Rooms for rent in Northcote

Northcote climbs Ruckers Hill and looks back at the city skyline — the view from High Street at dusk is the suburb's screensaver. Time Out crowned High Street the world's coolest street, and the locals mostly wish they hadn't: the strip's record stores, the Northcote Social Club's band room and Palace Westgarth's art-deco cinema were doing fine without the attention. Share housing spans weatherboards with lemon trees to units behind the Plaza. The crowd skews late-twenties-plus — people who still go to gigs but also own a good frying pan. All Nations Park handles the dogs; the Merri Creek trail handles the commute.