The Melbourne Observation Deck
The 253-metre-high Rialto Towers Building is the tallest office building in the southern hemisphere and one of the most recognized icons in Melbourne. Take the high-speed lift to Level 55 for the Melbourne Observation Deck, which boasts spectacular 360-degree views of Melbourne and the surrounding area. Other facilities include a gift shop, licensed caf, function room, binoculars & Zoom City interactive cameras. Melbourne Observation Deck is located on level 55 of the famous Rialto Towers, which is the tallest office building in the Southern Hemisphere at the height of 232 meters. The Observation Deck is located in the city center and offers breath-taking 360-degrees views of Melbourne and surrounds.
The Melbourne Observation Deck also offers many facilities. These include:
Rialto Vision Theatre
Included with admission, this is a 20-minute film about Melbourne and Victorian tourist attractions.
Information Booth
The Information Booth is located on the Observation Deck, and opens seven days a week from 10:00am 8:00pm providing a booking and information service for all visitors.
Open every day of the year, the Deck’s facilities include visitor help center, multi-lingual staff, licensed cafe bar, souvenir outlets, Rialto Vision (a 20 minute film spectacular) and free use of high powered binoculars.
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City Baths
Melbourne City Baths is a total health, fitness and wellbeing centre. A triangular piece of land on the corner of Swanston and Franklin Streets was chosen and the City Baths was opened on 9 January 1860. People flocked to the baths and it was reported that 79,096 men and 2,950 women enjoyed the facilities in the first year.
Set in a beautiful and historically significant building, the Melbourne City Baths boasts one of the largest and most diverse ranges of services, activities, equipment and programs on offer in the heart of the city.
Melbourne City Baths aims to promote an awareness
Melbourne City Centre
The city centre is a combination of modern high-rise and beautiful historical buildings. Melbourne’s city centre is very well laid out in a grid. Latrobe St borders the north, Flinders St the south, Spring St the east and Spencer St the west. The city centre is filled with amazing eateries, not all of them in obvious locations. The smaller city streets hide some of the best Greek, Italian and other cosmopolitan eateries.
China Town occupies two blocks of the city, starting at the corner of Swanston and Little Bourke streets. The Bourke St Mall sits between Swanston and Elizabeth
Melbourne Zoo
Opened on this site in 1862, Melbourne Zoo is the oldest zoo in Australia. It is believed to be the eleventh oldest zoo in the world. It offers more than 350 animal species from Australia and around the world are on view just 4 km from the centre of Melbourne, in a botanic garden setting of 55 acres / 22 hectares. Special attractions at the Zoo include the African Rainforest, Asian Rainforest, Great Flight Aviary, the fur seals pool and penguins pool. The Zoo is open every day from 9am to 5pm, with a Zoo Twilights program extending the
Queen Victoria Market
If you only have time to visit one place in Melbourne, then it should be the Vic Market. But try to visit while all the produce stalls are operating (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings) because they make up the real heart of the market. This is a working market with meat, fish, bakery and delicatessen sections as well as scores of fruit and vegetable vendor's stalls and general merchandise. The Queen Victoria Market is more than just Melbourne's shopping mecca - it is a historic landmark, a tourist attraction and an institution for Melburnians. There are more
Australia has the upper hand heading into the final day of play in second cricket test in Melbourne
Australia has South Africa on the ropes after four days of the second cricket test in Melbourne.
At stumps, the Proteas are struggling at 99 for six in their second innings, chasing 366 to win.
Skipper Graeme Smith is the only batsman to offer any significant resistance, making 25.
Shane Warne has picked up three wickets for 43 runs off 15 overs, while Andrew Symonds has chipped in with two for six off four overs.
South Africa has also received some bad news off the pitch, with
