Melbourne Street Art

Like many cities, Melbourne has a lot of Street Art. It’s everywhere - in lanes and alleyways, on the side of buildings and up above you. You just have to look around. Street Art - like beauty - is in the eye of the beholder: some of it is better than others and some may appeal to your taste more than others. Nevertheless, you have to admire the artistic creativity of those who provide it for our enjoyment.

By its nature, Street Art is ephemeral - here today, gone tomorrow. Some of it endures but most of it doesn’t. Painting over someone else’s work is, I understand, generally fair game, provided you replace it with something better (or at least as good, depending on your point of view). What is not good and is not appreciated - at least by those of us who enjoy and appreciate the artistic endeavours of others - is those who simply deface the work of others by tagging it. Not good ….

Although Hosier Lane is probably the most well-known location for Street Art in Melbourne, here’s a (partial) list of streets, lanes and alleyways where you can expect to find some Street Art in central Melbourne. In addition to these streets and laneways, there are numerous places around the Melbourne suburbs where you’ll find it, often in unexpected places. Keep your eyes open and keep looking around (and up) ….

Street / Lane / Alleyway

Directions

Flinders Court

To left on Flinders Lane to

Mill Place

Right on Flinders Lane to

Staughton Alley

Across Elizabeth to

Rothsay Lane

Up Elizabeth to right on Lt Collins to

Union Lane

Return to Little Collins, left to

Sugden Place

Across Lt Collins to

Howey Place/Presgrave Place

Down to Collins, Manchester Lane, Port Phillip Arcade to Flinders St, left to

Cocker Alley

Along Flinders

Hosier Lane (& Rutledge Lane)

R on Flinders Lane, up Russell to

Beaney Lane

Return/continue on Flinders Lane to

Higson Lane

Continue on Flinders Lane to

AC/DC Lane (& Duckboard Place)

Up Exhibition to

Strachan Lane

Up Exhibition to

Exhibition & Collins

Left on Collins to

Alfred Place

Across Lt Collins, left to

Coromandel Place

To end, then right to

Coromandel passageway to Bourke

Left on Bourke to Russell, south & across to

Donaldson Lane

Across Russell to

Melbourne Place

Retrace to Bourke to

Alley near corner Bourke & Exhibition

East on Bourke to

Meyers Place

West on Bourke to

Market Lane

Left on Lt Bourke to

Croft Alley

Left on Lt Bourke to

Coverlid Place

Across Russell to Waratah Place

Waratah Place

Up to Lonsdale then left to

Heffernan Lane

Down to Lt Bourke then right to

Tattersalls Lane (& Stevenson Lane)

Across Swanston, right on

Caledonian Lane

Across Lonsdale to

Drewery Lane

To

Sniders Lane

To

Drewery Place

Across Lt Lonsdale to

Knox Lane

Up Swanston, left on Lt Latrobe to

Literature Lane

Up Elizabeth to left on Franklin to

Blender Lane

W on Franklin then south on

Anthony Street

Down Queen, across LaTrobe to left on

Guildford Lane

To Lt Lonsdale to

Lt Lonsdale btn Elizabeth & Queen

Lt Lonsdale to

Finlay Lane

To Lt Bourke left to

Warburton Lane

Continue on Lt Bourke to

Rankins Lane