MELBOURNE | Inner City
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packed agenda of food, wine, sports and arts is your introduction to the best of Melbourne – from its creative, exciting city centre, to its buzzing neighbourhood hubs. It’s also the gateway to Victoria’s world-class wineries, natural springs, peninsulas, spectacular coastline and alpine villages. From fashion festivals and high-octane sports, to one of the world’s biggest comedy festival, food and wine events and extraordinary art – what you get up to in Melbourne is limited only by the time and energy you have available. Cheer on world champions in world-class sporting arenas, discover world-first exhibitions in the arts precinct, and sample the creations of revered chefs in kitchens around the city. Make a week or a weekend of it and explore rooftop bars, riverside restaurants, eclectic boutiques and open-air laneway galleries. If you’re overwhelmed by the choices on offer, a guided tour 68 | destinations VICTORIA
can be a great way to experience the city’s highlights. Explore the evolving galleries that are Melbourne’s laneways on a Street Art Tour with a bonafide local artist (melbournestreettours.com), or join a Hidden Secrets tour and discover a side of Melbourne known only to locals (hiddensecretstours.com). Update your wardrobe on a Melbourne Shopping Experiences tour, where a style-savvy team will cast their expert eye over your look, and transport you straight to the best bargains and most sought after boutiques (melbourneshoppingexperiences.com.au), or see Melbourne through a different lens with Melbourne Sports Tours and head behind the scenes of some of Melbourne’s most iconic sporting venues (melbournesportstours.com.au). FEDERATION SQUARE Federation (or ‘Fed’) Square is a modern piazza built on top of a working railway. Opposite iconic Flinders Street Station, it is made up of a series of interlocking
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With a jam-packed calendar of world-class events and hidden laneways harbouring enticing secrets, Melbourne is a city for all seasons
