Document - Media release, Podcast reveals unique Melbourne experiences, April 2022

Historical information

In April 2022, the City of Melbourne partnering Storytown, with launched the "Melbourne Podcast Tour".
Storytown, an application created by Jarrod Pickford offering audio guides.
This self-guided tour takes you along the Yarra River, from Southbank to Docklands, taking around 1.5 hours to complete by bike or 2 hours by foot.

From their website:
"Told by locals
Discover Australia through the voices of its locals! Storytowns collaborates with communities to craft immersive audio guides, offering authentic travel tales from the heart of each neighborhood. Simply grab your headphones, download our app and explore Melbourne’s suburbs with with our fresh-out-the-oven “Railway Stories” audio guides! And if you’re feeling adventurous this weekend, take a road trip through regional Australia and let us jazz up your adventure, where the local folks are the true stars of the story.

Sue Dight was interviewed to add to t

Significance

The interview was a to way to put the Mission to Seafarers on the map and increase its visitation. Unfortunately the tour is not avalaible anymore (as from 2023).

Physical description

Digital copy of a media release

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