The Melbourne Cricket Ground, MCG, and more lately "The 'G'" still sentimental home to the Australian Football League. A dome named after a communications company just doesn't have the same 'ring' to it!

The Royal Melbourne Zoo, probably the best zoo in Australia, even though the Taronga Park Zoo in Sydney has a more spectacular location on the shore of Sydney Harbour.

St Kilda Beach, which you really must see if you can get up the energy for a romantic stroll. Dip your toes in Port Phillip Bay as you walk for miles along uninterrupted and mostly secluded beachfront.

Shopping, well Melbourne really captures your heart if you love shopping. Huge suburban shopping malls and a city centre with international brands and an Australian flavour everywhere. Victorians are friendly, you'll always get a 'g'day', and Melbourne public transport is a joy to behold. Vast networks of busses, trams and trains, criss-cross the city and follow routes to the furthest reaches of Melbourne, and travellers can buy a pass that covers all modes for a couple of hours, or a day. Then you can forget the car and go pretty well anywhere. Melbourne is built on a large plain that surrounds Port Phillip Bay and the only boundary is the Dandenong Mountains, yes, well we call things like that 'HILLS' here in Tassie! The point is that walking is always an option that is pleasant, in fact many shortcuts through extensive parks and gardens connect many major centres and suburban transport services to residential areas.

The Melbourne Museum 

Old Melbourne Jail

Over a dozen Lifestyle Precincts, the original being Lygon Street, in Carlton, including;

• Brunswick Street
• Toorak Road
• Chapel Street
• Preston
• Bridge Road Richmond
• Southbank
• Fitzroy Street