What are your top tourist destinations or attractions in Melbourne?

Question

Hi,

I'm looking for your top tourist destinations or attractions in Melbourne? That you'd want to visit yourself or take visiting friends to.

They can be anything including well known places and unknown places that people don't know about.

Answer 1

Werribee Zoo

Melbourne Zoo

Healsville Sanctuary

Hanging rock

The You Yangs

and a bit further out.

Yarra Valley

Geelong & the surf Coast

Great Ocean Road

Anakie gorge

Philip Island

Western Port Bay

Lakes entrance

90 mile beach

High country

lake Eildon

Mt Bulla

Answer 2

Definatly the zoo, Hands down the best attraction

Answer 3

On my "must sees" in the 'greater Melbourne' area is definitely the chairlift at Arthur's Seat.  The view of the Bay and the city skyline is spectacular.  A quick bit of shopping at the Red Hill market before some grape grazing on the Mornington Peninsula; finally working your way over to Cape Schanck and the lighthouse.  Then (if you time it right) work you way over to Phillip Island and the penguin parade.  Stay overnight on the island, and spend the next day heading "inland", exploring the "gourmet deli" food trail along the Strezlecki Ranges, with smoked meats, cheeses and honeys, and other organic produce.  Then make a slight detour to Moe and visit the Old Gippstown historical park.  From Moe, you're only a little over an hour back into the City on the Princes Freeway; passing lavender farms, apple orchards, and the spudman in Thorpedale.  But in two days, you will have seen Victoria "from the mountains to the sea" and taken in some of the most beautiful countryside and hidden treasures that lay on Melbourne's doorstep.

Answer 4

You do not say if you are a local or are coming in to Melbourne. I had an African friend come in. She was mad keen on cricket, so took her to the museum at the MCG. We spent a day traveling on the trams all around town, and she hurt her neck trying to see everything. The zoo, so she could see the animals she grew up with safely behind bars. We ate a pie, dough nut and a milkshake sitting outside the casino. It was the simple things I took for granted that were her highlights

Answer 5

St Kilda Beach

Dandenong Ranges

Hastings beach

Healesville

Answer 6

Some great places are:

Federation square

Melbourne Central

Luna Park

The Aquarium

Crown

Southbank

Docklands

Sidney Myer Music Bowl

DFO Spencer Street

St Kilda Beach

Max Brenner (the best chocolate cafe ever)

Telstra Dome

MCG

Answer 7

These are the things in and around Melbourne that my relatives did and had a great time

Tours

The Great Ocean Road helicopter ride optional

Sovereign Hill

Puffing Billy

Penguins at Philip Island including a boat ride to see the seals at Seal Island

Swim with the Dolphins at Sorrento

A half day tour to the Dandenongs and Yarra valley, calling at Sassafra and the Sherborne Forest to feed the parrots, galahs etc

Healesville Sanctuary to see Australian wildlife.

Melbourne

Take the free shuttle bus and the free tram. If you stay on for the whole journey it will be a good orientation of Melbourne. Use it anytime though and jump on and off as you like.

Walk around Federations Square -ACMI, Champions Racing Museum, Ian Potter Centre, shops and cafes

Southbank and the Crown Casino - at night on the hour watch for the Gas Flames they are great

Queen Victoria Market closed Mon and Wed and open until 2pm other days

The Old Melbourne Gaol - Ned Kelly

The State Library - Ned Kelly's armour is here

The beautiful Supreme Court Library and see the original entry of the sentencing of Ned Kelly by Sir Redmond Barry.

Walk around the Docklands. Lots of street Art here.

Visit Dracula's at night for a spine chilling experience

Go on the Tramcar Restaurant for a meal. Lunch or Dinner

Direct Factory Outlet shops at Southern Cross Station

or go to Bridge Street Richmond or Collingwood.

Visit the set of Neighbours. You can also meet the stars on a Friday night

Take walks through the lovely parks and gardens. The Botanical Gardens are beautiful. Also walk through Fitzroy Gardens, see Captain Cook's cottage, the Conservatory and carry on into East Melbourne to see the mansions of the 18th Century.

Have breakfast at Brunswick or Fitzroy

Visit Lygon St the Italian Quarter. Great at nightime, have a pizza sat outside on the pavement or visit during the day and have a cake and coffee  at the famous Bernetti's

Go to St Kilda a 16 or 96 tram. Walk along the pier and have lunch opposite the ocean. Small Sunday Market along the front

Visit the Arts Market on Southbank every Sunday

Go to Eureka 92 storeys high. Observation deck on 88th Floor. Then do The Edge if you dare.

Go to the Theatre - Priscilla Queen of the Desert on still and Spamalot

For Art visit NGV or the Ian Potter Centre or the many galleries along Flinders Lane

Walk through the many Lanes and Arcades. Lots of shops, cafes etc including Koko Black. Try their Hot Chocolate

Visit Melbourne Zoo,  Werribbe Park

Take a wine tour with lunch for the day

Tour  MCG Telstra Dome and The Rod Laver Arena

Take a balloon flight over the city or the Yarra Valley

Take a chocolate walking tour, Bars tour, Golden Mile or sign up for a free walk around the city at the Melbourne Information Centre in Fed Square

And if still got time then GO SHOPPING. Myer,David Jones. Melbourne Central, QV Centre, GPO Building, Hosier Lane just to name a few places

At the Melbourne Central see the Clock and Shot Tower and go to the Museum  in RD Williams store.

Take a river cruise to Williamstown and then the little bus that takes you around the town

If you have a car then drive to the Mornington Peninsula.

Drive around the Yarra Valley to Sassafra and Olinda and a little further on is a beautiful village called Marysville.

Another good drive is to Daylesford, and Mount Macedon to Hanging Rock.

If not doing the  Bars Tour then buy the Bars back of Cards and do your own night out. Many quirky Bars in Melbourne.

Have fun!