While many inner city areas around Australia have suffered from overt gentrification with shops closing down and street life disappearing, Fitzroy isn’t one of them. It’s still a melting pot of people and cultures, with more restaurants, great cafes, pubs, nightlife, and a fantastic mix of shopping in one street than anywhere else in Australia. And right in the heart of it - but tucked around the corner down a wide, tree-lined street - is Kim and Deans place.
The apartment is in a small block, impeccably clean, well-stocked kitchen ( though there’s so many great places to eat you’re probably not going to need to use it often, if at all…), there’s a cosy couch, and the bed, sadly, was probably more comfortable than my own. The park and famous Fitzroy pool are just across the road, the neighbours are friendly, the street is quiet both day and night, and yet within one minutes walk you’re in the thick of what Melbourne does so well !
I stayed for a week, but was so comfortable here I could have moved in permanently. It’s that good…