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Your guide will meet you on Lonsdale St on the west side of the city grid and will take you through the areas where the law was practiced from ‘wattle and daub’ mud shacks to the grand Supreme Court.
Stop by what was our first Exhibition Building and former mint, admire the oldest house in the city centre, old laneways with a very 19th Century feel and see where ‘shot’ was made up until 1961.
Admire the dome of the State Library that used to be the biggest in the world and view historical art showing places names long forgotten such as Emerald Hill, Batman’s Hill and Sandridge.
Other stops include the former clinic which treated the social diseases in abundance during the Little Lons period of legal prostitution and the building shown as the Supreme Court in the recently screened ‘Mystery of a Hansom Cab’!
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This is the 2nd tour I've done with MELTours (the other being the Miss Fisher tour with Kathy), and I have found them to exceed my expectations, with very passionate and experienced tour guides, in a small group setting. Highly recommend.


Kathy D indeed brought to life the scenes of many inner Melbourne locations of the Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries series set in the 1920’s. Kathy combined the characters, their real lives too, connections with events and personalities of the time with highlights of the daring entrepreneurs of fashion, art, and architecture and the wizardry behind filmmaking! This is my second tour with Mel Tours, so truly recommend them.

A small group so very easy to chat and make decisions on which bar to have a drink at.
Sam was knowledgeable and shared insights and stories.
Bars were great, some we knew and others we would never have found on our own. We were able to stop at some and take a peek at others.
Well worth out time and a good evening.
















Kathy was knowledgeable and showed much passion about the city.
Truly worth it.






It was wonderful to listen to all the stories you told and look at the city with new eyes.






Take notes of any tips you find interesting, all her fashion and food recommendations were excellent.












What San doesn't know about the history of Melbourne is not worth knowing. He told us so much history and then expanded further as we passed a building of interest or some interesting lane way art. He even bought us a cup of coffee!!
This tour was most enjoyable and I would recommend it to any visitor to Melbourne.



















