What makes a neighbourhood cool? Sitting on the benches between a train station and a Hungry Jack’s, shooing away pigeons, I’ve come to find out. Burwood – where I got my first job, struggled through maths tutoring and passed my learner’s driving hazard perception test (twice) – has recently been named Australia’s coolest suburb and the 16th coolest in world. But why?
With $100 in hand, Guardian Australia executive producer Stephen Byrne and I go in search of answers.
