Weekend Planner

Inner-north Melbourne. Last run Friday 30 October 2026.

This week

Self-guided walksdo any time, at your own pace — not tied to a week

Queer Histories, Queer Futures

A 14-episode geolocated audio walk through Brunswick and Coburg's queer history — Pentridge Prison, drag at Brunswick pubs, a beat murder at Clifton Park, Queer Nation activism, tram depot organising. Serious and specific, not generic Pride content. Launched Feb 2025 and still live.

Distance≈ 5km, can be done in sections
Duration≈ 90 min for the full route
PriceFree
StartNear Brunswick Library, cnr Dawson St & Sydney Rd, Brunswick
AppEchoes (web app, no download required)

Discovering Darebin: The People of Northcote

A Deakin University-produced audio walk up High St from Merri Creek, past the Westgarth Cinema and Ruckers Hill, finishing in All Nations Park — looking at how different communities have shaped Northcote from pre-colonisation to today. First in a "Discovering Darebin" series.

Distance2.5km
Duration≈ 49 min
PriceFree
StartMerri Creek, Northcote (exact start point in-app)
AppCya On The Road (free app, search the tour name)

Check first. The free web preview covers the intro and stop summaries; the full audio experience with 5 additional stops needs the app.

Trails of Feeling (Another View Walking Trail)

An interactive Aboriginal-history walking trail through Melbourne's CBD, developed by the Koorie Heritage Trust with the ARC Centre for the History of Emotions. Re-animates the three surviving sites of 1995's Another View Walking Trail to surface local Aboriginal histories obscured by the city's built environment.

Distance3 sites across the CBD
Duration≈ 45-60 min
PriceFree
StartInteractive map at the link below

Fitzroy Street Art Self-Guided Walk

A short self-guided street-art walk from Juddy Roller Studios up through Fitzroy, focused on work by female street artists (Makatron, Deb, Kaff-Eine) — an unusual curatorial angle rather than a generic laneway highlights reel.

Distance≈ 1.5km, 5 stops
Duration1-2 hours
PriceFree
StartJuddy Roller Studios, 226a Johnston St, Fitzroy

Check first. Curated in 2015 by a Unimelb student project — street art gets painted over, so some described works may no longer be there. Still a good excuse for a wander up Johnston/Brunswick/Rose St even if a few stops have changed.

WinterLIVE: o to da te — sound walk

A self-guided sound walk across the Abbotsford Convent grounds by Japanese sound artist Akio Suzuki with dancer Hiromi Miyakita — a map-and-journal kit for slow, deliberate listening to the site.

DistanceConvent grounds
Duration45-60 min
Price$5
StartAbbotsford Convent office, 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford

Check first. Part of the WinterLIVE season — confirm it's still running before making a special trip; kit collected Mon-Fri 9am-4pm only.

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