer a quietly rewarding day out for older solo travellers who wan…
Melbourne's Greek Precinct: Lonsdale Street Culture and Food
Lonsdale Street in Melbourne's CBD has been the heartbeat of the city's Greek community for decades, and for older tra…
The Yarra River Walk: Federation Square to the Botanic Gardens
The Yarra River Walk from Federation Square to the Royal Botanic Gardens is one of Melbourne's most rewarding half-day…
Footscray: Melbourne's Vietnamese Food and Market Day
Footscray sits about 6 kilometres west of Melbourne's CBD and offers one of the city's most genuinely multicultural da…
Melbourne's Arcades and Free Trams: A Low-Cost Hidden-Gem Day
Melbourne's city centre rewards those who slow down and look sideways. A day spent threading through the Block Arcade,…
Immigration Museum and Old Treasury: Melbourne's Story in a Day
Melbourne's east end holds two of the city's most quietly powerful heritage buildings, both packed with stories that r…
Brighton Bathing Boxes and the Bay: A Beachside Melbourne Day
Brighton's painted bathing boxes are one of Melbourne's most photographed stretches of coastline, and for good reason…
Como House and South Yarra: A Heritage Garden Day
Como House and its heritage garden sit quietly at the edge of South Yarra, one of Melbourne's most rewarding half-day…
St Kilda: Foreshore, Cake Shops and the Little Penguins
St Kilda sits just 6 kilometres south of Melbourne's CBD, close enough for a relaxed day trip yet distinct enough to f…
Fitzroy Gardens and Cooks' Cottage: A Gentle Heritage-Garden Day
Fitzroy Gardens in East Melbourne offers one of the city's most rewarding heritage-and-garden days, and it costs almos…