Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Melbourne Highlights
Discover the city centre's
laneways
and
arcades
(
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)
Head to an industrial-chic cafe to quaff an artisanal
coffee
(
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)
Spend the evening in the inner north experiencing its
live-music scene
(
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)
Kayak
along the city section of the Yarra (
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)
Make a pilgrimage to the
MCG
(
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), one of the world's most famous sporting grounds
Wander around historic
Queen Victoria Market
(
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)
for its atmosphere and fresh produce
Shop your way around the boutiques of
Fitzroy
and
Collingwood
(
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)
Explore the
Royal Exhibition Building
(
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) and neighbouring
Melbourne Museum
(
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)
Gallery-hop around the city centre and Collingwood to take in the
arts scene
(
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&
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)
Stroll to the end of the
St Kilda Pier
(
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) to spot little penguins
Sights
Central Melbourne
Melbourne's wide main streets and legion of laneways pop and fizz day and night, seven
days a week. Museums and art galleries are dotted throughout. The city's 'Little' streets
(Little Bourke, etc) have attracted residents and businesses since the 1850s, a decade in
which Melbourne's population quadrupled, thanks to the gold rush. City-centre living went
out of favour but has since boomed in the past decade, with some 100,000 claiming CBD
abodes as their own.
There are two 'big ends' of town. Skyscrapers cluster on the east and west ends of the
grid - these areas are where the city does business. Southern Cross Station sits to the west,
with Docklands Stadium and Docklands beyond. Opposite the central Flinders Street Sta-
tion, Federation Square (better known as Fed Square) squats beside the Yarra River, and
has become a favourite Melbourne gathering place. To the east is the 'top end' of the city,
with its monumental gold-rush-era buildings such as Parliament House and the Treasury
Building.
