Location 2: Melbourne GPO

Cameron Mcauliffe maintains “Graffiti typically relates to a range of practices from tagging through to elaborate “pieces” (from masterpiece) with a focus on stylized words and text, usually including the tag name of the artists/writers and their…

Stop 2

The next stop on the tour is Caledonian Lane. Caledonian Lane like Drewery Lane is also a great place to art, especially murals. The most interesting thing about Caledonian Lane other than the art itself is the size of the street. Usually the streets…

Stop 1

The first location of the Star Tour is Drewery Lane. Drewery Lane is a great place in Melbourne to see some fantastic artwork. In Drewery Lane you can many different types of artwork scattered around the walls of the street. One of the first things…

Location 1: The Queen Victoria Market

The Queen Victoria Market originally started out as a cemetery and went though many more changes before finally becoming the largest open air market in the southern hemisphere. Its website signifies it as “The heart and soul of Melbourne for over a…

Stop A.

This stop is not geographically specific and is more about freely exploring the conversation taking place in the general area. While walking along the cobble stone lanes, you may notice a word or form that appears to dominate or periodically appear,…

Stop B.

In a similar respect to Stop A, here the alley provides an open amphitheatre perspective of illegal graffiti. On close inspection you can notice a thick layer of paint on nearly all surfaces, even those which are abrasive or heavily textured, and,…

Finlay Lane

Leaving Literature Lane and heading west along Little Lonsdale Street, you will stumble across Finlay Lane. Often forgetten and left off street tours, Finlay Lane is a deliberate end of this particular tour, as it presents a unique aspect of…

Literature Lane

The section of Literature Lane to the south of Little La Trobe Street presents two artworks that exemplify the transformative nature of night and darkness. To the west, a mystical woman lords over a walkway, her arms open wide. During the day, she…

Union Lane

Head south-west along Bourke St towards Union Lane, another famous street art hotspot. Where Hosier Lane is known for its larger, more 'considered' pieces, Union Lane is known for being less uniform and more of a 'free-for-all'. It is not unusal to…

Croft Lane

As you head north along Russell Street, appreciate the cityscape at night: hundreds of city-goers travelling through the CBD oblivious of the countless artworks hidden in shadowy corners and behind buildings. Croft Lane is a narrow, dark laneway,…