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Inspirational walking street-art tours in Melbourne – Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet.
I fuckin’ love Melbourne’s street-art scene… the coffee, the beer, the cool bars… of which this beautiful city has plenty of all in abundance.
So my gift to all you lovers out there is this perfect little street-art walk that I did last Friday at random.
After my 1st week in 2.5 years working from the home office, I wrap up work for the day at 3pm, grab my Canon DSLR & stroll to Degraves St for a double shot latte at my favourite little joint down there, Cafe Andiamo.
From there, I wander through the backstreets of Melbourne CBD via Centre Pl, through Block Arcade and Union Ln (which almost always has artists at work or fresh paint) to Bourke St Mall, then head up Bourke St cutting left through Brien Ln to Lt Bourke St and into Croft Alley (never fear – there’s a map & pics below).
If it’s open, then I highly recommend dropping into The Croft Institute at the very end of Croft Alley for a cheeky cocktail to freshen up & chill.
The final leg of the journey involves walking down Lt Bourke St to Tattersalls Ln and along Tattersall Ln to one of my favourite bars in Melbourne, Section 8.
Rain, hail or shine, Section 8 is a wicked bar with killer tunes, open 7 days a week (both day & night), and the bar itself and the alley surrounds is alive with a whole swag of street-art by amazing artists, including a beautiful lady on the bricks above Section 8, by one of my favourite artists, Rone.
Tell ’em Dan sent you… And they’ll stare at you blankly 😃
But this is just a taste of what Melbourne has to offer… Enjoy! And feel free to share the love! ❤️🍻
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As an award-winning, highly experienced social media professional, Dan Wilkinson has worked with a range of international brands, spoken at Social Media Week – Miami and has had two campaigns from the past year now featured as global case studies on both the Twitter Success Stories and Instagram Business Blog for his work at SapientNitro, working with brands such as Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Peroni Italian Beer and more.
Dan recently wrapped up his position as Social Media Lead for SapientNitro in Australia, to pursue freelance social media contracts, influencer/public speaking opportunities and further build his own brand, Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet.

Melbourne – just how I like my city life
The weekend is my time and this one just gone, one of my close Sydney-based Melbourne-raised mates, Krys, came south of the border to soak up what Melbourne’s culture has to offer – Killer coffee, live sport, street-art and music.
Friday night we hit AAMI Park for the Melbourne Rebels Super 15 match, where Melbourne’s latest sporting team were beaten by the top of the table South African side, Durban Sharks, despite dominating possession and ample opportunity to come away with victory.
Saturday morning I took Krys out in search of some of Melbourne’s finest coffee, food and service at Di Bella Coffee Roasting Warehouse in North Melbourne, sparked up a conversation with a beautiful, friendly Italian-Australian woman (and even babysat the dogs she was dog-sitting for a while), followed by a stroll around Queen Vic Markets, antipasti lunch + chilling, arvo walk around some of Melbourne CBD key street-art highlights and Eliza Hull live at Northcote Social Club, supporting Hayden Calnin‘s latest EP launch.
Lazy day Sunday, but this is just how I like my city life and here are a few wicked pics from our street-art jaunt + the show.
Dan
Disclaimer: photos always look more awesome on your iPhone 4… next time I’m taking my DSLR :p
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Sating my sense of wanderlust.. without even leaving the city.. Streetart & Photography..
There’s this fire burning inside me.. in my life I’ve lived in well over half a dozen cities in Australia, the Middle East, Italy and Indonesia.
Based in Dubai from 1999 – 2006 working for Emirates Airline, I jet-setted extensively across the planet every few days visiting many unusual and inspiring places. At the time it sated the sense of wanderlust I’ve been possessed with from when I was a kid, but since my return to Australia it has only served to fuel my hunger for the constant stimulation of new experiences, to explore the world and exist in new environments.
In lieu of jumping on a jet-plane across the planet on a week-to-week basis, in a city as diverse as Melbourne it is actually possible to escape, explore hidden bars and alleyways and to lose yourself in a different world as needed.
Just 5 minutes from Melbourne CBD, Fitzroy’s backstreets are an evolving gallery of amazing, urban artwork and just one of the many experiences you can enjoy exploring this city with a DSLR/smartphone and a few hours on your hands.
Sometimes happiness and peace don’t have to cost the price of a plane ticket.
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Stream Big Scary’s latest album ‘Not Art’.. 5 days only!
Big Scary are back!
Pieater and Inertia have announced Melbourne indie rockers Big Scary release of second album ‘Not Art’ this Friday 28th June in Australia/New Zealand & are streaming it live free for 5 days only!
Stream Big Scary’s – ‘Not Art’ here:
Then go pre-order it here:
June 28th (Aus/NZ) via Pieater/Inertia
Sept 17th (US) via Barsuk.com
Pre-Order
iTunes (Aus/NZ) – itunes.apple.com/au/album/not-art/id638577930
12″ Vinyl (Aus/NZ) – www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-roc…at-mp3/684866
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