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ALBERT PARK    

Albert Park is extremely pleasant. Wide tree-lined streets, Victorian architecture and an attractive village shopping centre with quality cafes help give Albert Park a bit of a chi-chi feel. It’s on the bay, on a tram route, and full of professionals with decent pay packets and a thirst for good books, good food, good ice-cream, and good coffee. More >>

ELWOOD    

If ya love the beach, cafes and a quieter lifestyle that still oozes a sense of cool, then head on down to Elwood. It's walking distance from St Kilda, attracts moneyed professionals who prefer latte to bling, and it has a decent collection of art deco buildings and  wide leafy streets. More >>

FRANKSTON    

Frankston is suburbia by the bay. It is a long way out of the city centre (at last one hour drive or train trip), it is HUGE and is very popular with mainstream young families on average incomes. It has a clean beach that fills to capacity during summer. It's a short drive away from some great holiday spots on the Mornington Peninsula, and is one of the fastest growing regions of Melbourne. More >>

HAWKSBURN   

This place is one of the best suburbs in Melbourne. It's tucked between South Yarra, Toorak and Prahran. It has boutique shops, Victorian architecture, plenty of trees, cafes, a village feel, and good access to public transport. All of this means Hawksburn is an easy place to live in. More >>

MALVERN    

If you are after a safe, affluent, middle class family area with beautiful parks, then Malvern could be your thing. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone here who does not send their kids to a private school, or who is not a professional or does not play golf or listen to ABC Radio. More >>

MT ELIZA    

Wealthy, semi rural, and posh private schools. This place is quite beautiful and is definitely family and executive territory. There are trees, well kept homes and gardens everywhere, and a very pleasant local shopping centre.  More >>

PORT MELBOURNE  

Even a couple of decades ago if you said you lived in Port Melbourne, people would feel sorry for you. Today, it's one of the most expensive places to live in with plenty of cafes, bars, pricey apartments and houses, highly paid professionals and some would say tossers. More >>

PRAHRAN  

If South Yarra is blonde hair and bling, Prahran is unconventional, alternative, and individual cool. Here you will find the young, arty professionals, gays, party types, students, cool cats, suits, and vintage clothes enthusiasts. Get the idea?  More >>

St KILDA    

St Kilda has plenty to offer and is probably the most colourful suburb in Melbourne. It's glory has come, gone, and come back again. Meaning, these days it's the place arty intelligent types, professionals, live music fans, students, backpackers, families, gays/lesbians, and tourists like to hang out and live in. It's trendy in a gentrified alternative way, with a bit of edge and a bit of rough still left.  More >>

SOUTH MELBOURNE  

This place started off as a working class suburb, and if it were not for the public housing, South Melbourne would now be one toff of a place. Instead, it is diverse, interesting, convenient, has plenty of cafes and a great fresh food market.  More >>

SOUTH YARRA    

South Yarra is the designer shopping centre of Melbourne. It tends to attract skinny things, blondes (fake and natural), people who wear bling, have moola, and love to be seen. It is an affluent, safe, stylish, expensive, beautiful suburb close to the city centre.  More >>

TOORAK    

Toorak is the most prestigious suburb in Melbourne, and is essentially establishment. If you are filthy rich or a well known media celebrity, there is a good chance you'll be parking your Toorak tractor (aka 4WD) here. More >>