På gång i Melbourne, Australia under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Australian Open

• Festival

  Australian Open

  12 jan – 1 febSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Chinese Lunar New Year Festival

  21 jan – 5 mar · vanligtvisTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Australia Day

  26 janNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Bushfire season (1 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), Christmas and Boxing Day (24 dec – 1 jan)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Australian Open

• Festival

  Antipodes Festival

  25 feb – 2 mar · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Australian Open (12 jan – 1 feb), Chinese Lunar New Year Festival (21 jan – 5 mar (vanligtvis)), Bushfire season (1 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Chinese Lunar New Year Festival

• Festival

  Moomba

  6–11 mar · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Comedy Festival

  25 mar – 20 apr · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Chinese Lunar New Year Festival (21 jan – 5 mar (vanligtvis)), Antipodes Festival (25 feb – 2 mar (vanligtvis)), Bushfire season (1 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Comedy Festival

• Natur

  Autumn colour in the gardens

  15 apr – 20 maj · vanligtvis

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Comedy Festival (25 mar – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn colour in the gardens (15 apr – 20 maj (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Winter (July) break i Australia

• Öppning

  Alpine ski season opens

  6–8 jun · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Winter (July) break i Australia

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Mest folk — AFL Grand Final, Spring break i Australia

• Festival

  AFL Grand Final

  20 sep – 3 okt · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, AFL Grand Final

• Natur

  Jacaranda

  25 okt – 5 dec · vanligtvis

  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 novKarnevalTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: AFL Grand Final (20 sep – 3 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Spring Racing and the Cup

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Jacaranda (25 okt – 5 dec (vanligtvis)), Spring Racing and the Cup (3 nov)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Christmas and Boxing Day

• Risk

  Bushfire season

  1 dec – 15 mar · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24 dec – 1 janJul & nyårStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Boxing Day Test

  26–30 decSportevenemangTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Jacaranda (25 okt – 5 dec (vanligtvis))