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City of Melbourne - Queen Victoria Gardens

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Address: St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia
Phone: (03) 9658 9658
State: Victoria
City: Melbourne
Zip Code: 3004


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Reviews
Beautiful park with stunning views all around. A nice and relaxing place to spend some time. Could hear music performances from the MPavilion, which was a great addition to the walk around the gardens. Loved the water features!
Absolutely love the peace and beauty of this garden! Located right across the NGV, you will find this lovely garden perfect for reading a book or just taking in the sounds and sights that is soothing to your soul.
It’s a nice park just right next to the city. There are many roses around at the moment. Nice and quiet place to sit on the benches.
The gardens are a very special part of Melbourne and well worth a stroll at any time.
Peaceful and beautiful park near the National Gallery Victoria. Many ducks walk around the nymph lake.
Another one of my favourite spots in Melbourne for a solo jog or walk , or to spend an afternoon with friends and family. A must see!
Such a beautiful garden with amazing views and colourful flowers
An excellent place to have a picnic. Wonderful views of the city, beautiful gardens and a short walk to everything. There's lots of green spaces with well maintained laws and many large trees to sit and lie under. The footpaths are wide and well maintained as are the gardens. You'll find a wide variety of flowers with a rainbow of colours when in bloom. There's a few ponds filled with ducks and other wild birds and during the warmer months you'll see their ducklings which is just a beautiful addition to any day. The only real downside is the few public toilets which are dirty and sometimes poorly stocked with soap. I understand vandalism is a persistent problem but needing to use a disgusting toilet is just a downer than nobody wants. Restrooms: Limited and poor quality toilets. But if ya gotta go, you gotta go
My absolute favourite gardens , especially the small section that has a couple of small ponds surrounded by these gorgeous tall trees . It’s such a tranquil spot and a photographer’s dream to capture it in all the seasons
The Queen Victoria Gardens if seen from above, are a triangular formation and many tourists confuse these gardens with The Domain and Alexandra Gardens, but they are all separate areas, despite being part of the Domain Parklands. They run along St Kilda Road and around to the Art Centre. During the COVID-19 restrictions [still current but lifting slowly] my daily walk extends to these areas. Areas I had not had the time to explore until now. There are some hidden treasures inside these gardens in the form of treelined pathways and some incredible monuments and sculptures, which I will write about today. Since I was little when we came to the city we would head to the Floral Clock [which is operational] to see what designs and flowers were being used at that time. Right now they have made the word 'Melbourne' with some pansies and other flowers and small plants around it. Worth a having a look as it changes during the different seasons. [2 photos below] Behind it is the King Edward VII monument and if you continue on you will come to a rotunda named afterJanet Lady Clarke. This area is popular for weddings and as restrictions are slowly being lifted, currently houses small groups for PT sessions. If you continue around the path you will come upon a majestic monument dedicated to Queen Victoria opened in 1907. It shows the Queen in various poses. The whole area is immaculately cared for and you can see gardeners regularly cleaning paths, raking leaves, cleaning the ornamental ponds, pruning trees and bushes etc. This area is part of the Melbourne City Walks - the sculptures and worth doing. As you enter the gardens from the St Kilda Road / Bridge entrance you are greeted by 2 busts of Apollo and Hercules [1780 - artists unknown] - though they have become a little battered and vandalised over the years, they still are in very good shape, even with the nose jobs! [You will understand when you look at them up close]. From there you can spend some time hunting for the sculptures: [I have photographed them below] Tom Bass's 'The Genie' - 1973 Paul Montford 'The Water Nymph' - 1920, Yrsa Von Leister's 'The Phoenix' - 1973 John Edward Robinson's 'Water Children'- 1970 John Olsen's 'The Frog' - 2015 John Edward Robinson's 'The Path Finder [Hammer Thrower]' - 1974 As you are looking for these pieces of art you will be walking along lovely, winding paths surrounded by trees, flowers etc and even some ornamental ponds complete with ducks, geese and other water fowls. There are plenty of places to seat yourself and mediate, take your coffee to, read a book, exercise, photograph and improve your overall wellbeing. You can get to these areas by car, though parking isn't cheap, or you can take a train to Flinders Street Station and walk down - 7mins max or take the tram and stop off outside the Art Centre or National Gallery and cross the road. I love these gardens and never tire of their always changing beauty. I usually spend about 30-60mins walking around them - especially for photography / exercise.
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