Domain Parklands
Between St. Kilda Road (opposite the Victorian Arts Centre) and Domain Road, Anderson Street and the Yarra River, Melbourne, you'll find extensive Domain Parklands. From Swanston Street uptown, take tram (3, 5, 6, 8, 16, 64, 67, 72) .
The Domain Parklands comprises a group of green spaces including, Queen Victoria Gardens, featuring memorials to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, with a floral clock built from over 7,000 plants, Alexandra Gardens, the Shrine of Remembrance, Pioneer Women's Garden, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, and the Royal Botanic Gardens. On top of all that, the floral clock tells the time and provides a brief recorded history of the gardens in and around Melbourne. You can visit the greenspaces individually or, as a series of stopping points during a longer meander. You decide on the order of the visit.
These are the kinds of places you can go alone or with family to picnic outdoors. You take your own walking tour of diverse green spaces full of historic memorials and landmarks or perhaps walk or jog around "The Tan" trail. People will choose to explore these areas because of serenity. During recent water restrictions, key fountains have been fenced and turned off. From a distance, you can still admire the artistic stone masonry. Painted poles and re-burial sites also mark sites of buried Aboriginal remains. It wasn't so long ago that a group of aboriginals held a 24hour vigil on a local site where they felt their tribal remains were being disturbed by development.
For further information, see: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=25&pa=1273&pg=1291
