Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Melbourne, Australië

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Australian Open

• Festival

  Australian Open

  12 jan – 1 febSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Chinese Lunar New Year Festival

  21 jan – 5 mrt · meestalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Australia Day

  26 janNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Bushfire season (1 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)), Christmas and Boxing Day (24 dec – 1 jan)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Australian Open

• Festival

  Antipodes Festival

  25 feb – 2 mrt · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Australian Open (12 jan – 1 feb), Chinese Lunar New Year Festival (21 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)), Bushfire season (1 dec – 15 mrt (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Chinese Lunar New Year Festival

• Festival

  Moomba

  6–11 mrt · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Comedy Festival

  25 mrt – 20 apr · meestalKunstenfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Chinese Lunar New Year Festival (21 jan – 5 mrt (meestal)), Antipodes Festival (25 feb – 2 mrt (meestal)), Bushfire season (1 dec – 15 mrt (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Comedy Festival

• Natuur

  Autumn colour in the gardens

  15 apr – 20 mei · meestal

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Comedy Festival (25 mrt – 20 apr (meestal))

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Autumn colour in the gardens (15 apr – 20 mei (meestal))

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Winter (July) break in Australië

• Opening

  Alpine ski season opens

  6–8 jun · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Winter (July) break in Australië

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — AFL Grand Final, Spring break in Australië

• Festival

  AFL Grand Final

  20 sep – 3 okt · meestalSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — tussen de pieken in, AFL Grand Final

• Natuur

  Jacaranda

  25 okt – 5 dec · meestal

  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 novCarnavalDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: AFL Grand Final (20 sep – 3 okt (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Spring Racing and the Cup

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Jacaranda (25 okt – 5 dec (meestal)), Spring Racing and the Cup (3 nov)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Christmas and Boxing Day

• Risico

  Bushfire season

  1 dec – 15 mrt · meestalRookseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Boxing Day Test

  26–30 decSportevenementDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Jacaranda (25 okt – 5 dec (meestal))