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Melbourne Cricket Ground
East Melbourne
Two-tiered cathedral of Australian sport. AFL by winter, Test cricket by summer. Free tours weekdays, ducted into the rooms most people neve…
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Two-tiered cathedral of Australian sport. AFL by winter, Test cricket by summer. Free tours weekdays, ducted into the rooms most people neve…
Thirty-eight hectares of curated botany on the Yarra. Tan track loops the perimeter; oak lawn does picnics; punt rides on the lake from Octo…
Sticky-floor punk and indie-rock institution. Saved from closure by community campaign in 2010. Front bar fierce, back room louder.
Free admission to Australia's most-visited art museum. Permanent collection through medieval to contemporary; ticketed blockbusters in summe…
1954. Single counter, single espresso, single granita. Pasta out the back. The most unchanged Melbourne space remaining and that's the point…
Domed reading room is a religious experience for people who never thought they'd have one. Free wi-fi, free permanent exhibits, free quiet.
Sticky-floor punk and indie-rock institution. Saved from closure by community campaign in 2010. Front bar fierce, back room louder.
World's third-largest comedy festival. Late March-April annually across 80+ venues. The free Town Hall lineups and roaming front-bar shows m…
The 800-cap pub-rock room that broke half the bands you love. Rooftop bar overlooks Swan St on non-gig nights. Tickets via venue site, never…
17 days of cinema across town. August. Pre-purchase mini-passes; the queues are part of the festival.
Round-floored room with the dance floor where everyone ends up. Funk, soul, Latin, and the occasional 500-cap surprise headliner.
Open-roof tennis stadium from the Australian Open in January, concert venue the rest of the year. 15,000 cap.
Dense grid, laneways, trams in every direction
Brunswick St, street art, bars after midnight
Quieter than its sister; the park, the cafe, the home
Smith Street, warehouses, the Tote, PBS
Lygon St, uni culture, Italian on Tuesday nights
Tightest grid in Melbourne, dog-walks, Princes Park
Sydney Road, multicultural food, factories→studios
Lygon Street's second life — Triple R, breweries
High Street, families, Westgarth, the Social
Bridge Road, Swan Street, Corner Hotel, MCG over the bridge
Botanic gardens, Chapel Street, the Tan
Beach end of the 96, Acland Street, Luna Park
Grid south of the river, Coventry St, the Market
Arts precinct, NGV, the river
Markets, multicultural eats, train-line back to town
Inner-west diversity, markets, up-and-coming
Free admission to Australia's most-visited art museum. The water-wall entrance alone justifies the trip.
38 hectares of curated botany on the Yarra. Picnic, walk, doze on the oak lawn.
The domed reading room is a religious experience for people who never thought they'd have one. Free wi-fi, free quiet.
Free permanent gallery on the moving image. Cinema programs ticketed, but the gallery alone fills a wet afternoon.
Free outdoor screenings, sport, and accidental events. Check the Fed Square site or just walk past.
Gravel running track around the Botanic Gardens. Measure your time against the city's anatomy.
Bike or walk the trail through Brunswick East, Northcote, Clifton Hill. Indigenous flora plantings throughout.
Free outdoor cinema in the gardens during summer evenings. BYO blanket. Check Yarra Council site for nightly schedule.
Guided tour is paid; concourse access on event days is free if you're early. Look up at the cathedral light fittings.
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