Guidebook for Richmond
Food Scene
Noir
175 Swan StGreat French food in a modern setting
Grill'd Bridge Rd, Richmond
330-332 Bridge RoadGREAT burgers
Touchwood
480 Bridge RdBreakfast is an important meal!
Friends of Mine
506 Swan StBreakfast + Coffee
Food Market every Saturday until 1pm! You can buy fresh food and vegetables to prepare back in the apartment.
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Gleadell Street Market
5 Gleadell StFood Market every Saturday until 1pm! You can buy fresh food and vegetables to prepare back in the apartment.
Meatmother
167 Swan StreetMeat, meat and more meat!
The BEST croissants in Melbourne. Doesn't look like much but the pastry is amazing.
Richmond Sourdough
418 Bridge RoadThe BEST croissants in Melbourne. Doesn't look like much but the pastry is amazing.
Drinks & Nightlife
Spread Eagle Hotel
372 Bridge RdExcellent pub.
The Leadbeater Hotel
1 Church StGreat little venue - good food, great staff!
It's a bar, it's a brewery! It's awesome.
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Mountain Goat Beer
80 North StIt's a bar, it's a brewery! It's awesome.
Food, drinks, awesome looking venue, and all ages welcome (bonus when you're not 18!) :)
57 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Bridge Hotel
642 Bridge RdFood, drinks, awesome looking venue, and all ages welcome (bonus when you're not 18!) :)
Great live music venue - something is always happening here and you should have a look.
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Corner Hotel
57 Swan StGreat live music venue - something is always happening here and you should have a look.
Greatly decorated bar and it's around the corner! Oh and on Tuesday's they have Lindy Hop dance classes ($15)
Tiki Lounge and Bar
Greatly decorated bar and it's around the corner! Oh and on Tuesday's they have Lindy Hop dance classes ($15)
Great little local pub with a great friendly welcoming vibe for all (gay friendly)
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DT's Hotel
164 Church StGreat little local pub with a great friendly welcoming vibe for all (gay friendly)
Sprawling riverside entertainment complex with 3 hotels, spas, casino plus restaurants and bars.
615 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Crown Melbourne
8 Whiteman StSprawling riverside entertainment complex with 3 hotels, spas, casino plus restaurants and bars.
Essentials
Coles Richmond Icon
160 Swan StSupermarket and alcohol.
Prest Laundry
129 Burnley StThis place does excellent work!
In a shopping centre with decent carparking.
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Coles Victoria Gardens
Burnley StreetIn a shopping centre with decent carparking.
One of the closest pharmacies/chemists. Here you can get anything you need including personal care items.
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Chemist Warehouse
210 Swan StOne of the closest pharmacies/chemists. Here you can get anything you need including personal care items.
Shopping
Has a supermarket, Kmart, fashion shops, cinema, butcher, chemist, IKEA!
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Centro Comercial Victoria Gardens
620 Victoria StHas a supermarket, Kmart, fashion shops, cinema, butcher, chemist, IKEA!
The Queen Victoria Market is a major landmark in Melbourne, Australia, and at around seven hectares is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemisphere. www.qvm.com.au
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Mercado de la Reina Victoria
Queen StreetThe Queen Victoria Market is a major landmark in Melbourne, Australia, and at around seven hectares is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemisphere. www.qvm.com.au
This street is a strip of shops which cater to the next level of shopper. It's a long street filled with shops, restaurants and bars. Why don't you make a day of it!?
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Chapel Street
Chapel StreetThis street is a strip of shops which cater to the next level of shopper. It's a long street filled with shops, restaurants and bars. Why don't you make a day of it!?
Getting Around
Approximately 7 minutes walk and it will take you to the city or out East.
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Burnley Railway Station
Approximately 7 minutes walk and it will take you to the city or out East.
Major train station in Melbourne. It's approximately 1km walk from the apartment. Here you can catch trains into the city or to the East and South of Melbourne.
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Cremorne St/Swan St station
Major train station in Melbourne. It's approximately 1km walk from the apartment. Here you can catch trains into the city or to the East and South of Melbourne.
From this location you can catch a tram INTO the city (head towards the tall buildings). Trams are regular, every 10mins or so and take about half hour to get to the city.
Coppin St/Swan St station
From this location you can catch a tram INTO the city (head towards the tall buildings). Trams are regular, every 10mins or so and take about half hour to get to the city.
You can hire a bike from one of these stations, they are the Melbourne City Bikes (Blue in Colour). This is the closes station to Richmond. Please remember that in Melbourne you are required to wear a helmet by LAW.
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Melbourne Bike Share Station
Saint Kilda RoadYou can hire a bike from one of these stations, they are the Melbourne City Bikes (Blue in Colour). This is the closes station to Richmond. Please remember that in Melbourne you are required to wear a helmet by LAW.
Entertainment & Activities
Yoga in Daily Life Melbourne
415 Church StGreat and non-pretensions (and cheap) yoga studio near my apartment.
www.zoo.org.au/melbourne
Melbourne Zoo, contains more than 320 animal species from Australia and around the world. The zoo is 4km from the city.
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Zoológico de Melbourne
Elliott Avenuewww.zoo.org.au/melbourne
Melbourne Zoo, contains more than 320 animal species from Australia and around the world. The zoo is 4km from the city.
Old School enduring amusement park next to the bay. Great views and a great place to take kids (old and young!). Luna Park is a historic amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay. It opened on 13 December 1912 and has been operating almost continuously since.
www.lunapark.com.au
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Luna Park/The Esplanade station
Old School enduring amusement park next to the bay. Great views and a great place to take kids (old and young!). Luna Park is a historic amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay. It opened on 13 December 1912 and has been operating almost continuously since.
www.lunapark.com.au
Werribee Open Range Zoo is an African themed zoo in Werribee, about 32 kilometres south-west of Melbourne. www.zoo.org.au/werribee
161 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Zoo de Werribee Open Range
K RoadWerribee Open Range Zoo is an African themed zoo in Werribee, about 32 kilometres south-west of Melbourne. www.zoo.org.au/werribee
Parks & Nature
Park with a playground and a dog park at the end of Coppin Street. There are also BBQs and seats. Popular place for locals to go to in summer.
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Barkly Gardens
Mary StreetPark with a playground and a dog park at the end of Coppin Street. There are also BBQs and seats. Popular place for locals to go to in summer.
Zoo dedicated to Australian wildlife, offering animal encounters, bird shows & a play area for kids.
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Healesville Sanctuary
Zoo dedicated to Australian wildlife, offering animal encounters, bird shows & a play area for kids.
The Dandenong Ranges are a set of low mountain ranges, rising to 633 metres at Mount Dandenong, approximately 35 km east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The ranges consist mostly of rolling hills, steeply weathered valleys and gullies covered in thick temperate rainforest, predominantly of tall Mountain Ash trees and dense ferny undergrowth. After European settlement in the region, the range was used as a major source of timber for Melbourne. The ranges were popular with day-trippers from the 1870s onwards. Much of the Dandenongs were protected by parklands as early as 1882 and by 1987 these parklands were amalgamated to form the Dandenong Ranges National Park, which was subsequently expa
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Parque Nacional Dandenong Ranges
School RoadThe Dandenong Ranges are a set of low mountain ranges, rising to 633 metres at Mount Dandenong, approximately 35 km east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The ranges consist mostly of rolling hills, steeply weathered valleys and gullies covered in thick temperate rainforest, predominantly of tall Mountain Ash trees and dense ferny undergrowth. After European settlement in the region, the range was used as a major source of timber for Melbourne. The ranges were popular with day-trippers from the 1870s onwards. Much of the Dandenongs were protected by parklands as early as 1882 and by 1987 these parklands were amalgamated to form the Dandenong Ranges National Park, which was subsequently expa
Close to the city but not crowded and super touristy like St Kilda Beach. These beaches are cleaned regularly by the council and it's just lovely in the summer.
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Elwood Beach
Close to the city but not crowded and super touristy like St Kilda Beach. These beaches are cleaned regularly by the council and it's just lovely in the summer.