# Best things to do in Melbourne

Laneways, sport, gardens and galleries: the Melbourne favourites from Lonely Planet, Visit Melbourne and TripAdvisor.

- 2198 votes · 14 items
- Nov 15, 2021 · Sophie Jones
- https://even.best/en/l/167/best-things-to-do-in-melbourne

## Top 10

1. **Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria** (243 · ▲270 ▼27) — Inner-city gardens with over 10,000 plant species and the ornamental lake. <https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/>
2. **Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)** (199 · ▲223 ▼24) — Australia's largest stadium, home of the AFL Grand Final and the Boxing Day Test, with the National Sports Museum. <https://www.mcg.org.au/>
3. **Hosier Lane and the laneways** (190 · ▲212 ▼22) — Graffiti-covered Hosier Lane and café-filled Degraves Street and Centre Place.
4. **Queen Victoria Market** (159 · ▲180 ▼21) — Open-air market trading for over 140 years, with a night market in summer. <https://qvm.com.au/>
5. **Great Ocean Road (day trip)** (128 · ▲150 ▼22) — Coastal drive to the Twelve Apostles limestone stacks, about 3 hours from the city.
6. **National Gallery of Victoria** (126 · ▲148 ▼22) — Australia's oldest public gallery (1861), free, with NGV International on St Kilda Road. <https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/>
7. **Shrine of Remembrance** (100 · ▲134 ▼34) — 1934 war memorial with a balcony view straight up St Kilda Road to the city. <https://www.shrine.org.au/>
8. **Federation Square and Flinders Street Station** (94 · ▲125 ▼31) — The city's meeting point, across from the 1910 station with its famous row of clocks.
9. **State Library Victoria** (94 · ▲116 ▼22) — Free library with the domed La Trobe Reading Room, a favourite photo spot. <https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/>
10. **Melbourne Museum** (90 · ▲110 ▼20) — Natural and cultural history museum in Carlton Gardens next to the World Heritage Royal Exhibition Building. <https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/>
11. **St Kilda** (87 · ▲119 ▼32) — Seaside suburb with Luna Park and the pier where little penguins come ashore at dusk.
12. **Phillip Island Penguin Parade** (63 · ▲96 ▼33) — Hundreds of little penguins waddle ashore every evening, two hours from Melbourne. <https://www.penguins.org.au/>
13. **Brighton Bathing Boxes** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 82 colourful Victorian-era beach huts on Dendy Street Beach, with views of the city skyline.
14. **Melbourne Skydeck** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Observation deck on level 88 of Eureka Tower in Southbank, with a glass cube that slides out over the edge.

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