Hi all,

Looks like I’ll be visiting Melbourne in winter 2024 for a wedding with my family. Any must-see tourist attractions you can suggest?
We’ll definitely be hitting up Melbourne zoo, and maybe Werribee.

Thinking I’ll have to hire a car… though I’d prefer to stay central and use public transport and Uber around when required.

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Puffing Billy, and if you have small children… Diamond valley railway

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Thanks… I’d never heard of either of them :) Will keep them in mind for sure.

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Instead of Werribee, you could go to healsville sanctuary. It’s the Melbourne zoo for native animals.

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Penguin Parade at Phillip Island might be a bit far (you’ll need a car) but I think it’s worth visiting. The Little Penguin subspecies is only found around southern Australia, Tassie and maybe New Zealand ☺

Here’s an article on it.

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Google tells me its close to 2 hours from Southbank to Phillip Island. Might be a bit further afield than we want to go, but if we head that direction for any other reason we’ll see.

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The penguin parade at Phillip Island is not significantly better than Perth’s equivilant at Penguin Island. I wouldn’t bother.

If you have a car and can do a daytrip, I would strongly suggest the other direction: Head through Geeling to Torquay and then drive the Great Ocean Road to the 12 Apostles. A lovely drive, and good odds of seeing wild koalas.

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Here’s a Covid-era livestream if you decide not to go 😆

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I really enjoyed Scienceworks and the Melbourne Aquarium as a kid. Not sure I’d go far as to call them must-see, but worth checking out if your crew is keen on them!

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Melb museum is worth a look, and there are things for all ages

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You can go to Docklands and see the Melbourne Star!! You can’t ride in it, but you can see it!

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