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Spring Racing Carnival

This is one of the world’s greatest horse-racing carnivals, and is a sporting event which one shouldn’t miss. It includes the ever famous Melbourne Cup at Flemington, and always takes place on the first Tuesday in November. Racing is one of the most beloved sports for Australians and therefore the significance of this event can not be neglected. This globally arranged event demonstrates thoroughbred racing, fashion and amusement under the same flagship, and can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

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St Jeromes Laneway Festival

Activity

This festival gives local and international actors a chance to perform to the best of their ability for your amusement. Don’t miss it! It starts on the 1st of February and is enjoyed by Australians and tourists alike. The event, which started off as a mediocre short-scale musical festival, has transformed into a country-wide extravaganza and is celebrated with immense joy and zeal.

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St Kilda Festival

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This festival exhibits the extensive range of entertainment, vibrant live music, action and activities critical to the St Kilda’s captivating and symbolic milieu. The event begins from the 31st of January and ends on the 8th of the next month. During all this period of seven days the city of Melbourne overflows with music, dining, drinking and shopping. Offering a diverse array of products and leisure opportunities the festival is a must for all tourists coming to Melbourne.

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Melbourne Fashion Festival

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Check-in to catch the alluring and glamourous episode of the avant garde fashion show. The event takes place for a period of seven days from the 15th to the 22nd of March. Featuring some of the most prominent fashion designers and models of the world, the event is one of the most eagerly awaited events for the people of Melbourne. The prime objective of the festival is to showcase some of the fresh trends which redefine the conventional concepts of fashion in a contemporary way.

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Melbourne Food & Wine Festival

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This festival presents an illustration of Melbourne’s gastronomic intrinsic worth. The 16 days of this festival allow you to gain exposure to some of the most appetizing and lip-smacking cuisines, and is reason enough for numerous visitors to travel to Melbourne to enjoy the mouth watering delights.

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Port Fairy Folk Festival

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Experience the taste of national and international music, in the old fishing village of Port Fairy. The Port Fairy Folk Festival takes place over a four-day period (from the 6th to the 9th of March), and features musicians from all around the world who are skilled in all kinds of music, such as folk, jazz, blues, rock and hiphop (to name a few). These musicians are given the chance to present their talent in order to entertain the music lovers of the city of Melbourne.

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Melbourne International Comedy Festival

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This is a parade of perhaps the funniest people who will ever have the chance to entertain you, and you definately won't be able to stop laughing at their jokes. The event, organized in the middle of April, features, not only comedy actors, but artists from all around the world who provide entertainment for the people of Melbourne. Moreover, the intention of this event is very generous, as the money generated from this event is used in charitable organisations.

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St Kilda Film Festival

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This festival features the Australian art of short-film-making, in which the people show their creativity at St. Kilda’s Palais Theatre and George Cinema. The festival features some of the landmark film creations of Australian cinema and therefore attracts numerous tourists towards the city. It is advisable for tourists to purchase the tickets of the event as soon as possible, as they tend to sell out quite quickly.

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Melbourne International Film Festival

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It’s a scintillating night where people from all over the world showcase their films alongside the locals. The event takes place from the 16th till the 22nd of July and features some of the most prominent documentaries and films acclaimed filmmakers of the world. The festival, which is organized on a massive scale, also provides significant opportunities for fresh filmmakers to showcase their work to the masses.

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Melbourne Art Fair

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The Melbourne Art Fair puts on view 80 of the most highly rated galleries from many countries across the world including Australia, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, China, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Held from the 30th of July till the 3rd of August, the event is one of the prominent platforms to demonstrate some of the most significant works of Arts and Crafts. In addition, national and global collector programs, curator programs and culturally motivated programs are also organized during the festival.

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Melbourne Writers' Festival

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This festival will appeal to fans of great literature. Books written by world renowned authors are available for purchase, and various writing workshops are offered to the general public. The event, which is endorsed by the UNESCO City of Literature, is held from the 22nd till the 31st of August. It encompasses some of the great and freshly prepared works of writers for the promotion of literature and poetry in the society. Some of the best work showcased in the event are also awarded prestigious awards, which are named after some of the prominent authors and literary personalities of the world.

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What to do with Children in Tow

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1.Melbourne Aquarium

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Arts Center

Building

The place is regarded as a pure representative preserving the epitome of Australian art, culture and architecture. The place whole heartedly greets visitors from all countries with extreme zeal and hospitality. Apart from national art promoting centers the place also provides an exceptional opportunity to artists of diverse nationalities and backgrounds to display their works in front of various national and globally acclaimed companies. The center also provides quality cuisines and exhibitions which is uniformly captivating for all age groups of people.

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Eureka Skydeck 88

Building

Your tour of Melbourne is totally incomplete if you fail to capture the awe-inspiring look of the architectural masterpiece known as Eureka Skydeck 88. Apart from the panoramic outlook of the skyscraper also provides you immense and highly diversified kinds of conveniences to its visitors. This mind boggling structure of the city will completely alter your attitude towards Melbourne and Australia.

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Galactic Circus

Park

The place embraces you into a distinctive galaxy and kaleidoscope of colors, elegance and magnificence. This largest indoor theme park of Australia provides you the opportunity to enjoy some of the most luxuriously designed amusement rides and other associated activities. The place through its festive portico and fabulous adventures transports you into a fun land which is simply beyond your wildest imagination.

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Royal Botanical Garden Discovery Walk

Garden

The tour allows you to enjoy the opportunity of discovering the beauty of nature at the same time enhance your botanical knowledge by having exposure to over 10,000 different species of flora. Covering an enormous area of 38 hectares this place where you are accompanied with a travel guide allows you to educate yourself and enjoy the dazzling surroundings simultaneously.

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Royal Botanical Gardens

Garden

Globally acknowledged as one of the tranquil and picturesque tourist destinations the Royal Botanic Gardens is one of the most captivating and sought after destinations without which the tour of Melbourne of any visitor is incomplete. Covering a massive area of 38 hectares the panoramic location of the botanic garden encompasses 52,000 different species of flora from each and every corner of the world.

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Victoria College of Arts

Education

Strategically situated in the nucleus of Melbourne’s precinct the place is regarded as one of the leading institutes of visual arts in the country. The VCA provides innumerable opportunities to its students which allow them to excel their skills of creativity in the field of theater, drama, dance and puppetry.

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Rod Laver Arena Tours Melbourne Park

Park

The place is particularly important due to its importance in the Australian open tennis championship. The place is one of the busiest and amusement venues of the city which offers massive accommodation of 15,000 people to national and international visitors from all around the world to view the prestigious event. Apart from the Australian Open tennis events such as Grand Slam and Asia Pacific are also organized here.

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The Giant Sky Wheel

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The Giant Sky Wheel is one acclaimed as one of the largest ferry providing service in the Southern Hemisphere. Situated adjacent to the Federation Square the ferry service becomes operational from the Birrauang Marr at the edge of the Yarra River. The view is extremely panoramic especially during the night time when the illuminating lights provide a completely different look to the city of Melbourne.

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Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)

Museum

Take an idiosyncratic visit to the ACMI to enjoy a completely exceptional outlook of the city of Melbourne. The place provides you the unique opportunity to enjoy some of the masterpieces of digital cinemas along with hundreds of short films in the highly interactive environment provided by lounge rooms of the future. Along with this the place also allows you to acquire exposure of some of the largest Screen Gallery allowing you to enjoy various exhibitions and most popular forms of amusement.

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Abla’s Restaurant

The restaurant is named after Abla Amad who settled in Australia in 1954 and launched her own restaurant in 1979. Since its inception the restaurant has always been an institution of quality food making, Abla is regarded as the queen of Lebanese cooking who has been verified by the mouth watering foods the restaurant presents at your disposal in the most hospitable way.

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Butchers Grill, Meat & Wine Cellar?

The place is considered idyllic for people who love to enjoy cuisines of grilled meat in particular. Almost all foods listed and provided by the restaurant is cooked according to Mediterannian style are prepared on open grills which means a healthier meal for consumers. Some of the favorite and the most ordered dishes of the restaurant include Chevapchichi and Pljeskavica.

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Flower Drum

Flower Drum is regarded as one of the most prestgious reataurants in the city of Melbourne. Besides providing lip smacking and delicious cuisines the restaurant is also famous for providing a dissonance free environment to enjoy your lunch or dinner in the most luxurious way possible.

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Libertine restaurant

The restaurant is particularly famous for its delicious cuisines along with the hospitable and dedicated service which is provided to satisfy visitors in every possible way. The restaurant is also famous for using the most hygienic meat and vegetables for preparing its food in the most energy beneficial way possible.

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Alfreds place

The place provides you some of the most delicious and mouth watering breakfast and lunch cuisines in the city. Along with this some of the most demanded food items of the restaurant include a hot bain –marie and a diverse collection of brassiere style food. Endorsed by the authorities for outdoor seating the restaurant also provides catering arrangements for all kinds of functions.

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Arrivederci

The restaurant is famous for its exceptional Italian cuisine and atmosphere which is extremely captivating for Italian tourists coming to Australia as their major problem of satisfying their appetite is solved with all such places and their lip smacking cuisines provided at their disposal. Along with this all these restaurants accentuate on the preservation of their culture at the same time besides their cuisines.

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Cross Ways

The restaurant offers some of the most mouth watering vegetarian cuisines of diverse nationalities. Along with this the restaurant contains an exceptional characteristic of altering its menu every day so that the taste receptors of your tongue are able to enjoy all kinds of tastes and delights varying from sweet to hot and from hot to spicy.

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Indian Palace Restaurant

Family-friendly

Following the legacy of Taco Bill a restaurant like Indian Palace also implements upon the same principles of providing quality food pacifying all global standards specified by any organization. The restaurant is famous for providing the most distinctive combination of ancient Rajastani cuisines in the most luxuriously way possible. Additionally the restaurant also provides a separate menu for kids.

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Taco Bill Mexican Restaurant Brighton

The renowned restaurant which is strategically situated on Bay Street has been providing excellent Mexican food to the residents and tourists coming to Australia for more than 30 years. The glorious 30 years of the restaurant vividly verifies that the hotel does not compromise upon anything when it comes to provide superior, delicious and the healthiest food to its visitors. All food is prepared in the most environmental friendly conditions satisfying all benchmarks of health and food.

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Amconi

The restaurant came into inception with the efforts of a family who introduced a completely new taste to their receptors. Slowly and gradually the place emerged as one of the key places where tourists from all around the world visit to examine the uniqueness of the cuisine offered by the place and go away extremely pacified.