Things To Do
Local attractions, free activities, rainy-day ideas and school-holiday picks — every one of them within 45 minutes of home.
Kids
Werribee Open Range Zoo
African savannah safari 30 minutes from the CBD.
Werribee
IndoorKids
Melbourne Museum
Dinosaurs, forest gallery and the Immigration Museum.
Carlton
Free
Queen Victoria Market Tour
150+ year-old market — foodie paradise every Saturday.
Melbourne (CBD)
FreeKids
Royal Botanic Gardens
38 hectares of landscaped gardens right in the inner city.
South Yarra
FreeIndoor
NGV Triennial
Australia's largest contemporary-art survey, free entry.
Southbank