Melbourne welcomes you!

Renowned for its culture and arts, Melbourne also offers a vast array of sights, activities, entertainment, and epicurean experiences as well as a multitude of sporting and cultural events. Melbourne’s history is fascinating and explains much of the elegant architecture, the enormous breadth of cuisines and reputation for ‘best eating’ in Australia, the magnificent traditions of theatre and artistic pursuits, not to mention the most fantastic shopping.

 

Spend time in some of Melbourne's diverse precincts and experience the richness of Melbourne’s different cultures from the Greek Quarter around Lonsdale Street, Vietnamese in Victoria Street to the Chinese culture in Chinatown and the Paris End of Collins Street. Explore the hidden treasures in Melbourne’s famous lanes and historic arcades and experience the many different ways of enjoying life along the Yarra River.

There is so much to see and do. So why not bring the family and visit some of the attractions listed below. For more detailed information about magnificent Melbourne go to the official tourism website:

www.visitmelbourne.com

  • Arts Centre
  • Melbourne Observation Deck
  • Australian Centre For The Moving Image
  • Cook's Cottage
  • Ballooning
  • Federation Square
  • National Gallery Of Victoria
  • Scienceworks & Planetarium
  • Melbourne River Cruises
  • Melbourne Museum
  • Immigration Museum
  • RAAF Museum
  • Parliament Of Victoria
  • Royal Botanic Gardens
  • Melbourne Aquarium
  • Crown Entertainment Complex
  • Imax Theatre
  • Colonial Tramcar Restaurant
  • Werribee Park Open Range Zoo
  • Historic Homesteads
  • Luna Park
  • Old Melbourne Gaol
  • Melbourne Maritime Museum
  • MCG Tours
  • Melbourne Zoo
  • Puffing Billy Steam Railway
  • Melbourne Olympic Parks
  • Healesville Sanctuary
  • Shopping

 

 

 

ACEL FastNews

VIC – World leader on school improvement, Professor John Hattie, has spoken at a conference for principals in Melbourne.

NT – Students from Lanhapuy Homelands School have created video clips designed to be watched on mobile phones that encourage smokers to quit or to not take up smoking.

NATIONAL – Head of World Vision, Tim Costello, has said geography should play a prominent role in the national curriculum, to ensure students understand climate change, asylum seekers and issues surrounding indigenous Australians.

NATIONAL – The Australian Psychological Society has criticised federal funding for school chaplains, saying the program is ‘dangerous’ to student’s mental health.

NATIONAL – Teacher education is set to be overhauled next year, with higher entry standards in English and maths being set.

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