Fawkner Park is 100 Acres (40 Hectares) of open parkland designed to bring casual spectators and sports people together. Tree-lined pathways criss cross the open fields so an ambling flaneur may observe the action on the field. This is the legacy of a design that dates back to the 1890s – before track suits and sports department stores. This is a very big park and yet those travelling along St Kilda Road may rarely be aware of its existance.

Known for the large Floral Clock it also contailns statues of King Edward VII, Queen Victoria and the Lady Janet Clarke Rotunda.  The gardens also contain garden beds, landscaped lawns, rose gardens, rockeries larg trees and a delightful man made pond and waterfall. This garden’s character differs from the other parks in the King’s Domain with a larger emphasis on floral displays and flower beds set in manicured lawns.

King’s Domain Gardens, Melbourne is a historical garden with an area covering over 100 acres of lawns and pathways. King’s Domain Gardens is part of the Domain parklands in Melbourne based on the south side of the Yarra River, Melbourne, off St Kilda Road. One of the most beautiful gardens in Melbourne, it draws its name from the celebration of Melbourne’s centenary in 1935, when the public parklands of the Domain got possession of 17 hectares of land within the grounds of Government House.

Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne,
Observatory Precinct, Birdwood Avenue

Open 10am - 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday
10am - 4pm, seven days per week during Victorian State School holidays

www.rbg.vic.gov.au

Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra
Victoria, Australia, 3141

The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne is recognised as one of the world’s finest botanic gardens. There are over 10,000 species and 50,000 individual plants in the 38 hectare gardens, including trees and plants of great cultural value. Many of these plants are irreplaceable, endangered or even extinct in the wild.

Entry to the Gardens is free of charge.
November to March: 7.30am - 8.30 pm
April: 7.30am - 6.00 pm
May to August:  7.30am - 5.30 pm
September & October: 7.30am - 6.00 pm