Happy Birthday Melbourne
Official Messages Letter from the Lord Mayor
Letter from the Chairman
Melbourne Day is an annual celebration to mark the day free settlers sailed up the Yarra River and landed at the site we now call Melbourne. It was 30 August 1835.
I am thrilled to finally share the 2014 Melbourne Day program. Our biggest yet!
Growth of the city was rapid. Within two years an orderly grid of city streets was set out and in 1842 the settlement was incorporated as a town with a Council elected to manage its affairs. The gold rush and the halcyon days of Marvellous Melbourne followed. Today the central city is home to Melbourne’s famed laneways, arcades, shopping precincts and public gardens. World-class theatre, art galleries, museums and sporting facilities are all centrally located, while our local cafe culture and robust restaurant scene maintain the city’s vibrancy at all times of the day and night. In the space of 179 years, Melbourne has developed into a thriving, dynamic and cosmopolitan city: the world’s most liveable city. We are home to people from 200 different countries, speaking 230 different languages and dialects. I invite you to take part in our Melbourne Day celebrations and reflect on how much Melbourne has evolved over the years. Robert Doyle
We’ve got some fantastic events to help you celebrate. And with Melbourne Day falling on Saturday this year, there’s even more reason to join in. Enjoy a free, all-ages Melbourne Day concert at Federation Square or join a special tour around town on the Urban Explorer that includes a visit to Eureka Skydeck. Raise your glass in any participating Cheers! for Melbourne Day cafés, bars and restaurants. There’s a corporate lunch, special tours, exhibitions and Melbourne Day history lecture. And for something truly spectacular, set sail in the Melbourne Regatta Day on Victoria Harbour. None of this could be possible without fantastic support from major partner City of Melbourne and wonderful sponsors and program partners. We invite you, your family and friends to help make our day – Melbourne Day – a success. Campbell Walker
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Event Program
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Cheers! for Melbourne Day Raise a glass at a participating Cheers! for Melbourne pub, hotel, café, restaurant, tourist attraction or retailer. Select venues are offering patrons a gift to help celebrate: discounts, deals, free samples, door prizes and more. Ask in-store or for more details and full list of participating venues visit MelbourneDay.com.au Saturday 23 – Sunday 31 August
Participating venues listed on page 12 & 13
Melbourne Day Urban Explorer Take in the highlights of Melbourne Day celebrations on this special tour. The dynamic itinerary includes an exclusive visit to Eureka Skydeck, checking in as our VIP at our official flag-raising ceremony at Enterprize Park, and a guided walk to Fed Square where you will be greeted as a special guest at the Melbourne Day concert. And you get a Mega Showbag bursting with goodies valued at more than $200. Tickets and more info at MelbourneDay.com.au Saturday 30 August 8.30/9.00am – 1pm
Starting from Eureka Skydeck
Flag-raising Ceremony Lord Mayor Robert Doyle invites you to the official kick-off event when we raise the Melbourne flag at Enterprize Park, Flinders St, on Melbourne Day. Come and show your love for the city. Cr Doyle will be joined by fellow councillors, the 2014 Junior Lord Mayor competition winner, Melbourne Day Chairman Campbell Walker, VIPs, dignitaries and others. This is a free public event, families welcome. Bring the whole flock! Saturday 30 August 11.00am – 11.30am
Enterprize Park, Cnr William & Flinders Sts
Melbourne’s Birthday Concert – Free concert, free cake (while it lasts!) Music, performers, up-and-coming talent, home-grown entertainers and more on the big stage at Federation Square on 30 August, starting noon. Join us at this all-ages concert for a slice of birthday cake - get in early! And help us rattle windows by singing Happy Birthday to Melbourne. Saturday 30 August 12noon – 3pm
Federation Square
Partner Events
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Hidden Secrets Tour
Melbourne Day Lecture
Special Edition. Discover mystery, tradition, curiosities and wonder on a revealing special “early Melbourne” guided walking tour of the hidden city. HiddenSecretsTours.com
What is your personal cultural map of Melbourne? How has it changed over time? In this forum prominent speakers Reuben Berg and Richard Broome share their understanding of Melbourne across time and space. HistoryVictoria.org.au
1-31 August, daily HiddenSecretsTours.com
Picture This Melbourne Enter your interpretation of “what Melbourne means to me” in our photo competition. Tag photos with #MelbDay14 and post to Instagram, Twitter or fb.com/MelbourneCityMission Conditions apply MelbourneDay.com.au 11 – 24 August
Flagstaff Gardens Tours Mysteries of Flagstaff Gardens tours and annual exhibition. Flagstaff Gardens — the city’s oldest. Learn its secrets and forgotten role in shaping Melbourne Annual exhibition looking at the Red Cross in Melbourne during WWI. Bookings essential HistoryVictoria.org.au 25 – 29 August Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A’Beckett St
Melbourne Regatta Day Taste Melbourne’s maritime past and go sailing on vessels forming a spectacular flotilla. Bring the whole family and join the Blessing of the Fleet Community Day. Corporate booking essential, 10% proceeds assist Mission to Seafarers. MissionToSeafarers.com.au/ Melbourne-Regatta 30 August, 11.30am – 5pm Victoria Harbour Docklands
$ free, corporate sails (from $45 available)
29 August, 1 – 2.15pm Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A’Beckett St $ free, please register
Wonderland Birthday Party Weekend Fun Every weekend throughout August, enjoy Wonderland Fun Park rides, thrills and fun - but with a special Melbourne Day theme to help celebrate the city’s 179th birthday. Enter Facebook competition to win great prizes. WonderlandFunPark.com.au Every weekend in August, 11am-5pm 120 Pearl River Rd, Docklands
Enterprize Ship Tours Melbourne’s tall ship Enterprize offers guests themed sails regularly this August to celebrate Melbourne’s 179th birthday. For bookings visit Enterprize.org.au Throughout August Port Phillip Bay & Victoria Harbour, Docklands
Lord Mayor’s Melbourne Day Oration Lunch
To celebrate the 179th anniversary of the most liveable city in the world today, Melbourne Business Network will host the annual Melbourne Day corporate lunch – the Lord Mayor’s Melbourne Day Oration. Bookings essential. MelbourneBusinessNetwork.org.au 28 August, 12noon – 2.30pm RACV City Club, Bourke St
Still marvellous after 179 years Show your pride and get behind Melbourne Day. Melbourne was founded on August 30 when settlers landed on the north bank of the Yarra River from the schooner Enterprize in 1835 and started the first permanent settlement. Let’s celebrate everything that makes Melbourne great!
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium
Enterprize Ship
Opened 2000 The stunning Croc Lair Exhibit is one of 12 new zones of discovery at SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium. From three spectacular viewing levels, come faceto-face with Pinjarra – one of Australia’s largest saltwater crocodiles. Croc Lair features an unrivalled viewing experience; a 360 degree, jaw-dropping encounter.
Replica built in 1997 John Pascoe Fawkner owned the original Enterprize, used for settlement of the Port Phillip area. Her crew and passengers proceeded up the Yarra River, where they set up the first European settlement on a site on the north bank - thus founding Melbourne on 30 August 1835.
Flinders Street Station
In Aboriginal mythology, Bunjil the eagle is a creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being. It is believed by the Kulin and other Indigenous peoples that, in the Dreamtime, Bunjil took shelter in a cave located in the part of Gariwerd that is now known as the Black Range Scenic Reserve - today a popular tourist attraction.
Opened in 1910 The famous landmark recorded 93 million passenger movements in 20112012. It was the first railway station to open in Australia in 1854. And the first steam train in Australia pulled into the station.
Eureka Skydeck Opened 2006 Nothing you have ever experienced will prepare you for the awe-inspiring views of Melbourne from the Southern Hemisphere’s highest viewing platform with the world’s only Edge Experience.
Bunjil
Pie in the Sky, Melbourne Showgrounds Built in 1977 Heritage listed in 1999 Popular meeting point at the Royal Melbourne Show.
Pull out this Melbourne Day birthday card, colour in the cover, write your message and give to friends, family or loved ones.
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Melbourne Made Month
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Celebrate creativity in Melbourne. Products will be showcased throughout August by shop owners to highlight goodies you didn’t know were made here – with love! Visit a participating outlet for a chance to win an amazing gift pack of exclusive Melbourne-made products. Details at MelbourneDay.com.au
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Melbourne Cushion: The Melbourne Shop by Lumbi, 2/8 Driver Lane. Gift Voucher: Clementine, 7 Degraves Street. Hand made retro cufflinks: Lord Coconut, 4/289 Flinders Lane. Mallee timber stylus pen: Australian By Design, 13/282 Collins Street. Myrtle and Moss gift pack: Wilkens & Kent City Shop, 372 Little Bourke Street. Gift Voucher: MATTT, 3/37 Swanston Street. Melbourne – a love affair book: Matt Irwin Photography, 2/28 Block Pl, Collins Street. Souvenir Pack: Melbournalia, 5/50 Bourke Street.
Raise a glass at a participating Cheers! for Melbourne pub, hotel, café, restaurant, tourist attraction or retailer. Select venues are offering patrons a gift to help celebrate: discounts, deals, free samples, door prizes and more. Ask in-store at the venues listed below or for more details MelbourneDay.com.au
Akachochin 33 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf
Offer: Complimentary Sapporo draft beer with any dish over $12 or assorted tempura & Sapporo draft beer only $18*
Bohemian Bar & Restaurant 35 Dukes Walk, South Wharf
Offer: Lunch/dinner complimentary tapas dish with every beverage purchase*
Common Man 39 Dukes Walk Promenade, South Wharf
Offer: Breakfast – free coffee with any breakfast order* Lunch/dinner 15% off total bill*
Bangpop 35 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf
Offer: Complimentary Coopers draft beer with any curry dish* or any noodle dish & Cooper Draft beer for only $18* *conditions apply – refer venue for more details
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Plus 5 37 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf
Offer: Lunch complimentary chef’s entree with any mains* or dinner complimentary cocktail with any pizza*
Meat Market 53 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf
Offer: Lunch/dinner 15% off total bill*
Melbourne River Cruises 33 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf
Offer: 2-for-1 – Purchase one ticket for our Sightseeing or Williamstown cruise and receive one Ticket Free. Includes commentary and complimentary tea & coffee. To book phone 8610 2600
Hudsons Coffee 84-86 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Offer: Buy one get one free standard hot beverage. Available on 29, 30, 31 August.
2-for-1 entry Eureka Skydeck
count 20% disIceh ouse Medibank
20% discount Sea Life Melbourne
Aquarium
City attractions vouchers, page 10
Enjoy Victoria Harbour Docklands fireworks on Melbourne Day Eve Friday 29 August
For more information go to DestinationDocklands.com.au
Friends of Melbourne Day Show your love, become a friend Friends of Melbourne Day are the first to get official news, free and special offers and more. Friends also get, bursting with goodies, a showbag – valued at more than $200. The bag includes four smencils (pencils that smell yum), a captain’s telescope, hand-waiver Melbourne Day flag, a Melbourne Day treasure map, Founding of Melbourne booklet, discount coupons and special offers across Melbourne, kids’ stickers, a notebook, top secret torch pen, super dough and more – and all in a Melbourne Day tote bag. Phew! All this for just a small investment of $19.98. Your support helps us to celebrate the city and build awareness of Melbourne Day. We think it’s the best membership since... well, since Melbourne was founded on 30 August 1835!
Become a friend and get your showbag today by emailing admin@melbourneday.com.au to pick up at participating shops.
M a t t I r w i n M e l b o u r n e G a l l e r y
Celebrating Melbourne with photography, art, books, passion Melbourne Award Winner
Level 2/28 Block Place Melbourne mattirwin.com
Melbourne Day Selfie Show us your selfies! No matter where, celebrate on August 30 – and share your photos. 1. Hold up this program guide to show the cupcake cover or download a poster from MelbourneDay.com.au
Happy Birthday Melbourne
2. Get someone to take a picture of you holding it, or take a selfie. 3. Tag with #MelbourneDay and post to Instagram or Twitter.
Happy Birthday #MelbourneDay
4. Do this and you, too, could live to be 179!
Download your free Melbourne Day selfie poster like these guys are holding at MelbourneDay.com.au
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Melbourne Day Urban Explorer
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Take in the highlights of Melbourne Day celebrations on this special tour. The dynamic itinerary includes an exclusive visit to Eureka Skydeck, checking in as our VIP at our official flag-raising ceremony at Enterprize Park, and a guided walk to Fed Square where you will be greeted as a special guest at the Melbourne Day concert. And you get a Mega Showbag bursting with goodies valued at more than $200. Tickets and more info at MelbourneDay.com.au Families $80, Couples $70 (conditions apply).
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