China Town
Main features:
- Award winning restaurants and lots of Asian eateries
- Laneways filled with weird and wonderful shopping opportunities
- History of Australia’s Chinese culture
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Eureka Skydeck 88
- Highest viewing platform in the southern hemisphere
- Currently the world's tallest residential building
- 88 floors
- “Edge experience” – a switchable glass cube which slides out from the building – with you inside!
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IMAX Melbourne
- Largest film format in the world
- Images 10 times larger than a traditional cinema
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Melbourne 360 Observation deck
- Offers 360 degree view of Melbourne
- Top of the Rialto building
- Situated right in the heart of the city
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Melbourne Aquarium
- Home to thousands of aquatic animals
- Features 4 different areas
o Antarctica
o Weird and Wonderful
o River to Reef
o Southern ocean
- Chance to assist in one of the daily animal feeds
- Diver presentations
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Melbourne Zoo
- Award winning zoo only 4kms from the city
- Features more than 3000 species of animals from all over the world
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Old Melbourne Gaol
- Walk the road to the gallows in a 19th century prison
- Home to Melbourne’s oldest prison and former Police City Watch House
- Has been the heart of crime, law and order in Melbourne since the 1840s
- Some of Melbourne’s most famous Criminals (Ned Kelly, Squizzy Taylor) have spent time within these walls
- Ned Kelly along with 135 other men and women were hanged at this site
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Flemington Races
- Flemington is the oldest and most well known metropolitan racecourse in Australia
- It was placed on the national heritage list in 2006
- The first race meeting was held at Flemington in March 1840 when Melbourne as a town was only 5 years old
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MCG
- Melbourne’s most iconic sporting arena
- Hosts to AFL, Cricket, Soccer, concerts etc
- Held the first ever cricket test
- Held the 1992 Cricket World Cup Final
- Hosted the 1956 Olympics
- Holds popular daily tours of the arena
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The Royal Botanic Gardens
- Very popular tourist spot
- Renowned as one of the world's finest landscaped gardens
- Extends over 36 hectares
- Displays more than 50,000 plants
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The Shrine of Remembrance
- Melbourne Icon
- Victoria’s premier memorial to those that who served the nation in armed conflicts and peacekeeping operations
- Daily tours of the Shrine are held
- Remembrance ceremonies are held every half an hour
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Crown Entertainment Complex
- Boasts over 40 restaurants, cafes and bars
- One of the world's largest entertainment complexes, covering two city blocks
- Recognised as Melbourne’s most popular tourist destination
- Two hotel properties operate on site – Crown Towers and Crown Promenade
- Crown Entertainment Complex attracts over 15 million visitors per year
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Federation Square
- Home to the National Gallery of Victoria, The Ian Potter Centre, ACMI, The Australian Racing Museum, The National Design Centre and a large range of restaurants, cafés, bars and shops
- Home to the Melbourne Visitors Centre
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State Library of Victoria
- Melbourne city landmark and cultural icon
- 19th century building with some beautiful heritage interiors
- Features two free permanent exhibitions – Ned Kelly’s armour in the changing face of Victoria, and trace the history of books in the mirror of the world
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