Our tour starts at Mothersmilk, by the Windsor railway station. Mothers is a staple location for a relaxed start to an evening, with great cocktails, wine and beer on tap. From here, we head to the Northern platform of the Windsor railway station,…

The first stop on the tour is a collaboration project between the artists Home, Askem, Sage, OG23 and a few others. This is one of the newest pieces in the area and was only completed earlier this year. There generally tends to be a low turnover rate…

To be considered for commission, a work of street art must reveal technical skill and be aesthetically pleasing. For street art to fly with a governing body, such as the City Council, it should also be the antithesis of its unruly and criminal…

Melbourne Artists’ Supplies, an art supply store hidden in the Little La Trobe Street laneway, is completely decked out in street art. Every surface of the storefront’s exterior is covered in whimsical and geometrical designs, looking far more…

Kaffeine has done several commissioned works for Melbourne Central, her latest being the columns on the ground level of the shopping mall. The columns feature whimsical characters—a fox on one, and a boy giving a deer/cow/unidentifiable animal a…

One level up from the painted train platform is another commissioned work by Lucy Lucy and Slicer. Both artists are a part of the Melbourne-based Awol Crew, with Slicer being the founder of the group. This is not the first commissioned work that Lucy…

The painted train platform in Melbourne Central is a clear representation of the institutionalization of street art. Here we see the intersections of the government operated public sphere—transportation infrastructure—with independent street artists.…

The third stop on the tour takes us to an unexpected place for a piece such as this. The back wall of a Zagames restaurant serves as the home to this large piece done by members of KCD. The piece has an overwhelming sense of patriotism to it with the…

This stop on tour bring us to one of the most or the most viewed pieces all throughout Boronia. With a major road to its right it is impossible to miss as you drive into the town. The piece is from 2014, and by two artists already mentioned on the…

The next stop on the tour is on the bike trail, which follows the train line between Ferntree Gully and Boronia. The fence line along this spot is prime real estate for writers, with all of the fence covered and pieces not lasting long. When graffiti…