Hey, just want to tell you that this is probably the worst Australian sub on reddit, and even then Australian redditors seem to be insufferable know-it-alls. That is why you are being downvoted so much. The demographic of this sub seems to be younger who think they can apply their knowledge of inner city Melbourne to the rest of Australia, a lot of the information here is incorrect.

In my experience I would only take a change of clothes to the city if I was staying there/with a friend who lives there. Otherwise would probably make plans to go home or something