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| Melbourne is relatively compact. Visitors will be able to walk between most attractions; otherwise, there is a thoughtfully provided and free trolley which makes a circuit around the Central Business District (new train every 15 min.).
What Melbourne lacks in other tourist attractions, it makes up for in museums. |
| The Australian Center for the Moving Image is a museum devoted to movies and film technology. |
| The National Gallery of Victoria has fantastic architecture and a world-class collection of international works, old and new. The affiliated Ian Potter Center (Federation Sq, same phone and hours as NGV) contains indigenous and other Australian art. |
| The Melbourne Museum has bold technology, history, and science displays, and a living indoor rainforest. |
| The Australian Center for Contemporary Art will give you a new perspective on Australia. |
| The Heide Museum of Contemporary Art, a 15-minute drive from downtown Melbourne, is housed in a modernist building which was once an artists’ collective. |
| The Monash Gallery of Art displays the history of Australian photography from 1870 on. |
| The Golden Mile Heritage Trail is a self-guided tour of Melbourne’s historical sites. You can pick up information on the trail at the main Visitor Information Center in the CBD. |
| The Old Melbourne Gaol is Melbourne’s one big-time tourist site! This incredibly creepy and rudimentary jail is a testament to the horror of Australia’s colonial past. $7.50-12.50. |
| The Fitzroy Gardens in Fitzroy are beautiful and contain Cook’s Cottage, a transplanted Yorkshire cottage once the home of Captain James Cook’s parents, as well as a 1930-built conservatory, and numerous other goodies, like a model Tudor village. |
| The Royal Botanical Gardens (free) contains a fern gully and a lake, among other dainties; in summer, December to March, its Moonlight Cinema provides free open-air screenings of new and classic films. |
| King’s Domain (free) is fit for a king, or two: with 106 acres of parkland, sprinkled with special gardens and historical sites, it’s a daytrip on its own. |
| The Victorian Tapestry Workshop (reservations requested) gives a unique glimpse into the tapestry-making process. |
| Luna Park is a sporadically operational amusement park. It's centrally located in St. Kilda and popular with backpackers. |
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