City: Melbourne
State: Victoria
Country: Australia
Video Filmed: 24 November 2023
Time: 8:30 PM
Day: Friday
Temperature: 25℃/77℉
Season: Spring
Event: 24 November 2023 is the Official Opening of Christmas Lights and Decorations in Melbourne.

Guided Street Name Tour. Visit Melbourne. What's on Melbourne.

Melbourne is the coastal capital of the southeastern Australian state of Victoria. At the city's centre is the modern Federation Square development, with plazas, bars, and restaurants by the Yarra River. In the Southbank area, the Melbourne Arts Precinct is the site of Arts Centre Melbourne – a performing arts complex – and the National Gallery of Victoria, with Australian and indigenous art.

Queensbridge Square is a pedestrian plaza beside the Yarra River, featuring the postmodern Red Stair amphitheatre and landscaped garden beds. Surrounded by cafes and restaurants, it's a popular lunch spot for city workers. The amphitheatre is a popular busking spot on weekends and holidays. Look out for dance troupes, circus and fire performers.

Southbank draws a sophisticated crowd to its cultural venues, which include the Malthouse theater, based in a restored brewery, and the stateoftheart Melbourne Recital Centre which hosts classical concerts. There are clubs, food courts and designer shops in the sprawling Crown Casino complex. The lively riverside promenades feature al fresco fine dining and cargo sheds housing craftbeer bars.

The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, is a perennial river in southcentral Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the Yarra are where Victoria's state capital Melbourne was established in 1835, and today metropolitan Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches. The Yarra River’s journey begins on the southern slopes of the Great Dividing Range and twists through the forested valleys of the Yarra Ranges and its quaint regional towns before concluding its journey on the muddy flats of Port Phillip Bay. Elemental to Melbourne’s identity, the Yarra River is one of Victoria’s iconic waterways. It has spiritual and cultural significance for Aboriginal communities. To the Wurundjeri people the river, known as Birrarung, was the life source and an important meeting place. And, to many locals, where happy memories of personal pilgrimages, peaceful summer evenings, and days exploring were made.

Board one of the river cruises from Southbank to explore the lower reaches of the Yarra, follow the Capital City Trail on foot or bike, canoe or kayak all or part of its 240kilometre expanse, or set up for a scenic sunset barbecue or picnic on the banks of the river.

Join in on the rich events calendar – from the famous Moomba Festival to regattas and rowing races, the Dragon Boat Festival and an endless array of community events. The Yarra has something for everyone!

Princes Bridge, originally Prince's Bridge, is a bridge in central Melbourne, Australia that spans the Yarra River. It is built on the site of one of the oldest river crossings in the city, and forms a gateway into the central city from the south

Federation Square is a venue for arts, culture and public events on the edge of the Melbourne central business district. It covers an area of 3.2 ha at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets built above busy railway lines and across the road from Flinders Street station.


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