Having a look online for things to do in Melbourne, I came across a street art walk. Street art included stencils, paste-ups and murals on approved outdoor locations throughout the city.
After a horrendous start with the plane being delayed for an hour and a half, I should of known better as Pepe and planes are always a bad mix. For some unbeknown reason planes are always are late when Pepe is travelling. I was just happy that Jaeminkins was in good form but getting a little whingy being stuck on my lap.
Pepe just made his meeting in time whilst I made myself at home with room service and Jaeminkins enjoyed his bottle on a plump pillow.
Luckily, Pepe finished early so we started our walk at Spark Lane where we found our first piece of art of a miserable looking ball of string next to the Lindrum Hotel. Turning the corner we spotted a mural which was better.
We hoped for more interesting work and as we walked up to Hosier Lane and Rutledge Lane, the street art literally blew us away. The walls were covered in these colourful beautiful artwork and it was hard to really appreciate the scale of it all due to the width of the street. I could have stood there for the rest of the afternoon and the smell of food from Movida was very appetising as well.
We then made our way to Cocker Alley which was parked in with cars and garbage bins strewn round so it wasn’t very appealing to attempt to walk down this alley with a pram.
Union Lane was another impressive laneway as you walked out into the main shopping drag. It was like popping into another world then back to reality.
We ended up at Caledonian Lane which was next door to a construction site so the hoarding covered up most of the murals, that wasn’t so great.
It was an amazing walk which only took about 30-45 mins, possibly longer if you wanted to admire the street art. I definitely recommend checking out Hosier, Rutledge and Union Lane, you won’t be disappointed.
A map of Melbourne
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