Recent reviews Melbourne
[Aldo26, 25/11/2011] Great location, parking included. Chimney in the lobby, big room and big bathroom. Nice looking from the outside, minutes away from the city centre.
Good breakfast buffet.
[sameh111, 07/07/2011] I did not see a place like it before, that amazing place I have seen the animated film and digital media,television and video, and games.ACMI has a very interesting set of displays and a very varied program of temporary exhibitions.Ticket price is very suitable, but the thing that I did not like is the lack of clarity in translation.It was a quick trip but it was very enjoyable and I hope to go there again
[sameh111, 03/07/2011] I spent four days in Australia it was one of the most fun days .of the finest places I visited there it the royal botanik garden .There are many things i did not see it before from different animals and birds such as black swans, roselleas crimson, parrots, fairy-wrenand so on In addition, the "foxes plane." They are fruit bats,And there is also normal plants is unprecedented.I have spent the afternoon with my family and I had gone along for the atmosphere very nice and also we have to take some souvenir pictures. It's really a wonderful place worth a visit and I hope to go to it again .
[erini88, 02/05/2011] I went to the Melbourne zoo in my trip , in my opinion Melbourne Zoo is exciting although I saw such animals before, but I was not fascinated by more than this time I saw many species of animals at the zoo, but I've seen some of them before almost. i didn `t see some of them, because they were asleep inside. I advise you, if you want to visit the zoo, you should go in the afternoon lately. So you can see 'live' animals. But you want to enjoy a picnic with friends or family, I think it `s good, except the payment ..
Melbourne Zoo, is a great attraction of all ages, and receive high animals. I
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[magdadh, 16/11/2010] This large-scale work is quite prominently placed on a pedestrian bridge over Yarra, and it all has significance to do with immigration and settlement.
It is certainly worth looking out for (and frankly it won't need much looking out for, as it's almost impossible to do any sightseeing in Melbourne and NOT see it), but its very modern character (it's built of steel tubing) means it might date quicker than its natural life span.
But as a "kinds of people that settled Australia in a nutshell" (or on a bridge railing), it's pretty good!
[Helgelar, 16/11/2010] Her følte man seg godt tatt vare på gjennom hele oppholdet. Kjapp check-in, kjapp og god roomservice. Frokosten var helt storartet. Maten var arrangert svært appetitelig, og smakte tilsvarende bra. Personalet var effektivt og vennlig som forventet. Det imponerende inngangspartiet fortjener å bli nevnt.
Cocktailbaren hadde kjempeflinke bartendere, som visste hva de drev med. Ta en tur innom!
Hotellet er plassert veldig sentralt i nærheten av shoppingsenter, casino, galleri og den flotte Federation Square. Det er mange gode restauranter langs elven som det er verdt å sjekke ut.
[magdadh, 13/11/2010] Melbourne's Immigration Museum is, on the whole, pretty good. I was reluctant to visit it, expecting a boring and uninspiring display of memorabilia of old journeys and politically correct statements about modern multiculturalism, but it's much better than that and I would risk saying that to even start understanding Australia and Australians one needs to know about immigration.
The exhibits in the Melbourne's museum seem to be geared at older children or young people, but it's not a patronising place and it does a sterling job of trying to make modern visitors understand and relate to exper
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[magdadh, 13/11/2010] St Kilda is a beach suburb of Melbourne and possibly because we visited it on a cold winter's day it didn't make as a good impression as it perhaps should have done: instead of feeling like a vibrant, bohemian suburb of a great, cultural city that Melbourne really is, St Kilda felt a little bit desolate, a Blackpool (or Morecambe, maybe) on the Great Southern Ocean (in fact, not even that as the beach faces the great inlet of Port Philip).
As you get off the tram, you see the giant, smiling face of the clown that forms the entrance to Melbourne's famous nostalgic amusement park, the Lunapark
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[magdadh, 13/11/2010] National Gallery of Victoria has two branches, of which the National Gallery of Victoria Australia, also known as the Ian Potter Centre, is located in the Melbourne's modern Federation Square.
The Centre comprises over twenty galleries devoted exclusively to Australian art from its European roots to the modern developments and acquiring distinct identity, as well as devoting separate spaces to traditional and modern Aboriginal art.
The permanent displays include works by Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, John Perceval, Margaret Preston, Bill Henson, Howard Arkley, Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Alb
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[magdadh, 12/11/2010] National Gallery of Victoria is the premier public art gallery in Melbourne and the whole state of Victoria, and one of the best in the whole of Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and biggest in the country. The Gallery has two branches, of which the National Gallery of Victoria International is located in the Melbourne's Southbank Arts' Precinct at St Kilda's Road opposite the parklands that extend to Royal Botanic Gardens.
The collections of National Gallery of Victoria number over 65,000 works, and more are displayed in many temporary exhibitions. The International gallery at
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[magdadh, 12/11/2010] Many Australian cities have a grand public park with a botanic research at the grounds of its foundation, and Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne are probably the most magnificent of them all (although the Gardens in Sydney have possibly the best location in the world).
Melbourne's Gardens stretch on the southern side of the Yarra river, an extensive site of 38 hectares (almost 80 acres) and extending to other parkland such as Kings Domain
Alexandra Gardens and Queen Victoria Gardens. Nearby is the Arts' Precinct of the suburb of South Yarra.
The plant collection is one of the best in the
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[magdadh, 12/11/2010] ACMI, or Australian Centre for the Moving Image is a museum or rather exhibition space devoted to cinema, television and other screen arts located at Melbourne's strikingly modernist Federation Square.
ACMI features frequent temporary exhibitions for which an entrance fee is usually charged (the last major one at the time of writing in 2010 was on Tim Burton and cost 20 AUD to enter) and it also has a permanent gallery which is free to enter. The displays are devoted to the history of screen arts from the earliest attempts at capturing movement in the end of 19th century to the cutting edg
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[magdadh, 12/11/2010] Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance is a huge memorial erected originally to honour the Victorian soldiers killed in the First World War and whose purpose was then extended to honouring all the men and women who served and died in armed conflicts since.
The Shrine sits at an elevated position on the south bank of the Yarra river, to the side of the wide boulevard of St Kilda Road, next to the Melbourne's splendid Botanic Gardens and in addition to honouring the war dead it also provides a vantage viewpoint down St Kilda road all the way to the Sydney CBD.
The ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand
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[magdadh, 12/11/2010] The tower is an attractive building, and despite being sharp-edged , it doesn't feel square and heavy because of several diagonal lines and crystal-like sections jutting out of the building, especially in the taller parts of the tower. The gold crown works very well, and the red stripe , whatever its symbolism, forms a striking accent in what is generally a pretty visually successful building.
The observation deck on the 88th floor is, like all attractions of this type, quite expensive to enter at 17.50 AUD per adult and 40 AUD per family at the time of writing (under four year olds are free
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[Bubbles, 23/02/2010] from the moment we checked in to the day we check out we enjoyed our stay at The Hotel Charsfield. It is close to the city and we enjoy walking so walked around Albert Park Lake and the Botanical Gardens, we even walked into the city which only took us 15 mins. The old world charm of the hotel is really lovely a home away from home and the staff are all very attentive and helpful. i would certainly stay here again
[ldg09, 05/09/2009] Este backpacker o flashpacker estaba bien situado, al lado del Queens Victoria Market.
Estuvimos en una habitacion doble con baño privado y es casi como la de un hotel normal, si bien no tiene secador ni estanterias, ni armario en la habitacion (salvo cuatro baldas, por asi decirlo), de modo que se puede decir que en este tipo de habitaciones el Nomads es como un hotel pero sin lujos. Teniendo en cuenta la relacion calidad / precio creo que estaba bien, teniendo en cuenta que era un backpacker. La gente que trabajaba alli era agradable.
[timetraveller, 23/06/2009] What a really good place to stay. The staff were very friendly in all dealings and the apartment was spacious, clean, and had a balcony!! It was really nice being 10 min by tram out of the city and having St Kilda to explore. I would stay there again, and recommend Quest on St Kilda Road to all.
[martin0201, 06/02/2009] Being a huge cricket fan, a trip to the MCG was always going to be one of the highlights of my cricket clubs tour to the Golden Country.
Before wed even got into the ground I was totally overawed, the sheer size of the ground was just so far greater than anything that a cricket fan can envisage in this country. The ground hold 100,108 people to put this into context the largest ground in England holds just under 30,000!
The first thing you see when walking up to the ground are the eight massive floodlight pylons designed to allow day / night cricket again, there are no grounds in Englan
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[martin0201, 03/02/2009] Whilst not expecting much from something termed ‘backpackers hostel me and my 13-strong cricket team from England were remarkably impressed with this particular hostel.
We booked months in advance (a good job due to the weakening £) and got 6 nights stay over Christmas for around £150pp, very good value indeed.
We were split into two rooms, one 6 bed and one 8 bed, and the 8 bed room, despite having a spare bed was left just to us. . . with no extra backpacker to take that last bed.
The rooms were clean and spacious, even if lacking in ANY sort of wardrobe space. The beds, whilst inc
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[Helencbradshaw, 16/01/2008] During my spell working abroad in Sydney, I frequently had to travel to Melbourne, to visit clients of our organisation. These trips were usually just one or two days in duration. Whenever I had to make the trip, which was about every other week on average, I tried to ensure I could get a room booking at The Windsor Hotel.
The Windsor Hotel stands at Spring Street, Melbourne. It is a Five Star Hotel and it is also a member of the Oberoi chain, and one of the Leading Hotels of the World AND one of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
My then employer had a really good government rate
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