Top Things to do in Melbourne
No. 11 Southbank
Melbourne’s Southbank is a place with many faces. The body of them head towards Southbank Promenade. Here you’ll discover a vast array of cafes, shops, restaurants and the odd, and often entertaining, street performer. The promenade is all about shopping, drinking and eating intertwined with people. Unsurprisingly you will find Southbank on the southern side of the Yarra River. It lies in-between the Southgate Shopping Centre and the glitzy Crown Casino. The path by the river connects to all three.
Melbourne Arts Centre
Southbank residents include the Melbourne Arts Centre, National Gallery of Victoria and the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. As well as Polly Woodside Maritime Museum, the Malthouse Theatre and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Above them all towers the 300m tall Eureka Tower. The tower is one of the world’s tallest residential buildings.
No. 12 Melbourne Aquarium
Just about every big city everywhere has to have an aquarium. So why is the Melbourne Aquarium one of the top things to do in Melbourne? Its four aquariums rolled into one. You can pick the bit you want to see and forget the rest. You can meet the penguins in Antarctica and pretend to ride a seahorse at the “all new Seahorse Pier”. The Aquarium has the largest stable of seahorses in Australia. You can also journey from “River to Reef” and visit ‘Sharks Alive’.
Swim with the Sharks
For maximum action be there at feeding time. The Melbourne Aquarium also caters for crazy people who like the idea of being in a convened space with a shark.
No. 13 Fitzroy Gardens
The Fitzroy Gardens is one of the best Victorian era landscaped gardens in Australia. The gardens are located on the south-eastern edge of the Melbourne CBD.
Cooks’ Cottage and the Tudor village
Delights contained within the gardens include an ornamental lake and Cooks’ Cottage. Enjoy the Model Tudor village, Fountains and sculptures, the Band Pavilion, the Rotunda and the fairy tree. The Gardens are a source of peace, relaxation as well as recreation and entertainment. Your first port of call should be Sinclair’s Cottage which serves as the visitor information centre.
No. 14 Crown Casino
Crown Casino is one of the biggest casinos in the world. This is about as close to Las Vegas as you can get without leaving Australia. So if you like casinos then you are already there. There is also free entertainment at the numerous bars in the casino. The views of Melbourne are impressive. Shops (including Harrods), restaurants, nightclubs, cinema, games and a bowling alley add to the list of things to do.
Atrium
You could just go for an evening walk along the Yarra and take quick peek at the Crown Casino entrance or ‘Atrium’. The Atrium incorporates impressive fountains and a sound and light show. The pyrotechnic towers run the length of the Casino promenade.
No. 15 Rod Laver Arena
The Rod Laver Arena hosts the Australian Tennis Open every year. The arena is also home to super-cross, concerts, conferences, wrestling and ballet.
Rod Laver Arena Tours
A tour of Rod Laver Arena will give you a behind the scenes look at this great stadium. You will be taken through the Australian Open’s Tournament Control and the Players Changing Rooms. Some of the world’s greatest tennis players have been here. The tour continues on to the Walk of Champions, Davis Cup Room and inside the purpose-built Media Centre. Tours run daily and last about an hour. Access may be restricted during sporting events.
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