Fitzroy and Collingwood share a grid of Victorian terraces, plane-tree-lined streets, and laneway shortcuts that the 21st-century cafés have moved into. From November through March, Brunswick Street is hot mid-afternoon — but Smith Street (one block east) and the Gertrude Street laneway network stay cool until 6 PM thanks to terrace overhangs and the planes.
These three stay east of Brunswick and use the laneways for the cool cuts. We avoid Edinburgh Gardens at peak sun and route you back through the terraces.