The Camino Guide12 routes · 68.2 km · Melbourne, AU
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The Camino Guide

Twelve walking routes through inner Melbourne, each stamped with one of the Twelve Houses. Walk them in any order. Collect the stamps. The pilgrimage is the point.

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Route 01 · Origins6.2 km

Birrarung Line

CBD · Southbank · Fishermans Bend

Follow the Yarra (Birrarung) through the city's first stamp. Where the river bends, the Camino begins.

Route 02 · Flow8.8 km

Moonee Ponds Passage

Flemington · Ascot Vale · Essendon

Creek walk into the western arcade. Listen for the whistles at Flemington Racecourse.

Route 03 · Form4.1 km

Carlton Colonnade

Carlton · Parkville · Royal Park

Terrace houses, Italian coffee, the Royal Exhibition Building. The pilgrim's first taste of architecture as prayer.

Route 04 · Concord3.7 km

Fitzroy Accord

Fitzroy · Collingwood

Mural-by-mural through Brunswick Street and Smith Street. Peace made between two postcodes that never liked each other.

Route 05 · Knowledge5.0 km

Princes Hill Circuit

Princes Hill · Parkville · Carlton North

The scholar's loop. Past the Nyah bookshop, Melbourne General Cemetery, and every studio on this block.

Route 06 · Voice6.6 km

Brunswick Broadcast

Brunswick · Brunswick East · Sydney Road

Down Sydney Road from Bar Oussou south. Every shopfront is a small transmission; listen carefully.

Route 07 · Mechanos4.5 km

Cremorne Works

Cremorne · Richmond

The engine room. Former warehouses turned startups. The pilgrim takes the train in, walks out.

Route 08 · Commerce5.8 km

CBD Exchange

CBD · Bourke · Collins · Little Lonsdale

Laneways, GPO, QV Square, Block Arcade. Every stamp a receipt; every receipt a pilgrimage.

Route 09 · Virtue5.2 km

Abbotsford Orchard

Abbotsford · Clifton Hill

The Convent, the Collingwood Children's Farm, the river path back to Dights Falls. Kept land.

Route 10 · Time4.9 km

Westgarth Lines

Westgarth · Northcote · Thornbury

North along High Street. The Westgarth Cinema is the clock tower; every film a minute hand.

Route 11 · Vision7.4 km

Heide Pass

Bulleen · Heidelberg · Ivanhoe

Past Heide Museum of Modern Art, across the Yarra again. For pilgrims looking to see.

Route 12 · Synthesis6.0 km

The Compound Return

Princes Hill · Carlton North · Fitzroy North

The closing loop. Back through Keeley Lane, past the Embassy, into The Compound. Pilgrimage ends where it started.

Pilgrim Ranks

Walk one. Walk all twelve. Or walk it backwards.

Wanderer
1 stamp
Start anywhere
Walker
4 stamps
One per season
Pilgrim
8 stamps
Two thirds of the atlas
Steward
12 stamps
All Twelve Houses