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WHAT TO DO
National Gallery of Victoria
Walk along South Bank (Yarra River) and check out Crown Casino
Get drinks at Ponyfish Island Bar or Arborio Bar
Graffiti lane ways in CBD (Hosier Lane, Degraves Place, Centre Place, AC/DC Lane)
Royal Botanical Gardens: “run the tan,” Moonlight cinema
Peruse Queen Victoria Market or South Melbourne Market (more local)
Peruse Prahran Market
Walk along St Kilda Beach and Chapel St
Brighton Bathing Boxes and Beach
Mount Dandenong
Get Devonshire tea at Sassafras Cafe or Dine Divine
Hike 1000 Steps walking track
Visit Olinda and Dandenong Ranges Botanical Gardens (especially during Rhododendron season)
Visit William Ricketts Sanctuary
See the views at SkyHigh and ride Puffing Billy
Go to wineries in Yarra Valley and get lunch
TarraWarra Estate (best lunch) (includes art museum)
Coombe Yarra Valley
Yering Farm Wines
Helen and Joey Estate (wine only, incredible views)
Oakridge Wines
Levantine Hill
Stones of the Yarra Valley
Innocent Bystander
Go to wineries or hot springs in Mornington Peninsula and get lunch
Montalto (includes sculpture park)
Point Leo (includes sculpture park)
Red Hill
The Rocks Mornington
Jackalope Hotel
Peninsular Hot Springs
See the koalas and other Aussie animals at Healesville Sanctuary (book an appointment)
Collingwood for trendy bars, cafes and restaurants
Relax at Sense of Self bathhouse in Collingwood
Bourke St Mall
Shop at Chadstone
Go to bars in Londsdale St and Swanston St
Walk down Frankston Pier
Go to the Docklands and ride the Melbourne Star (Ferris wheel)
Check out the Eureka Sky Deck (tallest building in Melbourne)
JANUARY OR FEBRUARY: Watch an Aussie Open match
MARCH - SEPT: Watch an AFL game
DECEMBER: See the Christmas lights display in Ivanhoe
DAY TRIP
Half Moon Bay
Sorrento, Rye & Portsea
Dinner/drinks at Intercontinental Sorrento and Hotel Sorrento, swim with dolphins (Moonraker Dolphin Swim)
Lunch at Portsea Hotel
Hike Point Nepean National Park
ROADTRIP
Great Ocean Road: coast of Victoria
Torquay (go to Bowside Cafe for vanilla slice), Lorne (QDOS Fine Arts, Phantom Falls), Kenneth River (to see koalas), Apollo Bay (go to Apollo Bay Fisherman’s Co for lunch), Great Otway National Park (visit Wildlife Wonders), Twelve Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge
Daylesford: mineral springs
Amazing Mills Antique Shops, The Convent Art Gallery, visit Mineral Springs (The Mineral Spa, Lake House, Hepburn Bathhouse & Spa), Lake Daylesford, coffee at Pancho Cafe, eat dinner at Sault Restaurant or Beppe, eat brunch at Cliffy’s, Boathouse Restaurant
Philip’s Island: Penguin march, Nobbies Outlook
Wilson’s Promontory National Park
Geelong
Eat at Frankie Geelong, Restaurant IGNI
Queenscliff
Basils Farm, Lon Retreat & Spa
Ballarat: gold fields
Sovereign Hill, Art Gallery of Ballarat, eat lunch at Lola
Bendigo