r/melbourne

Im spending the day in the CBD and looking for a quiet cafe space to sip coffee and process my thoughts. I’m currently sitting at Code black, cool vibe but kinda loud.

Hi everyone,

My husband and I are moving to Melbourne for his job, and neither of us has ever been to Australia before. We won't have much time to find a place before we arrive, so we're having to choose almost completely blind.

My husband will work at Peter Mac, and we've narrowed it down to two apartments to ask somebody to visit for us :

- Byron Street, CBD
- Breese Street, Brunswick West

which area would you say is safer? We'd really appreciate any local insight, especially regarding safety, public transport, and what it's like to live there day to day.

Thanks so much!

I’ve recently moved to Melbourne from Queensland earlier this year and every time I’m outside, I smell smoke. No matter the time of day, I smell smoke like a bonfire around the city / inner city suburbs. My local friends and co workers don’t seem to notice it and there’s been no alerts for major bushfires. Am I missing something?

So turns out I can have a bit more time off this school holidays than I thought.

My little kid has asked to go “on holiday” which apparently just means a night away somewhere.
We’d have to travel on PT.

I’m thinking beach or country? Not keen on “Big 4” style.

I’m skint, so it has to be cheap. Are caravan parks too sketchy or okay?
Happy to share a bed or stay somewhere really daggy if it means I can make it happen!

Any tips? Cheers

Hey everyone! Curious if anyone has come across paying for appointments before they happen. I've got a psychiatry one coming up and have been asked to pay in full 7 days before the appointment. Is this common? Lots of good reviews for this place online and while I found the place myself, my doctor was able to refer me to it through their directory.

Currently white collar manager. Have signed up for the coppers, but that’s going to be a 9 month journey. Now that I’m leaving my field and don’t care about career progression, traffic control looks like I could make more in this time waiting period than I could at my current job (90k pa), but the key variable is ensuring that I’m actually working.

I’d love to do lots of overtime and weekend work before the cops to save. Is it possible? Or does it take months just to build up work?

Thanks.

Pretty much what the title says! Anyone had any good experiences or know any great tattooists for native plants/animals?

I’m 23M and over the last year or so found myself with only a couple of friends left. I’m pretty introverted and find it difficult to make and maintain friendships but am feeling that crushing loneliness come the weekends. In the trades but don’t quite fit into the normal tradie stereotype so haven’t found many proper friends there.

I had a decent friend group through high school but it slowly fell apart with a lot of partying/drugs. Not to say I didn’t enjoy a lot of it but I also had my own goals and ambitions and couldn’t commit to that lifestyle and now feel alienated even from that.

That being said some of my best memories were having a few beers on a Friday evening at the pub and being in bed by midnight. Wondering if it’s possible to meet new mates this way? I’m happy to watch sports but I’m not engrossed in them enough to have much meaningful to converse about.

I’m kind of scared to go to a pub/bar alone and feel like people my age will already be with their mates and aren’t there to meet others.

Someone very close to me has just been diagnosed with myositis. After a long hospital stay they are now at home but struggling with lack of support. Monash health provided almost no information about accessing care services, and the myositis association is quite small and underfunded

By comparison my dad has MND and the amount of support he gets is amazing. The MND association does incredible work. Through their equipment library he gets walkers, electric wheel chairs, mobility aids, and more all for free. His coordinator fights hard to get him all the home care supports he needs or access to respite

Myositis has a similar physical impact as MND but a different disease pathway (destroys muscle instead of nerves). My friend has had so much muscle atrophy they can barely walk on their own. Also struggling with dysphagia and frequent choking events. But they have to supply all their own equipment. There hasn't even been a discussion on what equipment they would need. And have only been approved for home care twice a week. Which means they only get to shower twice a week. It's honestly despicable

Can anyone here point me in the direction of additional supports? Organisations? Would the MND association help? How can I fight to get my friend the help they need to survive?