For travelers who came to Melbourne and intend to shop, the second largest city in Australia with a population of 3.3 million people could be a fun place to shop. One of the shopping centers that can not be missed is the Queen Victoria Market is located on Elizabeth Street, No. 513.
Queen Victoria Market to provide whatever goods could think of. Almost 1,000 merchants selling goods on the market which covers about seven acres. The market is open for five days per week was (closed on Mondays and Wednesdays) includes, among other markets to sell food every day, such as various kinds of fish, meat, fruits and vegetables, wine, bread, snacks such as sandwiches, hot dogs, pizza, clothes, various kinds of souvenirs, compact discs and tapes, toys, and pets.
No wonder the Australians call the Queen Victoria Market is more than just a major shopping destination. For the people of Australia, Queen Victoria Market is a historic place, the power puller for travelers, and an institution for the citizens of Melbourne. For more than 100 years, the shopping center serving the needs of more than 200,000 people in one week.
Queen Victoria Market is located on the northwest edge of the central district of economics at Melbourne was officially opened on March 20, 1878. Over time, other markets are also emerging along with the increase in population. However, with changes in spending patterns Melbourne resident, one at a time markets were falling.
However, Queen Victoria Market still survive to this day. No wonder most of the buildings located at the Queen Victoria Market is the old buildings which include historic buildings.
The market is open from 06.00 it closed at 14.00 (Tuesday and Thursday), 18:00 (Friday), 15:00 (Saturday) and 16:00 (Sunday). And, can be reached by using buses, trams, trains, or use a car, given the ample parking lot. That’s why at the Queen Victoria Market to easily find breeders who sell pets, such as chickens and ducks around the pickup truck parked in the parking lot of Queen Victoria Market.
If you can compare, Queen Victoria Market is similar to the Chatuchak Market in Bangkok, which is also known as the weekend market (weekend market). In addition to goods sold in that market a wide range, the price is very competitive, if you do not want to say cheap.
Travel to Melbourne certainly not all of them for business spending. On the outskirts of Melbourne, about an hour away by car, also can be found Healesville Sanctuary, which became the maintenance of more than 200 species of birds, mammals, and reptiles native to Australia.
Nature reserve which covers about 32 acres that opened to the public since 1934. Although the three native animals of Australia’s most widely known is the koala, kangaroo, and the Dingo (that figure is a kind of wolf-like dogs), real collection of native Australian animals are still many more, including platypus, mammal that lived in two worlds, water and land, which roam looking for food at night.
Officers at Healesville Sanctuary is ready to give a detailed explanation about the animals that were there, ranging from kangaroos that can determine for themselves when their children removed from her womb into the pockets of her child maintenance, to the koala who slept for 21 hours in one day.
Outside the nature reserve, on the outskirts of Melbourne there are also other places of interest to visit, among other wine-making venues. One is Yering Station in Yarra Valley, which was founded in 1838. Although not the largest wine producer in Australia, Yering Station is one of a family-owned wine companies that are difficult to miss.
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