The flat is very clean and new, in a smart new apartment complex with lots of amenities, including a great lap pool, secure bicycle store room, gym and two cafés. It is located beside a pretty, leafy, peaceful stretch of the Yarra river - great for cycling and walking - and close to a tramstop for trams to the city and the Port Melbourne beach. The residents seem friendly, and the host, Karin, was kind enough to wait up late into the night for my unexpectedly late arrival due to a flight delay.