Coming to Melbourne this summer?
In Melbourne, there is always a festival or cultural event taking on.
Perhaps it’s film, music, arts, comedy or design; whatever the event, you can whet your appetite from a range of International artists to the ever popular home-grown talent.
Coming up is the inaugural runway event, celebrating a stunning union of fashion, design, flora, environmental awareness and philanthropy; the Royal Botanic Runway, Guilfoyles Volcano.
How could you miss it? Plus it doesn’t matter what hour it is, you can head back to the Radisson on Flagstaff Gardens Melbourne where there are always extensive services to meet your needs.
Nevertheless, there is always much to do in Melbourne this summer. Take for instance a wonderful classic coming to life for families with the Australian Shakespeare Company and the favourite Wind in The Willows characters such as The Water Rat, Mole, Mr Toad and good old Badger.
What about an exhilarating experience travelling along the Great Ocean Road on a full-day tour, which all may be arranged by the ever-helpful staff of your hotel devoted to your needs and comfort.
Your small, custom-made eco tour will take you in a comfortable minibus, travelling along the winding Great Ocean Road to the Kennett River, where you are certain to view koalas in their native habitat. After that, the tour continues to the Otway Ranges for a comfortable saunter along Maits Rest pristine rainforest walk.
Are you into some wildlife? Another day tour from your hotel will take you to Phillip Island where you can observe Kangaroos, penguins, and koalas.
Actually, Phillip Island is noted as not only a holiday island, but as Melbourne’s wildlife wonderland; and certainly well worth the visit, getting up close and personal with koalas and kangaroos.
You can also witness the fur seals and sea birds frolic along the rocky formation known as the Nobbies. Then at sunset, a wonderful spectacle begins.
As you settle in at Summerland Beach, you will be totally enthralled by the nightly Penguin Parade as delightful little penguins waddle up the beach heading for their burrows, after spending all day looking for their meals of fish.
Now my friends, do you want to experience that ‘Ahaa’ feeling? Look no farther than Melbourne’s ever-popular Yarra Valley Wine & Winery Tour. This is where you can join in on a full day Yarra Valley wine tour to visit four of the area’s best known wineries.
You will soon come to notice over lunch and some wine tastings, that the Yarra Valley is definitely one of Australia’s most scenic wine regions on your tour. Reported as a ‘wine-lover’s delight’, your guide will share with you his extraordinary knowledge about winemaking and the area around the Yarra Valley wineries.
Obviously, from the Yarra Valley, you can head to the Dandenong Ranges where a magnificent Puffing Billy Steam Train ride will take you through forests of lofty mountain ash gum trees and massive tree ferns. You will also meet Australia’s exceptional wildlife at Healesville Sanctuary as you take in Melbourne’s most wonderful rosellas and cockatoos.
Ah, So much to accomplish! What could be more exclusive than a sensualist dinner cruise along Melbourne’s Yarra River where you can observe the lights of the city while enjoying Melbourne’s famous fine dining in comfort.
