Melbourne's 86 tram route as a giant open air gallery of street art

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Melbourne, Australia is internationally known for its street art and its trams. Melbourne Street Art 86 imagines Melbourne's 86 tram route as though it were a giant open air gallery of street art with its own regular tram service. The pages in the dark blue side bar below have photos of street art by the suburbs the tram passes through. Locations are noted by tram stop, street location and also on maps of the area that can be downloaded or printed. Other Melbourne suburbs rich in street art are also featured.

Take me to the site guide and quick gallery of street art CLICK HERE.
Tell me more about the 86 tram & sights along the way CLICK HERE.

CLIFTON HILL - Queens Pde

Melbourne Street Art on the 86 Tram Route: Clifton Hill

Note: Click on any image to see an enlarged version


There are a couple of street art pieces along the broad expanse of Queens Parade in Clifton Hill. Many more  are in side streets leading off Queens Parade and parallel with it, including a large number around the walls of buildings on Dummett Crescent near the Clifton Hill transport interchange (stop 25). There are also a considerable number in and around an area next to the creek that runs between the road bridge between stops 25 and 26 and the railway bridge that carries the Hurstbridge train line. What follows is by no means all there is to see; I have selected works that appeal to me. Also bear in mind that some works are replaced with others at times so what you see here as of January 2013 may not all be there at a later time.



A pdf version is available here: Melbourne Street Art 86 - Clifton Hill street art locations map



An 11 page pdf abridged version of this web page, together with the map above, is available here to download or print: Melbourne Street Art 86 - Clifton Hill mini guide and street art locations map


I will add artists names if they are known as I discover them or if others let me know.

As you progress down the page, the photographs commence at 86 tram stop 22 (Smith Street) and finish at stop 26 (Walker Street).



1.  Corner of Wellington Street and Hodgkinson Street
86 Tram Stop 23 (Wellington Street | Delbridge Street)




Artist: Makatron

Artist: Makatron

Artist: Makatron









2.  Gold Street, alley on the right just before junction 
86 Tram Stop 24 (Gold Street | Michael Street)














3.  On building 50m short of corner of Queens Parade and Michael Street (south side)
86 Tram Stop 24 (Gold Street | Michael Street)


Artist (left): Makatron





4  Corner Queens Parade and Michael Street (north side)
86 Tram Stop 24 (Gold Street | Michael Street)






5.  Dummett Crescent
86 Tram Stop 25 (Clifton Hill Interchange | Hoddle Street)

Photographs follow the crescent clockwise

























6.  Lane way on left side of Queens Parade just before Hoddle Street
86 Tram Stop 25 (Clifton Hill Interchange | Hoddle Street)












7.  Hoddle Street 
86 Tram Stop 25 (Clifton Hill Interchange | Hoddle Street)








8.  Corner Queens Parade and Hoddle Street
86 Tram Stop 25 (Clifton Hill Interchange | Hoddle Street)






Directly opposite side of the road from previous





Other side of the railway bridge on the right






9.  High Street (from bridge)
86 Tram Stop 26 (Walker street)










Way into area below road bridge (from Urquhart Street)
86 Tram Stop 26 (Walker street)






At bottom of the slope there is the high street road bridge on your right and a rail bridge (Hurstbridge Line) on your left. There are works both on your right (under road bridge) and on your left (in a number of locations before, under and beyond the rail bridge)


10.  Under road bridge











Railway bridge in opposite direction





11.  Back side of building on left before railway bridge











12.  On basketball hoop under the railway bridge








On bridge pylon












13.  Along  wall on the other side of the railway bridge





















Follow the railway above through past the basket ball hoop









Further examples of street art on the 86 tram route can be found on the Melbourne Street Art 86: Northcote page.



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1 comment:

  1. Did you ever find Invader (aka Space Invader) creations in Melbourne, and particularly in Clifton Hill?

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