Yarraville

Worth seeing in and around Yarraville

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Victoria University

   Victoria University is an Australian public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It is a dual-sector university, providing courses in both higher education and technical and further education.

   2.7 km · dual-sector public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Scienceworks

   Scienceworks is one of Australia’s leading science museums located in Spotswood, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. It is one of three museums operated by Museums Victoria.

   1.7 km · science museum in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bolte Bridge

   The Bolte Bridge is a twin cantilever road bridge across the Yarra River and Victoria Harbour, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The bridge carries the Melbourne CityLink via eight lanes of traffic – four lanes northbound and four lanes southbound.

   3.7 km · bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Coode Canal

   Coode Canal is a reach of the lower Yarra River in Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria. The canal was excavated in 1886, as part of harbour improvements designed by Sir John Coode to improve access for ships to Melbourne's main river docks.

   1.5 km · canal in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Footscray Park

   Footscray Park is a 15-hectare urban park located on the south bank of the Maribyrnong River in Footscray, Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The park is one of the largest and most intact examples of an Edwardian park in Australia.

   2.8 km · park in Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Heavenly Queen Temple

   The Heavenly Queen Temple is a Chinese folk religious temple dedicated to Mazu or Tian Shang Sheng Mu, Chinese Goddess of Sea and patron deity of fishermen, sailors and any occupations related to the sea or ocean. She is also regarded as an ancestral deity of the Lim Clan.

   2.9 km · Taoist temple in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Footscray Town Hall

   The Footscray Town Hall, also known as the Maribyrnong Town Hall since council amalgamations in the 1990s, is a civic building located on Napier Street in Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Built in 1936 as the town hall for the City of Footscray, it was designed by Joseph Plottel in a revival form of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, with the interior completed in the Streamline Moderne style.

   1.7 km · civic building in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St. Prophet Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church, Footscray

   The St Prophet Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church is a Macedonian Orthodox church serving the inner western Melbourne suburb of Footscray, Victoria, Australia. The church borders Footscray and is itself located on the outskirts of Seddon, an inner western Melbourne suburb.

   1.4 km · church in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Whitten Oval

   Whitten Oval is an Australian rules football venue located in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. It has been the home of the Western Bulldogs since 1883.

   2 km · stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Westgate Park

    Westgate Park is a public park in Port Melbourne, Victoria, 6 km southwest of the Melbourne central business district and covering 40 hectares of land. The park is located near Fishermans Bend, an industrial district along the left banks of the lower Yarra River downstream of the Maribyrnong River confluence, and is namesaked for the West Gate Bridge that traverses over the park's southern end.

    2.4 km · park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Footscray Community Arts Centre

   Non-stop art exhibitions and an endless list of music gigs and theatre shows.

2. 02
   Moonee Ponds Courthouse Museum

   Corner Mount Alexander Road and Kellaway Avenue, Moonee Ponds, esshissoc@mail.com.

3. 03
   Incinerator Gallery
4. 04
   RAAF Museum

   RAAF Base Williams, Point Cook Rd, Point Cook, RAAF.MuseumInfo@defence.gov.au.

5. 05
   Queens Park

   Corner Mount Alexander Road and Kellaway Road, Moonee Ponds.

6. 06
   Werribee Mansion

   Gate 2, K Road, Werribee, bookingswerribee@parks.vic.gov.au.

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Things to do

1. 01
   Werribee Open Range Zoo

   K Rd (take Werribee Sth exit from Princes Freeway).

2. 02
   Moonee Valley Racecourse

   McPherson Street, Moonee Ponds, toll-free: 1300 843 825Country code missing, customerservice@mvrc.net.au.

3. 03
   Moonee Ponds Clocktower Centre

   750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, enquiries@clocktowercentre.com.au.

4. 04
   Altona Beach

   On the "wrong" side of the bay in terms of famous Melbourne beaches, Altona Beach is a strictly locals-only affair.

From Wikivoyage: Yarraville, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

The inner western suburbs, in particular Footscray and Flemington, are emerging as major players on Melbourne's food scene. In addition to a strong history of Vietnamese restaurants and noodle shops, particularly on Hopkins Street in Footscray, the inner west is emerging as Melbourne's African (Ethiopian in particular) food hub.

1. 01
   Cafe Lalibela

   Served in the traditional custom of sharing, the food is poured on layers of injera (flat, sour bread) covering one big plate to be shared by all at the table.

2. 02
   African Town Cafe

   161 Nicholson Street,.

3. 03
   Ras Dashen

   121 Nicholson Street,.

4. 04
   Dumplings and More

   The main courses not particularly cheap, but the entrees and dumplings are dirt cheap.

5. 05
   Bar Thyme

   Outstanding slightly fancy French fusion food with a romantic ambience.

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Getting to Yarraville

Airports

Melbourne (MEL), 17 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 45 km

Stations

Middle Footscray, 1.6 km · South Kensington, 3.7 km · Tottenham, 3.1 km · White City railway station, 3.7 km

• Geelong/Melbourne → Yarraville

  10 km · quickest by road, 31 min · A$2–2.5
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• Hobart (Cambridge) → Yarraville

  600 km · quickest by air, 4h 36m · A$190–290
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• Adelaide → Yarraville

  649 km · quickest by air, 4h 53m · A$210–310
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