Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

I'd highly recommend suburbs north of the city. Like Fitzroy North, Brunswick East, Brunswick, Carlton and Carlton North. All are very lovely, green with trees abound, only 15-25 minutes to the city, and there lot's of good stuff happening in those areas, (venues, pubs, cafes, restaurants etc). Brunswick East and Brunswick would definitely be your cheapest out of those as well (and not implying the least desired and lovely by any means), however you can definitely stumble upon something nice and reasonably affordable in the other areas also, just requires more patience and work I guess.

Good luck with deciding and I hope you have a great time in Melbourne! (It's a fantastic place!)