Melbourne on a platter
Spend two days diving into the finest bars and restaurants, courting art and shopping at the finest boutiques in Melbourne.
by Preeti Verma Lal
Mar 08, 2019
3 minutes
On that long flight into Melbourne, step back nearly two centuries into the then-world's richest city. The 1850s Gold Rush during which men stashed gold nuggets in their pockets, perfumed women wore silver fox fur, mansions rose out of barren landscape, rivers of Scotch ran and Melbourne was so gilded that luxury took over the sidewalks, too. The city's womb no longer holds gold, but luxury (and the foxes) still thrive in this former capital of Australia. Walk off the tarmac
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