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• Melbourne Attractions


• Day trips from melbourne


• Parks and gardens in and around Melbourne


• Mazes throughout Victoria


• Top beaches along the Victorian Coastline


• Zoos and Theme Parks


• Cheap Family Fun


• Picnic family fun


• The Great Ocean Road


• Markets in and around Melbourne


• Getting around


• Interesting Friends wordwide


• Site information and other interesting resources

Melbourne Attractions...Site Index

• The Melbourne Museum
• The Old treasury Building
• The Immigration Museum
• Scienceworks Museum
• The Melbourne Cricket Ground
• The Melbourne Town Hall
• Melbourne Walks
• Chinatown
• Cooks Cottage
• The City Circle Tram
• Como House
• Old Melbourne Gaol
• Parks, gardens and open spaces
• Polly Woodside
• Birrarung Marr
• The The Docklands
• Southbank and Southgate
• Federation Square
• The Crown Casino
• The St Kilda precinct
• Eureka Skydeck
• The Rialto Observation Deck
• The Melbourne Aquarium
• Melbourne Haunted Tours

Day trips from Melbourne

• the 12 Apostles
• The Great Ocean Road
• Port Phillip Bay
• Western Port Bay
• Phillip Island
• Mornington Peninsular
• Skyhigh on top of Mt Dandenong
• Mt Dandenong
• Grants Picnic Ground
• The Puffing Billy train
• The Big Bouquet, gerberas and alpacas in the Yarra Valley
• The Australian Rainbow trout Farm
• The East Gippsland region
• Soverign Hill
• Hanging Rock
• Halls Gap
• Hepburn Springs
• Edgars Mission, Edgar the pig's unique animal sanctuary
• Arthur's Seat, spectacular views over Port Phillip Bay

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Parks, gardens and open spaces

• The Royal Botanic Gardens
• The Botanical gardens at Cranbourne
• Lillydale Lake
• William Ricketts sanctuary
• The Maroondah Dam
• The Werribee Mansion
• Cardinear reservoir
• Ferntree Gully National Park and the Kakoda Steps
• The George Pentland gardens and Sweetwater Creek
• Jells Park
• The Rhododendron Gardens
• Emerald Lake park-part1
• Emerald Lake Park-part2
• Carlton Gardens and the Exhibition Buildings
• The Fitzroy gardens and the Observatory

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Mazes

• The Hedgend Maze
• the Skyhigh maze
• Amaze'N'Things on Phillip Island
• The Ashcombe Maze and Lavender Gardens
• Wombat bend
• The Enchanted maze Arthurs Seat
• Boneo Maze and Wetlands
• Kryal Castle on the Western Highway
• The Tangled Maze and Mistydowns Nursery, Creswick
• Wandilligong Maze in Bright

Victoria's beautiful top beaches

• The Bay's Eastcoast
• The Bay's Westcoast
• Westernport Bay
• The rugged back beaches
• Eastern Beach-Geelong
• The 90 Mile beach
• St Kilda beach
• Frankston beach
• The Great Ocean Road
• The Great Lakes, Gippsland
• Phillip Island
• Cape Liptrap and Walkerville
• The Victorian Eastcoast beaches
• The Victorian Westcoast beaches
• Rosebud and Rye
• Bellarine Peninsular
• Beachcombing
• Beach Safety
• Your opportunity to share with all of us. Do you have a favorite family beach? Tell us all about it here.

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Zoos and Theme Parks

• The Royal Melbourne Zoo
• The Oceanarium
• The Werribee Zoo
• The Ballarat Zoo
• The Moonlit Sanctuary
• The Koala Sanctuary, Phillip Island
• The Healesville Sanctuary
• The Wildlife Wonderland, in Bass
• The Penguin Parade Phillip Island
• Melbourne's Penguin Colony at St Kilda
• The Mansfield Zoo
• The Halls Gap Zoo
• Geelong waterpark
• Adventure Park Victoria in Wallington just outside Geelong
• Waterside Wonderland at the Docklands, Melbourne
• Luna Park
• Gumbuya park
• The Anakie Fairy Park

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Cheap Family Fun

• Kids Swimming
• Local Movies and Cinemas
• Public swimming pools
• Kids fishing
• Outdoor playgrounds
• Bicycle riding
• Horseback riding
• Fossicking and Gold Panning
• Animal farm visits
• Fruit picking
• Kite flying
• Seaside pools
• Car rallies
• Indoor playgrounds
• Kilsyth or your own local suburb
• Badgers Creek
• Eltham Miniature Railways and others around the outer fringe of Melbourne
• Donnybrook Spa Picnic Park

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Picnic family fun

Picnic Food Ideas

The Great Ocean Road

• The 12 Apostles
• Appolo Bay
• Port Fairy
• Tower Hill Volcano
• Warnambool
• Whale watching
• Cheese making
• The Otway Fly
• Port Cambell

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Markets and Festivals

• The Queen Victoria market
• Markets melbourne/City markets
• Southbank Market
• Melbourne Craft markets/Country Markets
• St Kilda Esplanade Craft Market
• Yarra Valley Craft Market
• Red Hill Craft Market
• Emu Plains Craft Market
• Carribean Market
• South Melbourne Market
• St Andrews Market

And Festivals...

• The Royal Melbourne Show
• the Moomba Festival
• Melbourne Comedy Festival
• Melbourne Arts Festival
• Melbourne Film Festival
• Melbourne Strawberry Festival
• High Country Festival, Mansfield
• The Elmore Festival
• The Tulip Festival
• Chestnut Festival

Getting around the City and Countryside

• Walking Melbourne
• Travel by car
• Hire cars
• Driving in the city
• Road rules
• City parking
• Travel by motorbike
• Melbourne maps
• Freeways
• Etag
• Public transportation.
• Ferries
• Metlink
• Metcard and Myki
• Vline...Country rail
• Free city shuttle bus
• City Circle Tram-east loop
• City Circle tram-west loop
• Melbourne International Airport at Tullamarine
• Flights into Melbourne, Avalon, Essendon and Moorabbin Airports
• Flying with kids
• Helicopter flights
• Hot air ballooning
• Horse and cart

Interesting Friends from around the world

• Friends in Australia
• Friends in America and Canada
• Stuff and nonsense that may interest you

Site Information

• SuperNan's Getaway newsletter
• Introducing your host/guide
• Site Build It, an introduction- part1
• Site Build It-Part2
• Learn on-line, a truly amazing eLearning course
• Contact me directly
• Your privacy explained
• Your search results

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