About Melbourne

 

Melbourne is an exciting, relatively safe, cosmopolitan and culturally rich society.  It has many music and cultural festivals, great restaurants and entertainment venues, beautiful parks and gardens together with fabulous shopping.  Melbournians are renowned for their love of sports including football, tennis, cricket, golf and motor racing.  It has been voted the world’s most liveable city twice because of its clean and safe environment, cost of living and quality of housing and education.

If you dare to venture out into rural Victoria there is a wide range of landscapes from ocean beaches to mountain ranges, deserts and forests with a population that is the most diverse in Australia.  There are more than 200 nationalities in Victoria and more than 230 different languages spoken.

Here is a list of things to do and see in Melbourne:

  • City Tourist Shuttle Bus
  • National Gallery of Victoria
  • Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
  • Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
  • State Library of Victoria
  • Kilda Beach
  • Williamstown Beach
  • Queen Victoria Market
  • Royal Botanic Gardens
  • Fitzroy Gardens
  • Carlton Gardens
  • Melbourne Museum
  • Scienceworks and
  • Immigration Museum

For more things to do you can visit the What’s on in Melbourne website whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au

Melbourne Weather

Melbourne has been described as having four seasons in one day – but it can still be enjoyed all year round. Plan ahead with this information on temperature and rainfall.

Summer (December – February)
Melbourne is warm in summer with temperatures between 14 – 25.3°C (57.2 – 77.5°F).  Top temperatures are usually in January and February, when temperatures can occasionally soar past 30°C (86°F). These months are dry, with occasional hot spells that can last more than three days.

Autumn (March – May)
Autumn has cooler weather with average temperatures ranging from 10.9 – 20.3°C (51.6 – 68.5°F). Morning fog usually clears to welcome fine, sunny days.

Winter (June – August)
In winter the average temperatures range from 6.5 – 14.2°C (43.7 – 57.6°F). The weather is frequently cold and cloudy, and nights can be accompanied by frosts.

Spring (September – November)
During spring average temperatures range from 9.6 – 19.6°C (49.3 – 67.3°F). The season is known as the most variable of the year, when weather can quickly change from calm and sunny to cold and windy. Pack your umbrella – October is the wettest month with roughly 10 days of rainfall.