Getting around, the outdoors and the everyday rhythm of the city.
Melbourne's climate is famous for being changeable, so here's how to actually organise your wardrobe, your home and your habits around it.
The tight, orderly street pattern you notice the moment you arrive in the city centre was drawn up in 1837, and it still dictates how the CBD works today.
A short walk from the CBD, the Royal Botanic Gardens are free, open daily and one of the best things about living in Melbourne. Here is how to make the most of them.
Melbourne lets you ride trams free across the city centre, but the rules trip up newcomers. Here is where the Free Tram Zone runs, and when you still need to touch on.
Melbourne's oldest suburb is still its most characterful. Here is how to spend a day in Fitzroy, from Brunswick Street to the Saturday art market, without doing the obvious tourist loop.
