The last stop on our tour I would recommend jumping on the 86 tram as it is just before stop 20 (easey street) in an alleyway and walking could take a little while (although there are many pieces of beautiful street art to view on the way.) We can…

Stop 4 of our tour is on the corner of Smith Street and Gertrude Street visible from stop 15 of the 86 tram. Here we can see three busts of what appear to be indigenous Australians, although it is worth noting that due to the blurring of the left…

For The third stop of the tour we need to leave Gertrude street just before stop 15 and wander 50 or so meters down little smith street where on the right we can see a garage and fence painted with a beautiful Aussie styled mural. We see an…

For the second stop just down Gertrude Street between stops 13 and 14 on a wall in Little Napier Street, we see what at the first glance appears to be a goanna painted in a traditional style resembling a rock painting that might have dated back…

The First stop and the beginning of the tour will be off Gertrude street after stop 12 on the 86 tram line (between Nicholson and Fitzroy streets) we have a mural of an indigenous Australian painted in traditional ochre, with a resilient facial…

Leaving one university and entering another, RMIT has the potential for more varied latrinalia as its buildings are spread among the central business district. Among the usual emotional and witty messages are the occasional political claim.…

Whereas Baillieu serves as a central hub for studying, the Union House is a hub for socializing. Filled with food suppliers and chatting students, the atmosphere is more lively than studious. The basement has a bathroom painted hot pink with rows of…

University of Melbourne’s central library, Baillieu, certainly receives the most foot traffic. This makes it an ideal place for students to have conversations with each other through their latrinalia. Students also commonly use this library as a…

Enter into a library at the University of Melbourne and a different type of latrinalia appears. Instead of graffiti artists or bored teenagers, students are creating the messages scrawled on the walls. Notes are often more stylized or even artistic,…

Gas station bathrooms and public restrooms remain one of the few toilets still available to the general public. Café and shop bathrooms may be open to customers, but there is a certain expectation to look clean and to purchase food before asking to…