What's are the best sights to see in Melbourne?

Answer 1

Depends what your ineterests are and what time of year. For eating out/social scene: Southbank, Lygon St Carlton, Fitzroy St St Kilda and the pier area in Port Melbourne, Brunswick St in Carlton, Docklands area, and of course heaps of bars and cafes etc in CBD. Going up the Rialto Observation Deck is a great way to see the sights. Botanic Garden especially during summer there are some great outdoor events (movies, plays etc), Arts Centre, MCG and Telstra Dome if you're a sports fan. Melbourne Zoo is great, over summer the Zoo Twilights program is worth a look - food and music in the evenings at the zoo. There is also a lot going on a Federation Square over summer and the international food and wine festival coming up. If you're looking for further out of Melbourne definitely a trip down the Great Ocean Road, Phillip Island and penguins, Yarra Valley wineries and Mt Dandenong....... Some possible websites are www.thatsmelbourne.com.au www.visitmelbourne.com and www.visitvictoria.com for a start..... Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Melourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Tennis centre, Royal Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne Museum, Royal Botanic Gardens, South Bank, Crown Casino, Docklands, Albert Park, St Kilda beach, Melbourne Central, Bourke street mall, Queen Victoria market, Luna Park, Federation square, Royal melbourne Show (only in september), Melbourne in general.

Jump on a free City Circle tram, that takes you all around Melbourne and tells you about what is near each stop, you can get on and off as much as you like. you knly need a met card (ticket) to get the train, tram or bus into the city. best option is to buy an all day ticket and catch the train to Flindrs street Station. that is right in the centre of everyting, and there are tram stops that go to all places right outside the station, as well as the City circle tram. The city circle tram is generally one of the older style trams that is painten a maroon /brown colour, some are still the old yellow and green style. The common public transport trams are now more white or grey, even covered in advertising. the old trams are more rounded and only a single carrage, the new ones have more corners and are often a double carrage tram.

if you want to go just outside melbourne, there is also: Werribee open range zoo, Science works, Williamstown, Great ocean road, Phillip island, yarra valley, Bendigo, Ballarat > Goldfields region

Check out these sites:
www.thatsmelbourne.com.au
www.visitvictoria.com.au

Answer 3

My husband's from the Melbourne area, and we went there for our honeymoon. The best thing that we did was buy the Smart Visit Card. (See http://www.visitmelbourne.com/ and click on "See Melbourne and Beyond" on the bottom right)

Then, just do everything that it pays for, that you can fit into your schedule. These are some of the things we did that I highly recommend, though not all of them were paid for by the card.

-Philip Island (didn't get to see the penguins and have regretted it ever since; get some fish & chips while you're there, too)
-Beaches on the way to Philip Island
-Rialto observation deck and museum/gift shop
-Science museum
-Aquarium
-River tour
-Queen Victoria Market
-Melbourne Zoo
-China Town (I don't know if it's called that, but it should be...the food there is great...especially the Peking Duck!)
-Crown Hotel/Casino/Mall
-Gold Cinema (in Crown)
-Pancake Parlor :)
-The Museum by the old Parliament building
-Flinders Street Station
-Art Museum

Also, if possible, it'd probably be cool to get out to the country to see the towns. You'd definitely get a completely different feel of Australia that way. Walhalla's pretty cool too. Anyway, I think you'll have a blast! I know I did:)

Answer 4

If you will want really interesting city to pay your holiday then this city is Melbourne, find that town with hotelbye . One of the top tourist attractions in Melbourne is the Royal Botanic Gardens. Established in 1846, the Royal Botanic Gardens is rated as among the finest of these kind in the world. Covering a place of 40 hectares and with more than 50,000 flowers, including many uncommon species, the gardens are visited by 1.5 million people annually. Still another place worth visited is Federation Square exposed in 2002 to honor 100 years of federation. The ultra-modern design of open and shut rooms juxtaposes the bordering Victorian architectural buildings. This place may hosting significantly more than 2,000 events annually, tourists will generally find entertainment in the main outdoor efficiency space and romantic indoor venues. Federation Square also houses the Ian Potter Gallery specialized in Australian artwork and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

Answer 5

- MCG, if you can get to a cricket or football game, fantastic
- Jump on a tram, just for the hell of it
- Southbank at night, with the gas thingys in front of the casino
- Bargin shopping in Smith St, Collingwood and Bridge Rd, Richmond
- Melbourne Zoo, Healesville Santary or Werribee Open Range Zoo (my pick would be Werribee)
- The Aquarium in Melbourne
- Botantical Gardens, and the Yarra River, hire some bikes and go for a picnic.
- Rialto Tower, a great view of Melbourne from the viewing decks
- St Kilda Beach and Luna Park in St Kilda
****Places outta Melbourne
- Dandenong Ranges, really pretty and lovely, great for lunch, Sky High Restaurant is beautiful
- Soveregn Hill, all about goldminding, but a great day out, lots of activities to do there
- Great Ocean Road, lovely drive, lots of nice places to stop off at
- Phillip Island, penguine parade, worth the drive

Answer 6

My fave thing to do in Melbs is just to walk and see where it takes you. There are so many art installations in random little allies and the best shopping (undiscovered boutique designers) exists up a lane round a corner down a blind alley, same goes for the nightlife, the best bars are a non-descript door down some random laneway. There are heaps of great standard touristy things to do but I think you get the best cultural feeling for the city if you're not afraid of getting a bit lost.
Enjoy :)

Answer 7

Crown, the beaches, the Botanical Garden, the museum and or art gallery, Mornington Peninnsula, the zoo, Flinders Lane at night, Flinders St Station, the markets, the aquarium and the Yarra walk to name a few. There's heaps to see, depending on what your interested in. Try www.thatsmelbourne.com for more stuff, there's heaps there.

Answer 8

I highly recommend going on a day trip to sovereign hill and maybe going to the top of the Eureka tower, the tallest resedential building in the world.

All the others have pretty much covered the rest of the sights

Answer 9

My favourite sight of Melbourne was seeing Tullamarine airport slowly getting smaller as I left

Answer 10

zoo,lunapark,victoria markets,botanical gardens,museum,and the dandenong rangers