Melbourne,
with Matty.
Trivia, music, local secrets and a few questionable facts from your fellow travellers.
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🎵 Aussie Music
Want a soundtrack for your time in Australia? Here’s Matty’s playlist of Aussie music. Enjoy the tunes and take a little bit of Australia home with you!
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🌏 Where Is Everyone From?
🎨 Matty Needs More Style!
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🇦🇺 Aussies of the Day
Three Australians for today — icons, thinkers, fighters, scientists, artists and people who left a mark.
🐧 Little Blue for You
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🧑🎨 Which Melbournian Character are You?
Choose everything that genuinely sounds like you and discover your closest Melbourne characters.
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🎯 Daily Challenges
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Melbourne Trivia
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Hall of Questionable Knowledge
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Get to Know Matt
A little about me
Greetings! I've been a tour guide since January 2022. I do several tours including the Great Ocean Road, Phillip Island, Puffing Billy/Dandenongs and Healesville/Yarra Valley.
I've lived in Melbourne since I was 10 years old.
My most memorable travel experiences have been visiting Japan, India, Berlin and Colombia.
I'm deeply interested in the world of self-development, mindset, meditation, health and yoga, as well as connection and relationships.
I enjoy dancing, practising guitar, watching Liverpool FC and live music!
Nice to meet you 😊
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Contact Your Guide
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Matty's Melbourne Guidebook
My Melbourne guide is growing. Explore my favourite places and local tips while I add more. — Matty
✈️ Airport transport tip
Take the Craigieburn Line to Broadmeadows Station, then the Route 901 bus to Melbourne Airport. Allow around 1 hour 15 minutes and check current fares.
🏖️ My favourite beaches
Half Moon Bay: spectacular cliffs and rocky coastline.
Sandringham Beach: a lovely coastal escape by train.
Chelsea Beach: pale sand and shallow water.
🍜 Budget meals
Crossways, Banh Mi Stand, Angliss Bistro, Mamak, Butchers Diner, Udon Yasan, French Fix and Shujinko Ramen on Russell Street.
Matty’s pick: Black Ramen at Shujinko.
☕ Melbourne’s best coffee
Italian immigration helped shape Melbourne’s espresso culture. Independent cafés, skilled baristas and fresh roasting are now part of the city’s identity.
Try Market Lane Coffee, Axil Coffee Roasters, Brother Baba Budan, Patricia Coffee Brewers, Proud Mary, Industry Beans and Seven Seeds. Pair a café with Queen Victoria Market, Fitzroy’s weekend markets or a wander through Carlton or Collingwood.
🌳 Matty’s favourite rainforest
Take the Belgrave Line to Belgrave, then explore Sherbrooke Forest. Look out for superb lyrebirds and other native wildlife.
2-hour walk ↗ · 3-hour walk ↗ · 4-hour rainforest + gardens ↗
Allow extra time to explore the gardens.
Make a Song Request
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If you had a brilliant time today and feel like showing a little extra appreciation, thank you ❤️
Tipping will give you one extra song request and helps support the free, work-in-progress Melbourne guidebook.
Tipping is completely optional.
Tour Chat
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⚠️ Vital Tour Info
🚂 Before Your Puffing Billy Train Ride
Please arrive at the train 5–10 minutes early.
This is a good place to get some food. Even if you're not hungry yet, I recommend getting some sandwiches or something else to take away; you can eat on the train or the bus later.
This will be your best opportunity to get proper food until dinner. Snacks will be available around 3 hours later.
We are travelling one way on the train, and the journey takes approximately 1 hour.
You will make your own way to get food and then board the train. I will leave you here and drive the bus to meet you at the other end of the railway.
You can leave any belongings you don't need on the bus.
You can call or message me whenever you need help or clarification.
When you arrive at the other end, we will try to leave as soon as we can.
It is a 1 hour drive onwards. There are toilets near the train if you need to use them.
🦘 Extra Free-Time Activity
Sometimes we take an early-morning train and other days a later-afternoon train.
Between our Puffing Billy Train and the penguins at sunset we have free time. It may be 1 hour, 2 hours or even 4 hours.
As a group, we'll vote on what we'd like to do.
This activity is optional and isn't included in the tour cost.
- 🏖️ Exploring Grantville Foreshore Reserve
- 🦘 Feeding kangaroos
- ⛳ Playing mini golf or relaxing at the café
🐧 Penguin Viewing
Check the Tour Itinerary or listen to my instructions on the day for the best penguin-viewing time.
The beach can become quite crowded when everyone first goes down to see the penguins. However, the penguins remain active throughout the night.
If you prefer to avoid the biggest crowds, you can consider going down to the beach about 10 minutes later, and staying around for another 10 minutes after many people begin leaving. Unless you prefer to have the exciting anticipation of waiting.
Our meeting point is back at the bus.
Please listen to my instructions for the meeting time.
Staying east of Melbourne?
On the journey back to Melbourne, I'll be driving along the M1 freeway.
If you're staying around Springvale, Glen Waverley, Blackburn, or another nearby eastern suburb, let me know.
Depending on where you're staying, I may be able to pull off the freeway somewhere convenient so you can take an Uber home instead of returning all the way to the city first. This could save you around an hour of travelling time.
Today’s Tour
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Where Will You Be?
Everyone arrives at the same location. Choose where you plan to spend your free time so Matty knows where you will be. This is not a group decision.
☕ The café is available to everyone, whatever you choose.
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