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Things to Do in Melbourne

Looking for things to do in Melbourne? This list of 8 includes Royal Exhibition Building (Carlton, Melbourne). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.

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    Carlton, Melbourne

    Joseph Reed's 1880 exhibition hall in Carlton Gardens became Australia's first UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in 2004.

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    Southbank, Melbourne

    Observation deck on level 88 of Eureka Tower, 285m up, open since 2007 and formerly branded Eureka Skydeck.

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    Southbank, Melbourne

    Australia's oldest public art gallery, founded 1861; its St Kilda Road building opened in 1968 and was rebuilt inside by Mario Bellini, reopening 2003.

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    Melbourne CBD, Melbourne

    Open-air market since 1878 on the site of Melbourne's first cemetery, national-heritage-listed in 2018 as the country's largest intact 19th-century market.

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    East Melbourne, Melbourne

    Stadium established in 1853 in Yarra Park with capacity of about 100,024, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere; also home to the Australian Sports Museum.

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    St Kilda Pier

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    St Kilda, Melbourne

    Public pier since the 1850s, rebuilt and reopened in November 2024, whose breakwater hosts a colony of about 1,200-1,400 wild little penguins.

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    Melbourne CBD, Melbourne

    Civic square at Flinders and Swanston Streets, opened October 2002 to a 1997 competition-winning design by Lab Architecture Studio and Bates Smart.

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    Melbourne CBD, Melbourne

    Bluestone 1840s prison on Russell Street where 133 people, including bushranger Ned Kelly, were hanged; now a museum run by the National Trust.

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