Hva som skjer i Melbourne, Australia gjennom året

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Australian Open

• Festival

  Australian Open

  12. jan – 1. febSportsarrangementMye folkBestill tidlig

  Three weeks of tennis in the middle of the city, and the point at which Melbourne is at its fullest and most expensive. Ground passes are the cheap way in. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Chinese Lunar New Year Festival

  21. jan – 5. mar · vanligvisMye folk

  Melbourne's Chinatown marks Lunar New Year with lion and dragon parades, market stalls, and firecracker displays along Little Bourke and Russell Streets, extending to the Lantern Festival; one of Australia's largest Lunar New Year celebrations, with timing that shifts each year. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Australia Day

  26. janNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  26 January is a national public holiday, and for many a day of protest, near the end of the summer school break: capital cities hold fireworks, concerts and citizenship ceremonies alongside Invasion Day rallies, some shops shorten hours, and roads are busy as families head home. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Bushfire season (1. des – 15. mar (vanligvis)), Christmas and Boxing Day (24. des – 1. jan)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Australian Open

• Festival

  Antipodes Festival

  25. feb – 2. mar · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  Melbourne's Greek community closes Lonsdale Street for a two-day street party of dance, music, and food, running since 1987 and drawing large crowds from across Victoria. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Australian Open (12. jan – 1. feb), Chinese Lunar New Year Festival (21. jan – 5. mar (vanligvis)), Bushfire season (1. des – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Chinese Lunar New Year Festival

• Festival

  Moomba

  6.–11. mar · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  A free river festival over the Labour Day long weekend in March, with waterskiing on the Yarra and a parade nobody takes seriously. The best of the city's free calendar. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Comedy Festival

  25. mar – 20. apr · vanligvisKunstfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Four weeks from late March, spread across the Town Hall and every pub back room in the centre. It is the reason April rooms are harder to get than the weather suggests. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Chinese Lunar New Year Festival (21. jan – 5. mar (vanligvis)), Antipodes Festival (25. feb – 2. mar (vanligvis)), Bushfire season (1. des – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Comedy Festival

• Natur

  Autumn colour in the gardens

  15. apr – 20. mai · vanligvis

  The exotics in the Fitzroy and Botanic Gardens and up in the Dandenongs turn through late April, which is the one thing this city's European planting gets right.

Fortsatt på gang: Comedy Festival (25. mar – 20. apr (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Autumn colour in the gardens (15. apr – 20. mai (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Winter (July) break i Australia

• Åpning

  Alpine ski season opens

  6.–8. jun · vanligvis

  Buller, Hotham and Falls Creek open on the King's Birthday long weekend, two to five hours from the city, on whatever combination of snowfall and snowmaking they have. Kilde ↗

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Winter (July) break i Australia

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Toppsesong — AFL Grand Final, Spring break i Australia

• Festival

  AFL Grand Final

  20. sep – 3. okt · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  Finals month ends with a hundred thousand people at the MCG on the last Saturday of September, and a public holiday on the Friday before it. The city stops for both. Kilde ↗

Travelt — mellom toppene, AFL Grand Final

• Natur

  Jacaranda

  25. okt – 5. des · vanligvis

  Later here than in Sydney and thinner on the ground, but the older streets of Carlton, Fitzroy and the university grounds go purple from the end of October.

• Festival

  Spring Racing and the Cup

  3. novKarnevalMye folkStengninger

  The carnival runs for a fortnight and the Cup itself, on the first Tuesday of November, is a public holiday across the metro area. Nothing else gets done that day. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: AFL Grand Final (20. sep – 3. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Spring Racing and the Cup

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Jacaranda (25. okt – 5. des (vanligvis)), Spring Racing and the Cup (3. nov)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Christmas and Boxing Day

• Fare

  Bushfire season

  1. des – 15. mar · vanligvisRøyksesong

  The risk in the country around the city peaks after midsummer, and a bad day closes the roads and fills the basin with smoke. It affects day trips far more than the city itself. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24. des – 1. janJul og nyttårStengningerMye folk

  Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day are public holidays at the start of the long summer break: many shops, cafes and tours close on Christmas Day, Boxing Day sales fill the shopping centres, and much of the country is away on holiday until late January. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Boxing Day Test

  26.–30. desSportsarrangementMye folk

  Cricket at the MCG from 26 December, in front of crowds that no other Test match gets. Day one is the one to be at and the one that sells out. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Jacaranda (25. okt – 5. des (vanligvis))