kitschkitten / Jo

And I work here. Sometimes known as DePressedton, because it has it’s dodgy, down-and-out side. I don’t know that I’d recommend tourists go out of their way to visit Preston, but I just wanted to see it listed here.

It definitely has it’s charms though. Not the least of which is the Preston market – a bustling, multicultural place open from Wednesday to Saturday. It’s right next to Preston Station and it has all of your food needs and other market ephemera (cheap clothes, framed prints, fabric, cane goods and gifts). Watch out for the old ladies and their trolleys though – they’ll ram them into your legs to get you out of the way if you don’t move fast enough (and they get even more agro in Bi-Lo).

There are some factory outlets along High St between Bell and Dundas.

Don’t go there on the weekend though (unless it is for the market) – High St is a ghost town! Tumbleweed blows down the street in the whistling wind!

Just a few months. And I studied in Prahran for a while too, which is just up the road (Chapel St).

Quite yuppie. Lots of boutiques and clothes shops and restaurants.
Also has an arty side.

FWIW, it’s the gay (man’s) capital of Melbourne (Thornbury / Northcote being the gay women’s capital).

It was great – close to the beach and the shops, only 20 mins from Melbourne city. I’d love to live near the beach again.

Brighton is very yuppie / poshie. And as opposed to Brunswick St, Fitzroy where everyone seems to be young, when I have visited here recently, everyone shopping here seems to be middle-aged or older.