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Life in Melbourne
Melbourne is regarded as Australia’s cultural capital. The city’s features include Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping and many cultural institutions such as museums, galleries, theatres, large parks and gardens.
See
- Docklands - a precinct filled with shops, bars, restaurants and a stadium with a water-side setting
- Federation Square - Modernistic and popular meeting space where Melbournians enjoy life whilst sitting down at cafés and bars
- Melbourne Museum - the largest museum in the Southern Hemisphere and home to seven main galleries, a children’s gallery and a temporary three-level exhibition gallery.
Do
• Astor Theatre - see interesting films at the art deco-style cinema in Windsor
• visit a comedy club
• watch a game of AFL football at the MCG or Telstra Dome during winter.
Eat
Excellent eateries are scattered through the CBD, Southbank, Carlton (mostly Italian and tourist-aimed), Victoria Street in Richmond (many low-cost popular Vietnamese and South East Asian restaurants), Docklands, South Yarra and Prahran.
Sydney Road in Brunswick and Coburg is known for its many Middle Eastern, Lebanese, Greek and Turkish restaurants.
The popular tourist area of St Kilda offers a large range of good-quality restaurants and cafés, especially on Acland Street and Fitzroy Street.
Meet friends
The past decade has seen a revival of Melbourne’s inner-city bar scene, with dozens of weird and wonderful watering holes opening up within forgotten alleyways and anonymous lanes of the CBD.
Shop
Melbourne is known as the fashion capital of Australia with numerous malls and boutique-lined streets.
In the CBD, Little Collins Street is home to some of the world’s top designers and fashion houses. Collins Street also boasts other high-end shops such as Louis Vuitton.
Brunswick Street (Fitzroy), Smith Street (Collingwood), both of which are adjacent to the Melbourne Campus (St Patrick's), and the southern end of Chapel Street in Prahran/Windsor, have clusters of stores selling an eclectic mix of vintage, rave, retro and alternative gear.
