19/02/2026
THINGS THAT MAKE MELBOURNE
EVERY BIT DIFFERENT
Naturally, we’re more than a little in love with this city, and so here is a list we’ve put together of 22 Weird and Wonderful Things that make it, and this state, truly unique. You might spot a favourite or discover something entirely new. Maybe you’ll come up with a list of your own whilst sitting on the curb outside a wine bar, soaking up one of those lovely summer afternoons.
Thanks to our destination partner Melbourne. Every Bit Different.
1. Ordering a coffee through a laneway hole-in-the-wall
2. Drinking wine in a pocket park that sits in the middle of the road
3. The old-school diner at the Coburg drive-in
4. Getting your jeans tailored at Dejour Jeans
5. Walking down Brunswick Street and discovering five different live gigs at once
6. Having a watermelon granita at Pellegrini’s Espresso Bar
7. The silence before the first bounce of an AFL game
8. Sitting on milk crates while eating an excellent sandwich
9. Losing an entire day inside Curtin House
10. Rows of historic heritage houses tucked in inner-city streets
11. Queuing for a cult bakery on a Saturday morning
12. Picking up a veggie box from a Melbourne market and feeling very virtuous about it
13. Riding Puffing Billy through the Dandenong ranges
14. A “hot girl walk” around the Tan
15. A late-night feed in the world’s oldest continuous Chinatown
16. Street art appearing overnight in Hosier or AC/DC lane
17. Moving from dinosaurs to contemporary fashion to First Nations storytelling at Melbourne Museum
18. The iconic pink phone booth at The Langham, Melbourne
19. Singing sea shanty’s in a Spanish courtyard
20. The hidden Elvis Presley Memorial Garden at Melbourne General Cemetery in Carlton
21. Skaters carving up Princes Pier as the sun goes down
22. Spotting unapologetically unique street style at PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival
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