Venture Melbourne West
Melbourne’s Neighbourhoods
Go West
Life can be peaceful there, but plan your day properly and it can also be lots of fun. Sassy Spotswood
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Kids will love the incredible interactive exhibits at Scienceworks, but adults will appreciate the planetarium and its Dome Under Festival (9–10 October), showing the best fulldome films from around the world. Grab a table in the taproom and settle in to taste the offerings at Two Birds Brewing, which is, this year, celebrating its tenth anniversary. New to the suburb is Grazeland, a huge food park with flavours from all over the world and live music on the weekends. + museumsvictoria.com.au/ scienceworks + twobirdsbrewing.com.au + grazeland.melbourne
Victoria State Rose Garden
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Welcome to Werribee
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There’s so much to see here, you could stay overnight at the gorgeous Lancemore Mansion Hotel – it has a fantastic day spa and restaurant – to ensure you don’t miss anything. Spend a few hours at Werribee Open Range Zoo communing with nature and cruising the savannah, before heading to the Victoria State Rose Garden to see more than 5,000 roses, many of them in bloom + lancemore.com.au + zoo.org.au/werribee + vicstaterosegarden.com.au
Newport Power
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This is a suburb with an industrial history, and it’s been used to great effect at The Substation, which has been transformed into a contemporary gallery, performance space and dance studio. Newport Lakes was once a bluestone quarry, but is now the centrepiece for a 33-hectare park with a nature trail, picnic areas and abundant birdlife. + thesubstation.org.au
