Créé par Emilie, le 7 mai 2026
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Australia's second largest city, Melbourne is also a major cultural city. Australia as a whole fascinates us with its wonderful landscapes, its fine sandy beaches that stretch for kilometers, its arid deserts, as well as its fauna and flora unique in the world. A trip to Oceania is a true experience and discovery of what Mother Nature has most beautiful to offer us. Plan a generous budget to carry out several activities related to nature.
1- Discover Melbourne's former dark neighborhoods
Category:€€ / Unusual / Cultural
Description: Melbourne was once a city plagued by crime. This era is distant and dates back more than 100 years, so no worries, this problem has been eradicated for a long time. This unusual visit will allow you to realize the extent of this neighborhood and the darkest hours it experienced. But it's also a very interesting cultural point that will delight lovers of sordid stories. You will discover the southern part of the Fitzroy neighborhood which was the scene of several crime scenes. Along the way, your guide will tell you the history of these alleys, brothels, clandestine bars and thieves' hideouts. You will have a small booklet with illustrations and images of these killers who terrorized Melbourne.
2- Discover the Melbourne Aquarium
Category: €€ /Cultural
Description: If you are visiting Melbourne with family, the aquarium is an activity that will please everyone. Especially since you will discover species you have never seen before. In total, 10,000 animals reside in this gigantic aquarium. There are 12 visitor zones with different atmospheres. From small seahorses to penguins, jellyfish, rays to one of Australia's largest saltwater crocodiles, this visit will surprise you. In addition to the traditional visit, activities are set up such as 4D cinema.
3- Explore the wonderful landscapes near Melbourne
Category: €€€ /Cultural
Description: If there is one activity highly recommended during a Melbourne stay, it's this one. You will discover the most beautiful landscapes near Melbourne during an excursion of more than 13 hours! By bus, you will drive along Australia's most famous road, the Great Ocean Road. It is so famous because it offers unique landscapes. You will therefore have a preview of what awaits you for this visit. You will make several stops at several points of interest. Among them, you will discover Port Campbell National Park, take a walk at Apollo Bay, Port Philip Bay, Great Otway National Park, Loch Ard Gorge and Gibson Steps and the 12 Apostles monoliths. You may even meet koalas at Kennet River, where a large number of koalas are concentrated.
4- Experience a sporting experience in a temple of world tennis
Category: €€€ / Sports
Description: Melbourne is world-renowned for one of the sporting events that takes place here every year, namely the Australian Open. The world's best tennis players compete on Melbourne's mythical blue courts. Before going directly to the tennis site, you will discover Australia's typical sports and games. Once you arrive at the Australian Open site, you will visit the different courts and it will even be possible to play tennis with one of your relatives or the guide! Then, you will continue your sporting visit by going to the former Olympic quarter and the different headquarters of six of Melbourne's best football teams. To conclude this visit, you will go to an impressive stadium of more than 100,000 seats, hosting Cricket matches, a very popular sport in Australia.
5- Admire Australia's cutest animals
Category: €€€ / Unusual/ Cultural
Description: Get away from Melbourne to discover animals you will only see once in your life. Leaving from Melbourne, you will have the chance to discover the Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park. It is a sanctuary for Australian animals. You will have the opportunity to see kangaroos, wallabies, koalas and protected endangered species like the Southern bettong. Your visit will continue at The Noobies, which offers walks and magnificent panoramic landscapes, before ending this day, you will go to Summerland Beach, where the penguin parade takes place every evening.
