We loved Fanny Street! The house has great decor, fully kitted out with everything you could possibly need - great coffee machine, lots of basics in the cupboards (pepper salt herbs, oil, rice , jams, shampoo, washing powder etc etc) which is great because you don't want to buy these for a short stay. It's great to chill on the balcony and check out the view to the city or sit on the out door furniture in the shade.
It's 2 mins walk to Moonie Ponds racecourse that has a public bar with even more spectacular views across to the city. Just 7min walk at the end of the road is the beautiful Queens park with is great large outdoor swimming pool plus a small kids and baby pools (all day family ticket $17) which we used several times. There is a great cafe/ restaurant within the park but also a pizza/ bistro, cheesecake shop, takeaway, Milk bar, and few more cafes also at top of the road just 7mins walk next to the pool. If you carry on through the park approx 15mins walk from Fanny Street is Moonie Ponds central which has everything you need (supermarkets, bars, cafes, shops, banks etc). Fanny street is on a good bus route to get into Melbourne with all it has to offer and easy to link with tram network.
Stuart was a great host easy communication and flexible over checkin / out etc. Thanks again Stuart for letting us stay and we hope to return !