Melbourne & Surrounds Travel Guides

Royal Botanic Gardens & National Herbarium

The Royal Botanic Gardens have become world-famous for spectacular vistas across sweeping lawns and lakes and the Ornamental Lake with its teeming...

Fawkner Park

Extending over 41 hectares, Fawkner Park offers both a peaceful retreat and a wealth of sporting activities to South Yarra.

Fawkner Park...

Kings Domain

King's Domain draws its name from the celebration of Melbourne's centenary in 1935, when 17 hectares of land within the grounds of...

Herring Island Sculpture Park

Accessible only by boat, Herring Island, 2.8ha in size, is just 3km from the city, and the only substantial island in the Yarra River....

Westgate Park

Westgate Park offers a range of attractions and activities in close proximity to the city. It is located along the eastern banks of the Yarra...

Queen Victoria Gardens

Opposite the Victorian Arts Centre, the Queen Victoria Gardens is typified by flowering garden beds and manicured lawns.

One of several...

Mount Hotham Airport

Mount Hotham Airport is a small Australian regional airport, which serves the Victorian ski resort of Mount Hotham.

The airport opened in...

Treasury Gardens

Adjacent to Old Treasury House, the Treasury Gardens feature many fine avenues of European trees that line the park and its edges.

Explore...

Carlton Gardens

North of the city centre, Carlton Gardens surround the majestic Royal Exhibition Building erected for the Great Exhibition of 1880. Victorian...

Yarra Bend Park

At Yarra Bend Park, the largest area of natural vegetation near the City of Melbourne, the landscape varies from steep, wild river escarpments to...

Aboriginal Heritage Walk

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne rest on a traditional camping and meeting place for the local custodians of the area, the Boonwurrung and...

Yarra River

Although it's usually a muddy brown and it's not as clean as the city would like, the Yarra, which rises in the mountains east of town and...

Royal Botanic Gardens

The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne have become world-famous for spectacular vistas across sweeping lawns and lakes and the Ornamental Lake with...

Albert Park

Albert Park is located in the City of Port Phillip, approximately three km from the CBD of Melbourne.

It is a 225 ha sporting and...

Royal Park

Royal Park covers 170 hectares in the heart of the city, and is a popular place for recreation and relaxation. The park features established...

The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden

The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden, located at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, is a magical place for children to discover the...

Flagstaff Gardens

Melbourne's first public gardens were established on the highest point of land in the city and hosted a signalling station that flagged the...

Fitzroy Gardens

Fitzroy Gardens were classified by National Trust in 1974 and placed on the Victorian Heritage Register in 1999 for historical, aesthetic...

C.J. Cruickshank Park

Located in Yarraville, close to Melbourne's CBD is C.J Cruickshank Park. This is the place where Yarraville comes to play, it features outdoor...

Point Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park

Point Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park is a new regional park that has been created to protect the cultural heritage values and coastal character...