THE BEST Sights and Attractions in Melbourne

🏛️ Sights and Attractions in Melbourne

• Federation Square — Federation Square is a venue for arts, culture and public events on the edge of the Melbourne central business district. It covers an area of 3.2 ha at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets built above busy railway lines and across the road from Flinders Street station. It incorporates major cultural institutions such as the Ian Potter Centre, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and the Koorie Heritage Trust as well as cafes and bars in a series of buildings centred around a large paved square, and a glass walled atrium.
• Royal Botanic Gardens — The Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria at Cranbourne Gardens is a 363-hectare (900-acre) botanic garden located in the eponymous suburb of Cranbourne, approximately 45 km (28 mi) south-east of the city centre of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.
• Eureka Skydeck — Eureka Tower is a 297.3 m (975 ft) skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction began in August 2002 and the exterior was completed on 1 June 2006. The plaza was finished in June 2006 and the building was officially opened on 11 Oct
• Melbourne Cricket Ground — The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as the 'G', is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yarra Park in the suburb of East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The stadium primarily hosts Australian rules football and cricket as the home ground of multiple teams in the
• National Gallery of Victoria — The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum.
• Queen Victoria Market — The Queen Victoria Market is a major landmark and public marketplace in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Covering over seven hectares, it is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Flinders Street Station — is a major railway station located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Located near Federation Square and St Paul's Cathedral, it is the busiest railway station in Victoria, serving the entire electrified metro
• Brighton Bathing Boxes — The Brighton Bathing Boxes are 93 beach huts on Dendy Street Beach in Brighton, Victoria, Australia, in the City of Bayside. They are a significant tourist attraction for the area. Often the bathing boxes are passed down through generations however they are occasionally auctioned
• Hosier Lane — is a laneway in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Located on the CBD's southern edge, it extends between Flinders Street and Flinders Lane, and opens opposite the Atrium at Federation Square. Since the late 1990s, Hosier Lane has b
• Shrine of Remembrance — The Shrine of Remembrance is a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road. It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I, but now functions as a memorial to all Australians who have served in any war. It is a site of annual observances for Anzac Day and Remembrance Day, and is one of the largest war memorials in Australia.
• State Library — The State Library of Victoria, founded in 1854, is one of the busiest public libraries in the world. Its domed La Trobe Reading Room is an architectural landmark, and the library holds over 5 million items including rare Australian manuscripts.
• Melbourne Zoo — Melbourne Zoo is a zoo in Melbourne, Australia. It is located within Royal Park in Parkville, approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the centre of Melbourne. It is the primary zoo serving Melbourne. As of 2021, the zoo contains 3742 animals comprising 243 species, from Australia and around the world. The zoo is accessible via Royal Park station on the Upfield railway line, and is also accessible via tram routes 58 and 19, as well as by bicycle on the Capital City Trail. Bicycles are not allowed inside the zoo itself.
• Docklands — A notable landmark in Melbourne, worth visiting for its historical significance, architectural character, and cultural interest.
• Southbank — A notable landmark in Melbourne, worth visiting for its historical significance, architectural character, and cultural interest.
• Parliament House — Parliament House of Victoria, completed in 1892, is a grand classical building on Spring Street with a colonnaded portico and steps. It served as the Australian federal Parliament from 1901 to 1927 before the move to Canberra.
• Old Melbourne Gaol — The Old Melbourne Gaol is a former jail and current museum on Russell Street, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It consists of a bluestone building and courtyard, and is located next to the old City Police Watch House and City Courts buildings, and opposite the Russell Street Po
• Yarra River — The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, is a perennial river in south-central Victoria, Australia.
• Royal Exhibition Building — The Royal Exhibition Building is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe. The building sits on approximately 26 hectares, is 150 metres (490 ft) long and is surrounded by four city streets. It is situated at 9 Nicholson Street in the Carlton Gardens, flanked by Victoria, Carlton and Rathdowne Streets, at the north-eastern edge of the central business district. It was built to host the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880–81, and then hosted the even larger Centennial International Exhibition in 1888. It was then chosen as the site for the Federation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The building is representative of the financial wealth and pride that the city of Melbourne and state of Victoria had in the 1870s. Throughout the 20th century smaller sections and wings of the building were subject to demolition and fire; however, the main building, known as the Great Hall, survived.
• Melbourne Holocaust Museum — The Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM) is an Australian institution dedicated to Holocaust education, research, and remembrance, based in Melbourne. It was founded in Elsternwick, Melbourne, in 1984 by Holocaust survivors. Its mission is to commemorate the six million Jews murdered
• St Kilda Pier — This historic pier extends into Port Phillip Bay and is home to a colony of little penguins that emerge at dusk.
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