{"id":23850,"date":"2013-12-22T07:20:24","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T23:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/?p=23850"},"modified":"2014-01-18T14:40:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T06:40:07","slug":"melbourne-itinerary-free-walking-tram-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2013\/12\/22\/melbourne-itinerary-free-walking-tram-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiobu’s Melbourne Itinerary Day 1: Free Walking Tour and Free Tram Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Australia travel info, click here.<\/a>
\nFor Sydney\u2019s itinerary, click here.
\n<\/a>For Melbourne travel info, click here.
\nFor Melbourne full itinerary, click here.<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Melbourne Itinerary Day 1: Free Walking Tour; Free Melbourne Visitor Shuttle; and Free City Tram<\/h1>\n

Free walking tour<\/a>\u00a02.30pm-5.30pm<\/b>
\nIf you enjoyed the free walking tour in Sydney<\/a>, you can try out another free walking tour in Melbourne.\u00a0Gather at the statue of Sir Redmond Barry in front of the State Library of Victoria.\u00a0You will get to visit Federation Square, Melbourne’s Laneways, Street Art, Flinders St Station, Yarra River, Eureaka Tower, Chinatown, Princess Theatre, Melbourne’s Arcades, Bourke St Shopping Mall, Old Melbourne Gaol, State Library of Victoria, Royal Exhibition Centre.<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

You can tour Melbourne City via\u00a0Melbourne Visitor Shuttle\u00a0<\/b><\/a>which operates daily every 30 minutes from 9.30am to 4.30pm. The trip takes approximately 90 minutes and includes an informative on-board commentary. Best thing is, it is FREE! Just hop off and hop on at various stops. It\u2019s fun!<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

Another alternative is to take the\u00a0Free City Tram (No. 35)<\/b><\/a>
\nIt \u00a0travels the perimeter of the CBD, taking in many of Melbourne\u2019s landmarks every day of the year except Christmas Day and Good Friday. Services run approximately every 12 minutes 10am – 9pm Th-Sat, and 10am – 6pm Sun-W.<\/p>\n

We took the free City Tram to Harbour Town, for factory outlet shopping. Shopping is OK and we had some great finds such as shorts for AUD5. I bought 2 pairs of flats for AUD10 each.<\/p>\n

For dinner, you can choose to take the free City Tram to somewhere near\u00a0Crown Casino<\/strong>\u00a0and grab dinner at Crown Casino food court or any fancy restaurants there. I had kebab at the foodcourt which is about AUD13. Generous portion, good to share.<\/p>\n

If you will rather explore Melbourne on your own instead of getting the free tours, you can drive out to\u00a0Chadstone<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0which is a huge mall, or\u00a0Doncaster<\/strong>, another big shopping mall, or\u00a0Church Street<\/strong>\u00a0where there are little boutiques and international brands. Since we didn\u2019t have a car, we had lunch at\u00a0Rare Steakhouse<\/strong>, and hopped onto the\u00a0Melbourne Visitor Shuttle<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0Lygon Street<\/strong>\u00a0to explore.<\/p>\n

Rare Steakhouse<\/strong><\/a>
\nShop 6\/61 Little Collins Street,\u00a0Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia<\/p>\n

\"Rare
\nI ordered\u00a0Coffin Bay South Australia Oysters<\/strong>\u00a0for AUD3.50\/piece. It was very juicy and yummy.<\/p>\n

\"Rare
\nWe also ordered\u00a0Sizzling Garlic prawns<\/strong>\u00a0AUD16.50 \u2013 fresh prawns, pan-fried in lots of garlic butter and served with crunchy ciabatta bread. The prawns were crunchy and super delicious. We dipped the bread into the garlic butter and it was so,so, so good that we asked for more bread.<\/p>\n

\"Rare
\nWe ordered\u00a0Mayura Full-Blood Wagyu Porterhouse<\/strong>\u00a0(Marble score 4-6), 300g for AUD55. Mayura\u2019s range-fed full-blood wagyu are fed solely on grass, which is not your typical Wagyu. Apparently, this is a prestigious award winning beef.<\/p>\n

Tip: Go on Mon \u2013 Thurs lunch for their set menu at AUD38.50 per pax or 5.30 \u2013 6.30pm from Mon \u2013 Sat for set dinner.<\/em><\/p>\n

Since we didn\u2019t really plan for this day because we were supposed to be on our way to Phillip Island and the trip was cancelled, we wandered around and saw the Melbourne Visitor shuttle and hopped onto it. We alighted at\u00a0Lygon Street<\/strong>, which is\u00a0Little Italy<\/strong>\u00a0to grab ice cream because we heard that the best gelato can be found here! Lygon Street is Melbourne\u2019s heartland of Italian culture, food and lifestyle. We found\u00a0Casa Del Gelato<\/strong><\/a>. The shop is very unassuming, in fact, there\u2019s no decoration to speak of. There are 3-4 tables placed outside the store. We ordered\u00a0Single Cup<\/strong>\u00a0AUD5 and we chose 3 flavours \u2013 Caramel, Chocolate and Ricotta Cheese. The cheese flavor is the best! It is so so so good. Forget about the chocolate, it is nothing special. The caramel tastes so bland after having tried the Ricotta Cheese.<\/p>\n

Then we moved on to shop at\u00a0Brunswick area<\/strong>. There are many stores selling local designers stuff, vintage stuff and many other quaint stores. Nice! We were so tired from shopping and decided to head back to Lygon Street for dinner at Tiamo.<\/p>\n

Tiamo
\n<\/a><\/strong>303 Lygon Street,\u00a0Carlton 3053<\/p>\n

\"Tiamo
\nWe had\u00a0Tortellini Tartufo<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Ricotta filled tortellini with cream, mushroom and truffle. It was quite tasteless, the ricotta in tortellini serves no purpose, perhaps just to fill up the tortellini. They were very generous with the sauce though. We also ordered\u00a0Schiaffatelle<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 traditional Italian homemade pasta, almost like gnocchi but without potato, tossed in Napoli sauce & basil. The schiaffatelle is definitely better than gnocchi in terms of texture. It is also more chewy. I prefer this dish to the Tortellini dish. However, both pasta dishes are not as awesome as expected, since this is one of the more popular Italian restaurants in Little Italy.<\/p>\n

We also had\u00a0Tiramisu<\/strong>. So-so only. The special thing about this Tiramisu is that the chocolate sauce is mixed with condensed milk which makes it very addictive!<\/p>\n

If you crave for somewhere to chill out, cross the road for\u00a0Brunetti<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0The Brunetti at Lygon Street is the flagship store.<\/p>\n

To be continued…<\/p>\n

Words and Photos by\u00a0Chiobu<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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