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Flinders Street Station
"I'll meet you under the clocks" is Melbourne's most famous phrase, and the clocks in question hang above the entrance of Flinders Street Station, Australia's first city railway station. Opened on September 12, 1854, thi…
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Parliament House
When construction began on Melbourne's Parliament House in 1855, the gold rush was transforming Victoria into one of the wealthiest places on Earth, and the colonists decided their government deserved a building to match…
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The Princess Theatre
Melbourne's magnificent Princess Theatre holds a distinction that few entertainment venues can claim: it's the oldest surviving entertainment site on mainland Australia, with roots stretching back to 1854 when the gold r…
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Her Majesty's Theatre
Behind its striking Art Deco facade on Exhibition Street, Her Majesty's Theatre holds a story of fire, reinvention, and theatrical resilience. Originally opened as the Alexandra Theatre on October 1, 1886, it was renamed…
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Hotel Windsor
Before the Waldorf Astoria, before Raffles, before the Ritz, and before the Savoy, there was the Hotel Windsor. Melbourne's only surviving purpose-built "grand" Victorian hotel has been holding court on Spring Street sin…
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AC/DC Lane Graffiti
On October 1, 2004, the Lord Mayor of Melbourne stood in a grimy city laneway and declared: "Highway to Hell? This is a laneway to heaven!" With that, Corporation Lane was officially renamed AC/DC Lane, making Melbourne …
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Meyers Place
Every great cultural movement needs a birthplace, and Melbourne's legendary laneway bar scene started right here in Meyers Place in 1994. Originally known as Nicholas Lane, this narrow passage is one of the CBD's oldest …
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Coles Fountain
In Parliament Gardens, a gleaming stainless-steel fountain invites you to do something unusual: step inside it. Created by sculptor Robert Woodward and gifted by the G.J. Coles company, the Coles Fountain was opened on N…
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Cook's Cottage
Here's a fact that astonishes most visitors: the quaint stone cottage sitting in Melbourne's Fitzroy Gardens was built in 1755 in the English village of Great Ayton, Yorkshire, over 16,000 kilometres away from where it s…
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The Faeries Tree
Deep in the leafy pathways of Fitzroy Gardens, a tree stump has been home to an enchanted community of gnomes, fairies, koalas, and flying foxes since the early 1930s. The Faeries Tree was carved by sculptor Ola Cohn bet…
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H&M Melbourne
H&M Melbourne is a branch of the Swedish fashion retailer at 350 Bourke St, in the heart of Melbourne's central city. It is a shopping stop rather than a historic monument, but it sits on one of the busiest streets in th…
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Collins Hair
Collins Hair is a business at 220 Collins Street in the central city of Melbourne, Australia. It sits on one of the main streets of the CBD, which makes it an easy stop on a walk through the middle of town.Tips for your …
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St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral of Melbourne, standing at 202 Flinders Street opposite Flinders Street Station. Its Gothic Revival design, its spires and its position on the city's busiest corner make it on…
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Chinatown
Melbourne's Chinatown runs along Little Bourke Street under painted arches and is among the oldest continuously operating Chinese quarters in the western world. The laneways off it hold most of the good eating.
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Larry La Trobe
Melbourne Town Hall is the grand civic building on the corner of Swanston and Collins Streets in the heart of Melbourne, Australia. Designed by Joseph Reed and opened in 1870, it is topped by the clock tower known as Pri…
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Cashmore On Collins
Cashmore On Collins is a stop at 302 Collins Street in the centre of Melbourne, a few steps from the entrance to the Block Arcade, one of the city's finest Victorian shopping arcades. The address sits on the stretch of C…
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Federation Square
Federation Square is a public square and cultural precinct in the heart of Melbourne, on the corner of Swanston and Flinders streets, directly opposite Flinders Street Station. Opened in 2002 on a deck built over railway…
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Queen Victoria Market
Queen Victoria Market is a large open-air and covered market in Melbourne, Australia, on the edge of the city centre at Elizabeth and Victoria streets. It has traded since the 1800s and is one of the biggest markets of i…
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La Mama HQ
La Mama HQ is the Faraday Street base of La Mama, one of Melbourne's best-known independent theatre companies, in the inner-city suburb of Carlton. La Mama began in 1967 and became a cornerstone of new Australian writing…
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MCC Museum and MCG Tours
The MCC Museum and MCG Tours are the main visitor experiences at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the vast stadium in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, in Melbourne. The museum tells the story of the Melbourne Cricket Club and of…
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Sir Donald Bradman Statue
The Sir Donald Bradman Statue in East Melbourne, Melbourne, honours the Australian cricketer widely regarded as the greatest batsman the game has produced. It is an easy stop for cricket fans and for anyone curious about…
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Royal Exhibition Building
The Royal Exhibition Building is a large 19th century exhibition hall in Carlton Gardens, Carlton, Melbourne, topped by a landmark dome. Built for the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition, it is the only surviving maj…
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Carlton Gardens
Carlton Gardens is a Victorian-era public park on the northern edge of central Melbourne, Australia. It surrounds the Royal Exhibition Building, and together they are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is a free …
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Melbourne Museum
Melbourne Museum is the main natural and cultural history museum in Melbourne, Australia, set in the Carlton Gardens just north of the city centre. It is run by Museums Victoria and covers Victorian wildlife, Aboriginal …
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Trades Hall
Trades Hall is a grand Victorian-era building on Lygon Street in Carlton, Melbourne, and the long-standing home of the city's labour movement. It was built by working people for working people, and it still serves as a b…
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Malthouse Theatre
Malthouse Theatre is a contemporary performing arts company and venue at 111 Sturt Street in Southbank, Melbourne. It occupies a converted industrial building that was originally a malthouse, and it is known for staging …
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Ghosts of Melbourne: Vampire Search
123 min · EN
Places on this quest: Meyers Place · Hotel Windsor
Murder Mystery: Death in the Shadows in East End, Melbourne
90 min · EN · DE · ES · FR · RO · IT
Places on this quest: Flinders Street Station · H&M Melbourne
Melbourne Walking Tour!
100 min · EN
Places on this quest: Queen Victoria Market · Federation Square
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