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The enclosed city garden of The Melbourne Club will be open to the public. Enter
via Ridgeway Place (off Little Collins Street just down from Spring Street).
This wonderful city garden with its magnificent plane trees is rarely open to
the public, so don't miss this opportinity to venture inside the grounds of the
Melbourne Club. | | 10am to 4.30pm, Sunday 3rd February | The Melbourne Club - | | $5 | |
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 | Labassa Open Day | | This historic mansion is managed by the National Trust and open on the third Sunday of the month (except December). Informative house tours occur at 11am and 2.45pm and weather permitting, exterior tours at 1 pm. Refreshments in the Servants Hall throughout the day. A special exhibition occurs from 3.30pm featuring women's clothing from the 1880s. | | 10.30am to 4.30pm, 3rd Sun of month (exc. Dec) | Labassa, 2 Manor Grove,
Caulfield - | | Adults $8, Concession $5.50, Families $20 | Enquiries: (03) 9527 6295 or (03) 9509 6596 |
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 | Enterprize Day (Melbourne Day) | | An annual event to celebrate European settlement of Melbourne. On August 30
1835 John Fawkner's party
sailed up the Yarra in the Enterprize and anchored at base of the falls
in the centre of what we now call Melbourne. | | 30 August 2008 | - | | Enquiries: (03) 9658 9658 |
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| Living Legends Heritage Cocktail Experience | | Indulge your senses in a lavish evening of glamour & glitz in this beautiful Historic Homestead that once was a social hub of Melbourne. Enjoy canapés, wine and an insight into ‘Historic Woodlands & The History of Australian Thoroughbred Racing’ with VRC’s Consultant Historian Andrew Lemon. After, indulge in a Cocktail Dinner Experience whilst you enjoy the atmospheric charm of the rustic home. | | 6pm, 19 September 2008 | Living Legends, Oaklands Road Greenvale - | | $150 pp | Enquiries: 0404 334 833 |
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| Melbourne Medieval Fayre and Tourney | | Medieval, English Civil War, Napoleonic Wars, American Civil War and Early Australian Colonial. Melbourne peridos all have historical re-enactment and re-creation groups, involved in these periods of history who preserve aspects of historical life from these historical periods and bring them forward into the 21st century. All these things will once again be brought together in this Unique Victorian Event, the only one of its kind in Victoria, with performances of Historical Encampments, Clothes, and War, using Swords, Pikes and Muskets from the various periods of history, for the entertainment and experience of the Victorian Public.
The event also brings forth Craft Guilds and Associations continuing the traditions of the past with their Crafts. The event with its food stalls and merchants selling their wares, will once again be full of excitment and a great and inexpensive family day out. Adults and Children over 16 | $ 9.50 Children 7 - 15 | $ 4.25 Children under 6 | Free Family Pass (2 Adults & 3 Children) | $ 26.35 Receive a 15% Discount when you book and pay for your Tickets before 1st October 2007 | | 14 & 15 November 2008 | The Old Cheese Factory, 34 Homestead Rd, Berwick - | | Enquiries: info@mmfat.org.au |
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| Government House Open Day | | As part of Australia Day, citizens and visitors are invited to visit Government House, inspect many rooms not normally open to the public and enjoy a picnic on the lawns. Music and entertainment throughout the day. | | 10am to 3.30pm, 26 January 2009 | Government House - | | Free entry | Enquiries: (03) 9655 4211 |
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Our listing of
Festivals in Melbourne is widely recognised as the most comprehensive listing of festivals in
Melbourne and Victoria available online or in print. No listing however is
complete, and thus this listing does not contain festivals which have
chosen not to
contact us with their current details.
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TOURISM NEWS
Qantas In Flight Magazine chooses
White Hat
Cemetery Tour as its featured Australian tour for May
There are many fine historical tours
throughout Australia including cemetery tours. From these, the
prestigious Qantas In Flight Magazine has chosen the White Hat Tour
of Melbourne Cemetery as its featured Australian tour for the May
2007 edition. This tour was also featured by ABC radio on 24 May and
will feature in a documentary series on Burke and Wills to be shown
on European television in 2008. The tour has been operating for many years and has won
praise from a wide range of sources. This is not a dry and stuffy
tour but in keeping with all White Hat offerings it is Informed,
Intelligent, Independent (and occasionally) Irreverent. You can find
details of the tour at White
Hat Tour of Melbourne Cemetery and view the article at
Qantas In Flight Magazine. |
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