3 on the Waterfront

Melbourne Walks Federation Square 1 is a centre of for tickets and information at one of the Heading west along Flinders Walk 8 , cultural activity for Melbourne. Positioned information booths along the riverside. pass under Sandridge Railway Bridge 9 on the city’s busiest intersection across Walk past the Southgate restaurant and and you come to Queen’s Bridge 10 just the road from Flinders Street Station shopping precinct along Melbourne’s beyond the Banana Alley Vaults. In 1910, 2 and the most prominent section of Southbank Promenade 6 . Before some 20,000 people watched Houdini On the the city’s busy tram network, it brings European settlement, this area was a lush dive into the river from this bridge, 3 together several creative institutions, wetland teeming with fish and birdlife, locked in chains. After 25 seconds, he Waterfront cafes, bars and is home of the Melbourne extending from the banks of the Yarra to came up laughing. Houdini’s spot was Visitor Centre. what is now Albert Park and supporting the well chosen. The river is shallow here, Spectacular bridges, Indigenous From Federation Square, walk south along Indigenous peoples of the Woiwurung and where a three-metre waterfall originally prevented saltwater from entering the history, sculptures, Southbank Princes Bridge 3 over the Yarra River Bunurong communities. But in the 1850s it river. It was also the only place for miles Promenade, the Melbourne and follow the ramp down to the riverside became ‘Canvas Town’, where migrants and Southbank Promenade in Alexandra Gardens 4 and then walk gold seekers first pitched their tents. Today, where Aboriginal people could cross the Aquarium and the Melbourne under the bridge. There have been three it’s a booming stretch of apartments, offices, river over a reef of rocks. They believed Convention and Exhibition Centre bridges on this site, each larger than hotels, shops, restaurants, squares, visitor the falls were created by Bunjil (the eagle hawk), and in its original form the area feature on this walk of discovery the last. The first was built of timber and attractions and urban art – once again a named after the Prince of Wales in 1845. meeting and socialising place as it was was a habitat for animals and resources along the north and south banks that weren’t found anywhere else. You will pass the giant steel sculpture for the original inhabitants of the area for of the Yarra River. ‘Dervish’ 5 the 1981 work of Melbourne- thousands of generations. And a great place In 1835 John Pascoe Fawkner’s born sculptor Clement Meadmore, which to view the contemporary city skyline. ‘Enterprize’ sailed up the Yarra from Walking time 2 hours has a current market value of around Cross the Southbank Pedestrian Bridge Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) to Distance 4.75 Kilometres $500,000. 7 which marks where a significant creek, create a commercial settlement. For the or tributary into the Yarra River once Indigenous people who had lived along If you have time, take a boat’s eye view the river for thousands of years, the of the city with a leisurely scenic cruise, flowed. Elizabeth Street now covers where the creek originally ran, and still flows landscape would change forever. romantic gondola or water taxi ride. Ask Southbank Pedestrian Bridge underground. The Yarra’s waterfall was destroyed in the N Docklands Elizabeth Street 13 Flinders Street 14 Webb Enterprize Park 2 Bridge Flinders 22 Charles 12 Street Federation Banana Alley 8 Station Square Grimes Turning Bridge Flinders Walk 15 Basin 11 World 10 9 Trade 16 1 Centre Queens Sandridge Southbank Bridge Pedestrian Bridge 21 Aquarium Railway Bridge Seafarers 7 Bridge 17 Heliport 6 Dukes Dock Princes Spencer Street Spencer Bridge Kingsway Promenade Orrs Dock 23 23 Street 3 19 Southbank South Wharf Yarra Southgate Esso Restaurant & Crown Shopping Precinct 5 Tower South Wharf 18 Hamer Crown Hall Polly Entertainment Eureka Walkway 4 Woodside Complex Queensbridge Tower under Alexandra 20 bridge Gardens Southgate Avenue Southgate Melbourne Road Kilda St Convention &Exhibition Clarendon Street Centre 24 Walk past the popular SEA LIFE Federation Square Visitor Information 15 that features Melbourne Aquarium Melbourne Visitor Centre at Federation Square a breathtaking underwater wonderland Open seven days a week 9am to 6pm where children and adults can enjoy AtriumAtrium and and the BMWThe Edge Edge (excluding Christmas Day) Artplay the Crossbar ‘fish-eye’ views of sea life and its many Pop-up Patch Crossbar Birrarung Melbourne Visitor Booth in the different creatures. Carpark Marr Bourke Street Mall Then cross to Batman Park 16 and take Zinc at Open seven days a week 9am to 5pm Fed Sq The Spencer Street Footbridge 17 to South Edge (excluding Good Friday and Christmas Day) Yarra Building Wharf 18 , and follow the river concourse Princes City Ambassadors Crossbar Wharf Yarra River to Dukes and Orrs docks (1875) 19 , now River Keep an eye out for the City Ambassadors Terrace home to Polly Woodside 20 . The Ian Potter Centre: Atrium Vaults dressed in their distinctive red uniforms in the NGV Australia central city. The Seafarers Bridge 21 next to Dukes Transport Princes Bridge City Skyline from Princes Bridge Mon to Sat 10am to 4pm, Sun noon to 3pm Dock will take you across the Yarra to the Alfred Deakin Building Square Melbourne Greeter Service southern end of Docklands, Melbourne’s Australian Centre for the SBS Discover from a local what locals love about mid-19th century to allow the tall ships newest community, now home to Moving Image Melbourne. English orientations available seven access to the wide basin or ‘pool’ of the thousands of residents and headquarters Russell Street days per week. Other languages on request. Yarra, now recreated near Enterprize for several of Australia’s most successful East Shard Bookings are essential. 11 . Five carved figureheads titled companies. A ‘work in progress’, there’s Wharf Taxi St Paul’s Court Melbourne Visitor Shuttle Constellation 12 evoke the spirit of these a fantastic collection of outdoor public Melbourne Rank Visitor Hop on and off at any of the 13 stops along the ships. However, the destruction of the art throughout Docklands, and a growing Centre route at key city destinations, guided by an waterfall also ruined the ecology of the number of restaurants and bars, events informative on-board commentary. The complete area with salt water now flowing into the and parks and gardens. Flinders Street St Kilda Road Flinders Street trip takes approximately an hour and a half. The freshwater wetlands. On South Wharf, continue to the Your walk Station bus runs every 30 minutes between 9.30am and starts here Early port facilities were also located spectacular Webb Bridge 22 – a snaking 4.30pm daily excluding Christmas Day. here, as well as bond stores and the pedestrian and cycle link between the The Ian Potter Centre Australian Centre for For further information, visit NGV Australia the Moving Image Customs House 13 , now the Immigration Southbank promenade at Yarra’s Edge and melbourne.vic.gov.au/visitor Museum. After gold was discovered in the Docklands. Designed by Melbourne 1850 in Warrandyte, north east from artist Robert Owen with Architects Denton Arts and Culture Restaurants, Cafes and Bars Swanston Street Shops and Retail Useful Numbers Melbourne, thousands of people from all Corker Marshall, the design is an analogy ArtPlay Optic Kitchen & Bar Il Pomodoro Italian Best of Victoria Victorian Tourist Information 13 2842 of Koorie fishing traps, drums, baskets and over the world descended on the city in Bookings essential, Mon, Tues and Sun Mon to Sun Best of Souvenirs Best of Victoria Booking Service 9928 0000 their quest for fortune, and this natural the gestural flow of the river below. artplay.com.au 8.30am to 6pm 11am to late Open same hours Public transport queries 1800 800 007 harbour was their first port of call. The Tel: 9664 7900 Wed to Sat In a Rush Espresso as Melbourne Visitor Walk back along the river past the many Travellers’ Aid – Flinders St Station 9610 2030 impact on the local Kulin population was retail outlets and restaurants located Australian Centre for 8.30am to 10pm Mon to Sun Centre Travellers’ Aid – Southern Cross Station 9670 2072 devastating – the destruction of natural in South Wharf 23 . The Melbourne the Moving Image Arintji 7am to 5pm Kirra Galleries food sources and the introduction of Convention and Exhibition Centre, made (ACMI) Mon to Fri Riverland Bar and Café Mon to Sun Airport Bus – Skybus 9335 2811 Mon to Sun 10am to late 10am to 6pm diseases meant that the 1839 population up of convention and meeting spaces and Mon to Sun Ticketmaster 13 6100 of 1225 Indigenous people was reduced to 10am to 5pm Sat & Sun 7am to late 7–Eleven a huge exhibition hall, it is the first ‘6 Star 9am to late Ticketek 13 2849 just 181 by 1863. Green Star’ convention centre in the world NGV Studio Time Out Café Mon to Sun Sun to Wed Beer Deluxe Early to late Directory Assistance 1223 and is a technological marvel designed Mon to Sun Enterprize Park 14 is the site of the ‘Scar 10am to 5pm Mon to Sun Emergency – police, fire and ambulance 000 Project’. Traditionally, Indigenous people with the environment in mind using fresh 8am to late Thurs to Sat 7am to late There are a number of self-guided walks in would take pieces of bark from some trees air, natural light and solar power. The Transport 10am to 10pm Bokchoy Tang this series. These walks were developed by to make canoes, shields or baby cradles, entry-level foyer has an 18-metre-high Mon to Sun No Vacancy Mon to Sun 11am to late Federation Square and the City of Melbourne.

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