Where is the best place to visit in Melbourne that a normal tourist wouldn't think to go???

Question

I am heading to Melbourne and want to visit someplace that most do nto go to see. Maybe even a place that most people who live there have never really been. I hate going to the normal "tourist spots" I want to really experiance life in Australia.

Answer 1

Not sure what you're into, but here's a list of places close to the city that I consider to be local treasures:
CERES environment park in Lee St, Brunswick - has cafe, farm, plant nursery, playground, artwork throughout.
Convent in Abbotsford - very large site formerly a convent recently saved by a long community campaign - now an arts precinct, also has cafe, bakery, restaurant, absolutely stunning gardens, amazing buildings with a very rich history (brochures available on site to tell you what's what). Oh yeah - there's also a community farm next door, which is amazing given that it's very close to the city centre. This area is a real oasis.
Great streets for shopping, eating, coffee - Sydney Rd Brunswick, Brunswick St Fitzroy, Acland Street St Kilda.
Interesting yet friendly pubs with great meals and accessible to all ages (including kids) - Standard in Fitzroy and Brunswick Green in Sydney Rd Brunswick.
Hope this helps. Enjoy your visit!!

Answer 2

Go shopping along Chapel Street (posher) or Brunswick Street (more eclectic) and just grab a meal in a cafe and watch us go by. Not many tourists do that but we all seem to so you'd be just doing what we do, haha.
If you want to do something a little tousity but not many people know about - take a ferry (or train) to Williamstown and go down to the Timeball Tower and see the old Morgue and stuff. It's kinda neat. There's also Cannons and stuff spread along some of the Esplanade. There's an information booth on Nelson Place near where the ferry docks. (Oh and go to the Ice Cream Shoppe - the best non-gelato ice cream place and so many different flavours, yum! They do have gelati there too though)
Have fun

Answer 3

Go to the William Ricketts Sanctuary in the Dandenong Ranges. This incredibly creative, expressive, and compassionate man lived with Aborigine tribes during his life and he created all these beautiful sculptures of the indigenous people of Australia.
It is outside of Melbourne but well worth it. I had a friend take me there when I was visiting and it made my whole trip to Melbourne seem even more worthwhile. It is really powerful.
There are hardly any tourists here.

Check out these websites for a start.
http://community.webshots.com/album/331650198fRFdHa
http://teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au/cyberfair2002/Williamrickettssanctuary.htm
http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=216

Answer 4

I can recommend the tour of Haunted Melbourne. It's very cool and you get to see a side of Melbourne many Melbournians don't know about.
http://www.haunted.com.au/ghosttour.html
Also great suburbs to visit are St Kilda (beach, food, great craft market), Prahan (shopping), Victoria St Richmond (fantastic Asian shops and food) or take the river ferry to Williamstown. If you like history and/or zoos I can recommend Werribee where there is the wonderful Werribee Mansion and the Free Range Zoo. Yes it's a little touristy but great to visit all the same.

Answer 5

commence down south in might want to, that could nevertheless be quite great climate yet getting chilly at evening, and head north for June. The tropical north is ideal right now of year - verify out Cairns/Port Douglas and the Northern Territory. 2 months will be sufficient to ascertain a strong little bit of oz.and characteristic a superb holiday.

Answer 6

Take a tram ride to wherever it's going and then back to where you jumped on. That's fun. You can also go on a guided tour through the MCG, which is probably still 'touristy' but something not a lot of people do.

Answer 7

just go wonder about 1 of the outer suburb's to shops-pubs meet the locals