Melbourne: Coffee, Culture & History of Collingwood

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Explore the diverse suburb of Collingwood and learn how it has transformed into the hipster area of Melbourne Visit a social enterprise café that employs and supports, disadvantaged youth. Enjoy a famous Melbourne coffee brewed in their in-house roastery and share a delicious croissant from their in-house bakery. We donate $1AUD to the café for every guest that joins this tour. Discover some of the best street art in Melbourne and one of the most historic shopping streets. This tour is fully accessible for wheelchairs Local Impact: How you will help the local community by joining this tour: On this tour, you’ll visit and enjoy a coffee and croissant from STREAT café, a social enterprise that hires and trains disadvantaged youth and supports youth homelessness. As well, $1 will from every traveller booked is donated back to the cafe You’ll learn about issues facing refugees and local minorities, with a visit to a 20-storey mural that features some of the local residents in the Collingwood housing commission towers We’ll discuss the area’s many different social enterprises and the important local causes that they support.

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This tour will take you to one of Melbourne's most characteristic and colourful inner-city neighbourhoods. You'll enjoy a delicious coffee and croissant at an amazing, local social enterprise café before exploring the back streets and graffiti laneways of the suburb. Learn about some of the suburb's colourful characters from the passionate football fans to an infamous criminal turned children's author. After exploring Smith Street and the evolving arts and live music culture of the area, we'll give you plenty of recommendations for places to eat, drink and shop for when the tour concludes.

Get to know the culture and history of Collingwood on this 2 hour walking tour ofa suburb equally famous for it's street art and cafes as well as having the most hated team in Australianfootball. We begin the journeyat STREAT, a social enterprise café that supports disadvantaged youth. Melbourne claims to have the best coffee in the world and here you will get to try one for yourself, direct from their in-house roastery. Also included are some freshly baked croissants from their in-house bakery. Walk the backstreets to a historic brewery site, which has now been converted into apartments, and learn how Collingwood earned the reputation for being the centre of the craft beer scene in Melbourne. More than 1/3 of the population were born overseas so we learn about the waves of migration to the area and take in the mural on the nearby housing commission towers - one of the largest of it's kind in the world. Explore Smith Street, a historically significant shopping street, and visit the new development area of the Arts Precinct where we learn about another amazing social enterprise. See one of the most iconic live music venues in Melbourne and visit the incredible Keith Haring mural. We finish the tour at one of our favourite, unique,local, restaurants where you can try some of their tasty food if you're feeling hungry. Otherwise we will provide you with heaps of other recommendations of things to do and see in the local area to further explore Collingwood after the tour. All stops on this tour are fully accessible.

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• Inclusion

  Local English-speaking guide, coffee (or similar alternative drink), croissant (or similar alternative pastry), $1 per person donation to our social enterprise partners

• Exclusion

  Additional food and drinks, souvenirs and personal shopping, tips/gratuities for your guide

  Transport to and from Collingwood

• Voucher Exchange

  Please present this voucher to your guide at the beginning of your tour. Save this email on your phone or tablet, or print a copy, as you will need to show this to join the trip.

• Confirmation

  If you have your voucher, your booking is confirmed. We'll see you at the start point. Get in touch if you have any concerns or require more information via the email address or phone number (business hours only) on your voucher.

• Your Trip

  For your Urban Adventure you will be in a small group of a maximum of 12 people.

• Dress Standard

  Please wear comfortable clothing appropriate for the weather conditions on the day. Keep in mind that Melbourne’s weather can be unpredictable. This tour will run rain, hail or shine.

• Tipping

  If you are happy with the services provided by your local guides a tip — though not compulsory — is appropriate. While it may not be customary to you, it is of great significance to the people who will take care of you during your travels, inspires excellent service, and is an entrenched feature of the tourism industry across many Intrepid Urban Adventures destinations. Please consider this when budgeting for your extra expenses on this tour.

• Closure

  In the event that one of our venues will not be able to accommodate us, a suitable alternative will be offered. 

• ChildPolicy

  This is a child-friendly tour. Children between the ages of 6 and 11 inclusively are permitted on this tour at the rate listed above. Please select ‘child’ above when booking. Children under the age of 6 are permitted to join this tour free of charge. Please inform us at the time of booking if you’ll be bringing a child under the age of 6. You can do so in the special request box on the checkout page.

• MinChildAge

  0

• MaxChildAge

  11

• Pickup Location

  Outside STREAT café, 66 Cromwell St, Collingwood VIC 3066

  Google Maps Link: https://goo.gl/maps/Bz5YZScZDtT54J8G7

• Dropoff Location

  Collingwood

• Style

  Neighbourhood tour, coffee tour

• Language

  English

• Duration

  2 Hours

• Trip Valid

  28/06/2021 to 31/03/2022

Priser / Datoer

Ved skriftlig aksept av vårt tilbud bekrefter du/dere at våre betingelser er både lest og forstått og at evt kansellerings gebyrer kan tilkomme ved en evt. avbestilling av reisen.