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What will be open in Melbourne on Good Friday 2006 or what is there to do for an alone interstate visitor? |
Travel Info It needs to be accessible by foot or public transport Travel Tips If you go to the website you can click on the links: Melbourne What's on? Antipodes Festival March 25 National Greek Day. You are invited to experience Greek culture, heritage and tradition. Bendigo Easter Festival March 25-28 Four days of celebrations including a street carnival, Chinese spring festival, torchlight parade and fireworks. www.bendigoeasterfestival.org.... The 19th International Comedy Festival March 23 to April 17 Laugh until you burst over the Easter weekend. Click here for more information. Conquest March 25-28 Melbourne's Easter Gaming Convention, Conquest, is being held at Melbourne High School. www.conquest.asn.au Public transport timetables Timetables for public transport in Melbourne over Easter. Metlink Viclink Retailerss and services trading hours Public holiday trading hours and restrictions apply for Good Friday and Easter Monday. Shops and services that can trade on these days include hardware, chemists, newsagents, bakeries, takeaway food, and tourist areas. Banks Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays - no banks will be open for service. Supermarkets Click on the supermarket's name below to locate your nearest store and trading hours over Easter. Coles Woolworths/Safeway Bi-Lo ALDI Department stores Click on the department store's name below to locate your nearest store and trading hours over Easter. Myer Harris Scarfe David Jones Target Kmart Big W Cinemas For cinema locations and session times over Easter click on the cinema below. Hoyts Greater Union Moonlight Village Imax Dendy Easter charity appeals Click here for a listing of Easter appeals and find out how you can donate. Cathedrals and churches Easter services St Michael's Uniting Church Good Friday: Mass 9am Easter Sunday: Mass 10am Collins Street Baptist Church March 24: Mass 6pm Good Friday: churches in the city conduct the Way of the Cross walk, starting at 10am at St Francis' church on Lonsdale Street. 7.15pm Meditative Service. Easter Sunday: Mass at 10.30am and 5pm. St Paul's Cathedral - Catholic Good Friday: Mass 9am; walk the Stations of the Cross 10am to 12 noon, three hour devotion from 12 noon to 3pm, 8pm choir perform The Crucifixtion. Vigil of Easter: 8.45am Morning Prayer, Preparation 9am to 12 noon. Easter Sunday: Mass at 6am, 8am, 10am and 6pm. Attractions Melbourne Zoo 鈥?open Melbourne Aquarium - open Collingwood Children's Farm 鈥?open State Library of Victoria: closed public holidays Luna Park - open Adventure Park - open National Gallery of Victoria - open Science Works and Melbourne Planetarium - open Melbourne Museum - open Source(s): http://seven.com.au/news/easter_melbourn... Other Travel Tips You will not have much to choose from as nearly everything is closed. The botanical gardens are worth a look. They are within easy walking distance to the city. All of the churches. You don't need to be religious to admire the stunning St. Patricks cathedral. The botanical gardens are great and there are also other gardens in the CBD worth a look in! Of course there is the option of veging out in your room with a good book.... Good luck and enjoy your stay. |
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