ATTRACTIONS MELBOURNE CITY VIC

With over 25 year’s experience, Melbourne River Cruises is the largest and most experienced river cruise operator in Melbourne specialising in tourism and hospitality. As industry leaders, we aim to create international service systems to provide entertainment, recreation, culture and social exchange for local, interstate and international individuals and groups.

We are in the business of providing memorable experiences and are committed to fulfilling customer needs and satisfaction. Whether you choose to join our daily sightseeing cruises or to have a private function, our team will extend warm, friendly and professional hospitality to enhance the customer experience.

Queen Victoria Market is Victoria's premier open-air market. Sitting on 2 city blocks, its also the largest open air Market in the Southern Hemisphere. The friendly competition between stallholders, their passion for that they do, and their interaction with customers is what gives the Market its Old World charm and the addictive power to draw millions of visitors each year. Visitors, who come not only to shop, can be entertained by buskers who perform on the surround. The vibrant, cosmopolitan atmosphere of this historic site has endeared the Market to Melburnians for over 130 years.

The Market is probably best known for its huge variety of fresh produce. Almost 50% of the Market area is dedicated to the sale of fresh produce, including fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, chicken, seafood and delicatessen products.

Strike Melbourne Central, located on level 3 of the Melbourne Central shopping centre, is one of the city’s best entertainment experiences.

Equipped with 10 lanes, a cosy bar, gourmet kitchen, great music and an awesome laser skirmish arena based on urban warfare within Melbourne Central Station (it even has a train inside!)

Strike Melbourne Central also has pool tables to release the inner shark, and on the weekends get on the dance floor with some of Melbourne’s best DJ’s.

Plus with a 280 person capacity, Strike Melbourne Central is the perfect choice for functions - be it a corporate event, buck’s party, hen’s night or birthday parties.

Get in touch with one of our dedicated team to help arrange your perfect night.

DISABLED ACCESS:
Wheelchair Access: Advise reception upon arrival. Wheelchair customers to enter from door next to San Churro shop in QV. Access to lanes 1-4 & 9. Int Games, Pool & Karaoke.

AMF Bowling Centres
There’s a centre near you!

Welcome to AMF Bowling, home to the fun of ten pin bowling! We have 46 centres across Australia and New Zealand, all delivering action-packed entertainment: sound systems, arcade games and amusements, great food and excellent value. Also battle your mates in the M9 Laser Skirmish arena (Available at AMF Watergardens, Highpoint & Clayton only)
 

Get into the fast lane with AMF Bowling – There’s a centre near you!

• Birthday Parties including an exclusive Spongebob Squarepants Party
• Group & Corporate Functions
• Café
• Fully licensed bar (except AMF Chadstone)
• Glow in the dark bowling
• Amusement Machines
• M9 Laser Skirmish Battlegrounds (Available at AMF Watergardens, Highpoint & Clayton only)

The Arts Centre is located at 100 St Kilda Road, just minutes from the CBD. It's a short walk across the bridge from Flinders Street Train Station, and close to the trams and buses of St Kilda Road.

Come early before the show for drinks, grab a bite to eat or peruse the galleries. On Sundays we become a shopper's paradise with the Sunday Market. If you time it right you can catch one of our curators or special guests giving talks or hosting forums on a current exhibition. Box office opens at 9am, Café Vic opens at 10.30am and closes after the last-show supper crowd leave. The galleries are open whenever the Arts Centre is. Our car park is open 24/7.Sink into a booth and soak up the atmosphere post show at Café Vic or indulge in a quick bite or beverage before the show at a Mezz Bar, Allegro or a Foyer Bar near your theatre. Did you know you can pre-order interval drinks and avoid the rush?

Launched in 2000, the award winning Melbourne Aquarium is one of Victoria’s premier tourist attractions. With four amazing worlds to discover; including Antarctica, featuring sub-Antarctic Gentoo and King penguins, Melbourne Aquarium presents an educational and entertaining journey through the world’s oceans.

Whether you're young or old, worn-out or healthy, anyone will enjoy the gift of adrenaline. Experience Victoria's fantastic scenery the best way possible, Andy's Harley rides include the Dandenong Ranges, the views of the bay from Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula or Melbourne's many great sights, other great Harley rides include Great Ocean Road, Yarra Valley which are best viewed from the back of our late model and customized solo or sidecar Harley Davidson chauffeured by Andy and his many riders an exhilarating adventure tour never to be forgotten.

Widely regarded as the finest nineteenth century building in Melbourne, the Old Treasury Building has been an important government building since its completion in 1862.

Built by 19 year old architect John James Clark, the Old Treasury Building now houses exhibitions from the Public Record Office of Victoria. As part of the 150th anniversary celebrations, an exhibition about JJ Clark is currently on display.

Our permanent collection covers Ned Kelly, Indigenous Australians, Early Melbourne and much more. On display until October 27, ‘Trams: Moving Pictures’ featuring famous artists vibrant tram art from 1978 to 1993. Plus the historical 1910 film of Melbourne cable trams, photos of early painted trams and memorabilia. From mid-November, ‘Streets of Melbourne’ will display maps and images from Public Record Office Victoria.

The National Opal Collection (NOC) showrooms are Australia’s finest opal centres, conveniently located in the heart of Sydney and Melbourne. Each venue features a museum, theatrette, opal mine and stunning opal showroom.

The NOC has recreated the history of opal through graphic life-size dioramas of the dinosaur age. Rare opalised fossils of animals are featured alongside specially sculptured life-like models of the original animals. Visitors are also treated to an educational experience about Opals with touch screen tutorials and an auditorium.

Come face to face with Melbourne's haunted past on Melbourne's oldest ghost tour, conducted by Haunted Bookshop founder and Haunted Australia presenter, Drew Sinton.

"A world-class ghost tour” - The Great Outdoors

Spooky fun! Two-hour walk begins 8.30 pm Saturdays at The Haunted Bookshop, 15 McKillop Street, Melbourne CBD, then wends its way down lost lanes, beyond darkened doorways, to abandoned abodes of the dead. But are they dead?

Melbourne By Foot is the most convenient and best value walking tour of Melbourne - Australia's cultural capital.

They know what it's like to arrive in a foreign city and be bogged down with information on where to go and what to see. They've taken the best qualities of Melbourne and packaged it into a relaxed and entertaining walk. A great orientation for first time travelers and a must for regular visitors and Melburnians with a thirst for local knowledge.

Melbourne By Foot was designed to give participants a great insight into life here in city. The walk covers a range of traditional topics including Aboriginal history, early settlement and colonial times. There is a healthy sprinkling of sport, art and music which are all facets that make this city a vibrant melting pot of culture.

MELTours is the best walking Tour Company in Melbourne. A number of walking tours are on offer in the City of Melbourne that include laneways, bars, bicycles, bike share, shopping, Flinders St Station tours and more! For such a young city, Melbourne has packed much into such a short period to become one of the world’s greatest cities.

Hidden Secrets Tours offer the best walking - the best insider - experiences of today's creative Melbourne and focus on the local design talent who are reinventing the gold-rush entrepreneurial visions of this style capital. They offer short, inspiring walks of Melbourne city - two to four and a half hours, and you will feel like a local in no time - a city where Indulgence is not always going to cost the earth!

The historic Melbourne General Post Office (GPO) reopened in August 2004 as a fashion, food and shopping precinct and quickly became a haven for designers and fashionistas. Covering an entire city block it now houses more than 60 stores carrying the clothes of iconic international designers and cutting edge newcomers.
Find some of the best local and international names in fashion all under one roof. For a mix of girls and guys threads there’s Alpha60, Ben Sherman, FAT and Acne, or for women there’s gorgeous gear to be found at Lisa Ho, Veronika Maine, Twitchett and Tongue, Arabella Ramsay and Gorman, just to name a few.

 A unique institution at the heart of Melbourne's iconic meeting place, Federation Square, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) celebrates, explores and promotes the cultural and creative richness of the moving image in all its forms - film, television and digital culture.

Through a vibrant calendar of award-winning Australian and international exhibitions, films, festivals, live events, creative workshops, education programs and Collection resources, ACMI provides diverse audiences with unsurpassed ways to engage with the moving image.

A haven of calm where east meets west, a quiet blend of ancient holistic healing and modern spa therapies - mystical aromas, luxurious candle-lit interiors.

East Day Spa is renowned for authentic Eastern holistic treatments, centuries old healing practices ideal for dissolving stress, and centred on the essential principal of treating the "whole" person . . . relaxing the body, calming the soul, clearing the mind.

Our gracious and respectful therapists will help you escape to a new state of beauty and inner calm.

A welcome respite from the bustle of the city, and open seven days a week, Park Club Health and Day Spa offers the ultimate escape.A magnificent 25-metre, edgeless aquamarine pool offset by a Grecian mural, domed ceiling and colonnaded sandstone interior is your introduction to the Club.

Facilities include:

• Training studio
• Cardio theatre
• Outdoor tennis court
• The Day Spa

The use of the pool, gym and sauna is available on a complimentary basis for hotel guests

Enjoy the quintessential pampering experience at the Day Spa, where health and beauty treatments are of the highest quality in the hands of consummate professionals.A variety of treatments are available in the seven comfortable treatment rooms, including body and facial treatments, massages, manicures, pedicures and lifestyle consultations.

Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Pure Energy Day Spa offers a simple but complete menu of spa services for on-the-go, busy global nomads and citizens of the world looking to recharge, revitalize and reconnect in a clean, stylish environment. It will be an experience they can expect to receive in a Pure Energy anywhere in the world.

Pure Energy offers value for money, well executed spa services in a clean and conducive, stylish environment. They also take great pride in using SwissLine products, a range of pure yet effect driven skin care products. It will be an experience one can expect to receive from a Pure Energy anywhere in the world.

Explore spectacular Docklands nearby, or cruise around Hobson's Bay to the quaint shipbuilding port of Williamstown. You can even take your bike on the Williamstown Ferry... enjoy a coastal ride, then catch the train back from Altona to Flinders St Station. The possibilities are endless.

Our two most popular rides are along the Yarra to the Collingwood Children's Farm, Abbotsford Convent and Studley Park Boathouse, or you can ride the scenic loop to the groovy seaside suburb of St Kilda via the Royal Botanic Gardens and Formula 1 Grand Prix Track, then cruise back along the beach.

We'll give you a copy of our very own full-color A3 double-sided cycling map of Melbourne, which features Melbourne's Top Five Rides, points of interest, the best places to eat, drink and shop, tourist precincts worth visiting and more. The map includes distances and times for each ride, as well as photos.

Bonza Bike Tours is the original and best bike tour and bike hire experience in Sydney since 2004, and we are now operating bike tours and bike hires in Melbourne. Come join us for a bike tour or hire soon and see what everyone is talking about!

Dramatic - powerful - dangerous and majestic. How can words describe some of the world's most impressive coastline? Your day with Gray Line extends from golden sandy beaches to the stark brutality of wave-torn cliffs.
 

Gray Line offers the largest and most comprehensive range of premium sightseeing tours wherever it operates including half and full day tours, city hop on, hop off and national sightseeing passes.

The emphasis on their tours is true Australian, with each stop giving active involvement in some aspects of the Australian way of life or flora and fauna. Most tours provide their specialty - Aussie style "Bush Billy Tea" and refreshments in spectacular mountain or seascape settings.

You will discover the major sights of Melbourne as well as many other photographic attractions that you may well have missed on your short visit to Melbourne. Unlike other Walking Tours in Melbourne, Photo Walking Tours offer expert photographic advice on how to frame pictures, utilise light and get the most out of your camera, regardless of its make or model, and many other useful tips. You will also get a pamphlet with these photographic tips. The purpose of these walking tours is to not only discover the sights of Melbourne, but to enhance your images with stylish photographs you will be proud to call your own.

We are Melbourne's only water taxi company. Offering a limousine-style service, we have a variety of options available to suit every occasion. With over 10 years experience, our team of uniformed, professional and friendly crew will ensure your cruise is a memorable one.

We operate 7 days a week, (day & at night) - from Hawthorn to Williamstown, Anglers Tavern to Docklands - we pick you up where you want, when you want, as long as there is a suitable landing at which our vessels can berth.

Melbourne Water Taxis provide a quality, reliable and efficient service on beautifully maintained vessels.

We tailor weddings, school excursions, charters, corporate shuttle services, transfers and more to meet your individual needs.

We also run a regular service between Southgate and Rod Laver Arena / Melbourne Park / MCG for events such as the Australian Open Tennis, concerts, and AFL matches.

Welcome to a unique experience of balancing your mind, body and spirit by our treatments for relaxation and holistic healing. Highly skilled Thai Therapists and friendly staff welcome you in a traditional Thai environment.

Chivaran offers an extensive range of alternative drug free therapies and unique holistic healing to heal your mind, body and spirit, and promote your body's natural ability to heal itself.

We specialise in Chi Nei Tsang (Internal Organ Massage) with an experienced practitioner from Chiva-Som Thailand. We also offer Thai Therapeutic Massage, Thai Spiritual Healing, and Relaxing Thai Massage.

Treat yourself in Melbourne CBD today

Tired of running over town to find the best treatments and health results you need? Look no further, Melbourne Natural Wellness Clinic & Yoga Pilates Studio is designed with you in mind

Melbourne Natural Wellness prides itself on being a leading environmentally sustainable centre where you can get all the natural health results you are looking for - under the one roof.

Our signature Massage therapy is Seitai Japanese Massage. This healing and therapeutic Japanese massage is literally translated as 'Bone Therapy'. Seitai was developed by Kiyoshi Kato during the last century in Osaka, Japan and involves combining elements of Shiatsu and Western Chiropractic techniques.
Seitai pays attention to the importance of both skeletal and soft tissue structures; its principle is to restore the proper skeletal frame by manipulating soft tissue.

Importantly, Seitai is different from Chiropractic work because it never involves direct hands-on adjustments of the skeleton. Further to this, Seitai uses methods different from massage, taking into account the entire muscle structure and origin/insertion of the muscle ultimately creating a gentle, unique and deeply relaxing therapeutic massage

Seitai is performed by sponsored professionals from Japan and AHT prides itself on introducing this wonderful therapy to Australia. Many of our regular Seitai customers are those with postural disorders, tightness from working behind a desk or with very active bodies, all of which receive great benefit from this wonderful massage.

Orchid Day Spa is located in the heart of the CBD, in a quiet European style laneway. From the moment you enter our facility you will feel at ease with our friendly service. We have many services to suit any individual and offer a number of Spa Packages.

Gift vouchers are available to give to that special person. They can be purchased in our store or ordered and paid for by credit card over the phone.

All of our services are available as gift vouchers. Recipients are then able to book a time at their leisure.

Masci believe we all have the right to stop from our hectic lives to rest, relax and rejuvenate.

Treat yourself kindly and practice "self nourishment".

We declare Masci a place to "paint your soul" and "smile"

The Masci Culture values our people and our clients.
We encourage "self acceptance", "indulgent pampering" and allow you to be "inwardly outrageous".

This is what makes Masci Hair & Spa a unique experience.

Various forms of stress - both physical and mental - are a feature of our modern society, which affect us often subconsciously. Many illnesses are triggered by stress, and coping with stress is essential for a healthy lifestyle. The best way of controlling stress levels is to relax and rejuvinate our body and mind. There is no question that getting a massage is an effective way to relax. Miyabi is a Japanese Relaxation Massage Salon that focuses on comfort and relaxation in our treatments. At Miyabi, everyone is made to feel welcome and at ease. Miyabi is staffed by Japanese massage therapists in their late-twenties and thirties. Most have had practical experience in Japan, and many have also studied massage techniques in other countries including Australia, Britain, Thailand, and the US. Our therapists have strong abilities not only in dry massage techniques such as Japanese shiatsu

Various forms of stress - both physical and mental - are a feature of our modern society, which affect us often subconsciously. Many illnesses are triggered by stress, and coping with stress is essential for a healthy lifestyle. The best way of controlling stress levels is to relax and rejuvinate our body and mind. There is no question that getting a massage is an effective way to relax. Miyabi is a Japanese Relaxation Massage Salon that focuses on comfort and relaxation in our treatments. At Miyabi, everyone is made to feel welcome and at ease. Miyabi is staffed by Japanese massage therapists in their late-twenties and thirties. Most have had practical experience in Japan, and many have also studied massage techniques in other countries including Australia, Britain, Thailand, and the US. Our therapists have strong abilities not only in dry massage techniques such as Japanese shiatsu

welcome to kocho spa a place to rediscover your senses, refresh your spirit as well as your physical being. Allow us to take you on a sensory journey into deep relaxation to leave you feeling as light and peaceful as a Crimson Butterfly

purity is of the greatest importance to the Japanese. For centuries they have been bathing in mineral rich waters that are believed to cure a wide range of illnesses. Thus a long soak at the end of the day to stimulate circulation, relieve stress and clean the body is a common practice in most Japanese homes. It is this simple use of water to cleanse the mind, body and spirit that we embrace at kocho to help you unwind, relax and recharge.

enjoy your journey

Welcome . . . to our world of indulgence and tranquillity where YOU can leave the complications and stresses of everyday life behind. Experience the pleasant aromas and soothing sensations which will transport your mind, body and soul to a new level of relaxation.

YOU are the most important person in the world right now and attention to your needs and spiritual requirements are our only focus. Release the energy within while taking in the professional care and pampering our expert therapists provide.

YOU can indulge yourself in a range of complete body therapy to suit your lifestyle and budget such that YOU have the power to handle the rigours of your day to day existence.

Release your tension and stresses to reveal glowing skin, smoother body contours, heightened levels of energy and inner peace so that YOU can truly begin to experience the beauty of your inner being.

This is your world, the world where only YOU matter.

Opening Hours

Monday to Friday - 9:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday - 9:00am to 5:30pm
Sunday - by appointment only

Welcome to an urban spa sanctuary, minutes from cosmopolitan Melbourne and miles from reality. Discover the pleasures of total calm and relaxation, amidst our luxury surroundings. Selecting only the best in skincare products, our Hyatt Melbourne day spa offers a range of decadent treatments that seamlessly blend the power of science and nature.

This exciting new concept emerges from collaboration between Stephen Nall, formerly Dickerson Gallery and artists Adrian Doyle and Joel Gailer. Doyle and Gailer have previously directed Michael Koro Galleries (MKG).

The same gallery space in Franklin Street, Melbourne has been re-newed to provide a high quality exhibition space for traditional and 'new media' performance art. The gallery will maintain and extend its experimental theme and provide artists with specialised promotional support in the development of their career.

'It will exhibit ground-breaking young emerging artists and a handful of influential established artists,' Nall says.

Eckersley's is one of the largest fine art, craft and design supplies retailers in Australia. Our aim is to provide the tools and inspiration for your creative journey. Whether you are an inspired artist, a dabbler in the arts and crafts, a bride-to-be searching for invitation ideas, an architect requiring technical drawing materials, or even a teacher in the art and design field, you will be sure to find everything you need at Eckersley’s.

Many of the staff at Eckersley’s come from an arts or design background, which means they have the knowledge and advice to assist you with your current and future projects.

Joshua McClelland Antiques opened in 1927 and has been at various addresses in Little Collins Street and Collins Street since that time. In 1956 it was decided to specialise in Mr McClellands main passions early Chinese Porcelain and Australian Prints and Paintings. It became the Joshua McClelland Print Room. This remains the case. Joan McClelland who worked for many years with Josh continued to run the Print Room after Josh’s death. Her daughter Patricia works with her

BUS Projects is an independent contemporary arts initiative that promotes the experimental fields of performance, sound art and spatial practice. In addition to the core exhibition program, BUS Projects is committed to operating outside of traditional gallery contexts, developing exhibitions, events and performances off-site and within the public realm. BUS Projects seeks to offer a platform for the presentation of innovative contemporary art practices within Melbourne and beyond. It provides valuable professional development opportunities to its key stakeholders including exhibiting artists, volunteers, managerial committee and general manager.

Tom Nicholson has been announced a finalist for the 2011 Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture.

The Prize, which is awarded every three years, will culminate in an exhibition of the finalists, to be held at Federation Square between 7 and 21 November 2011. The winner will be announced on
9 November 2011.

Blindside is an independent contemporary arts space located in the heart of Melbourne. We are committed to supporting and promoting contemporary art practice across a broad range of media through an ever-changing program of exhibitions, screenings, events and workshops. Blindside supports a thriving arts community in Melbourne and beyond—encouraging artistic experimentation, innovation and facilitating critical dialogue.

In any given year our program delivers over twenty-five exhibitions including solo and curated group shows—featuring emerging and established artists. We also maintain a framework of professional development, assisting and mentoring emerging artists, curators and writers toward fine-tuning their skills and practice. Our program fosters exchanges between local and interstate artists and supports collaboration and practices which are commonly underrepresented in commercial and institutional art galleries.

Located eight floors above Flinders Lane, on the Swanston Street corner, the Stephen McLaughlan Gallery was established in 1994 and is a proud occupant of Melbourne’s iconic Nicholas Building. Regular exhibitions in our Main Display Area and in the South Gallery (Objects Space) showcase a committed group of contemporary artists in a welcoming and airy environment. Photographic archives provide an accessible overview of the depth and breadth of our endeavours, with both established artists and those at journey’s beginning sharing their visions across a variety of media