Travel Free through the City Circle Tram East Loop....Ride a Piece of Australian Heritage

We pick up the next stage, the City Circle Tram East Loop Tour, beginning at.....

Open now to the Public, this gaol was the place for the unfortunate hangings of 136 persons. The Notorious Bushranger Ned Kelly ended his life here at the end of the Hangman's Rope in 1880. The Gaol is also said to be Haunted....no wonder!

Hop off the City Circle Tram East Loop Tour here and take a short stroll up to the New Modern Museum. Here you can find some great interactive displays, incredible artifacts, some of Melbourne's History and a great Educational Experience for the whole Family...take along a Picnic or snack at the yummy Museum Cafe

The Melbourne Museum

The Royal Exhibition Building and The Carlton Gardens

On the City Circle Tram East Loop and surrounded by beautifully manicured lawns and delightfully planted Garden Beds is the Unique and very Queen Victoria looking Building...the Royal Exhibition Building, huge high ceilings, elaborate decorations, light fittings and majestic open spaces reminiscent of those Palace Ballrooms of a bygone era. Elegance, Class and Majesty!

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Royal Exhibition Buildings

The Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne: A Guide...19th century Melbourne was a growing metropolis of dazzling change brought about by new wealth. The Royal Exhibition Building, an icon of Victorian architecture, was the first to win World Heritage listing.	A Continent of Curiosities: A Journey Through Australian Natural History...Continent of Curiosities follows the thread of individual natural history stories through the scientists of one of Australia's oldest museums, Museum Victoria. Together, these stories weave a history of the development of biological science from an Australian perspective, with insights into the people and places that influence the way we see and understand the natural world around us.	Eye Contact: Photographing Indigenous Australians (Objects/Histories)...An indigenous reservation in the colony of Victoria, the Coranderrk Aboriginal Station was a major site of cross-cultural contact in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Australia. Coranderrk was located just outside Melbourne, and from its opening in the 1860s the colonial government commissioned many photographs of its Aboriginal residents.

Continue your City Circle Tram East Loop Tour with a visit to The Princess Theater. This Beautiful Theater was built in 1854, home to the Ghost of Frederick Baker (Federici). This Theater has been the venue for wonderful Stage Productions including....

*Les Miserables (1989)

*The Phantom of the Opera (1990)

*Cats (1993)

*West Side Story (1994)

*Beauty and the Beast

*Chess

*The Boy from Oz

*The Importance of Being Ernest

*Sound of Music (2000)

*Mamma Mia (2002)

*The Producers (2004)

*Swan Lake on Ice (2006)

*Dirty Dancing (2006)

*Kiss me, Kate (2006)

*The Phantom of the Opera (2007)

*Guys and Dolls (2008)

I have a personal empathy with this dear old Theater as my darling Grandmother used to take me to the theater when I was a young girl. Every year we would go along to enjoy the Children's Pantomime...no TV/Videos or DVD's back then, just great down to earth interactive stage fun and games. Peter Pan, Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood, the Ballet, the costumes the sounds and the Stage sets, wow, they were great times and Families can still experience the Thrills and Memories with Theater Tours. What's on go to....

The Princess Theater

Home to the Victorian Government. Free Tours operate when Parliament is not sitting

There are always different Exhibitions and Displays being held here in these amazing old Buildings. For more information go to....

Old Treasury Buildings Museum

The City Circle Tram east loop passes the Fitzroy Gardens. In these beautiful Gardens you will find an amazing Conservatory, the Incredible Miniature Tudor Village, the enchanting Fairy Tree and the Fascinating Captain Cook's Cottage. This was shipped here from Yorkshire in 1934. The Black and White Photo was taken in Yorkshire before the Cottage was shifted to Victoria.

In Search of Captain Cook: Exploring the Man Through His Own Words...Captain James Cook was the greatest explorer of his age, perhaps of any age. He was a leader of men, a master voyager who journeyed to unknown places, a seeker of knowledge who commanded three demanding scientific expeditions.	Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain Cook...James Cook never laid eyes on the sea until he was in his teens. He then began an extraordinary rise from farmboy outsider to the rank of captain of the Royal Navy, leading three historic journeys that would link his name with fearless exploration. This text portrays a complex man of tremendous ambition, intellect and sheer hardheadedness.	Captain Cook's War and Peace: The Royal Navy Years, 1755-1768...The author of two critically acclaimed books on Captain Cook, John Robson has now turned his attention to the decade leading up to Cook's famous 1768 expedition to the Pacific. This new book investigates why Cook was chosen to captain Endeavor and how he became uniquely qualified for the exacting tasks of exploration.

Built in 1929. For information on what is showing go to.....

Forum Theater

Birrarung Marr

This Park is Melbourne's most newest and home to some great Artworks, Intriguing Plantings and wonderful Modern Garden Designs.

Federation Square

Federation Square houses the National Gallery of Victoria's Australian Art Collections, the Australian Center for the Moving Image, the Melbourne Visitor's Center and some really amazing public open spaces.

So here we are back at Flinders Street Station having completed the City Circle Tram East Loop and there are of course so many more Attractions within the City of Melbourne that we have not even addressed.

The City Circle Tram offers a fantastic opportunity to enjoy a great Family Getaway, a bargain weekend break and a very unique Day Trip Idea.

Whether it be a City Circle Tram East Loop , a City Circle Tram West Loop or a combination of both I believe that the Inner City Circle Tram is a fantastic way of enjoying the amazing City of Melbourne.

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