Melbourne and Regional Victoria's Five Seasonal Highlights You Simply Cannot Miss !!

Visit Melbourne and Regional Victoria This Season

Queen Vic Market

Queen Victoria Market is an authentic, busy, inner-city market that has been Melbourne's beating heart for the last 140 years. It is a terrific location to find fresh and specialty produce, hand-made and unique goods, excellent coffee and cuisine, souvenirs, and apparel, since it is home to over 600 small shops.

The following upcoming events are not to be missed:

• The Hawker 88 Night Market comes to Queen Vic Market every Wednesday from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM, bringing the sights, sounds, and tastes of Asia to Melbourne's favourite market. Guests will be able to sample a variety of cuisines while appreciating the colourful ambiance. From April 12 to May 10 Queen Vic Market will host the Hawker 88 Night Market.
• The Queen Vic Market's Winter Night Market provides a range of food and entertainment choices and is an additional joy. Winter Night Market June 7 to August 30, 2023.
• In addition to these markets, Queen Vic Market recently concluded its Specialty Tours and Sustainable Shopping Tours programme, which was designed to provide visitors with a comprehensive overview of the market's history, speciality goods, and sustainable practises. These tours offered guests with an amusing and educational way to learn about the market and its wares.

Sovereign Hill

In search of Gold?

Let Around and Around Tours transport you to Sovereign Hill, where you may attempt gold panning. Sovereign Hill recreates the thrill of Australia's famous gold rushes of the 1850s and provides a distinctly Australian experience and entertainment. Sovereign Hill is a living museum that tells the narrative of Ballarat as a boomtown during the gold rush.

Interesting future events:

• On May 5, 2023, the Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections will open its doors. The historical site has the largest collection of gold rush artefacts in Australia, making it a must-see for anybody interested in Australian history.
• After the launch will be the Corrobboree by Full Moon event. This event will include a Wadawurrung ceremony in the evening in addition to ticketed First Nations performances, food, and beverages. It will be a wonderful chance to learn more about the region's indigenous culture and history.
• Local producers and merchants will provide over twenty seminars on curing, pickling, distilling, salting, and fermenting over the Heritage Harvest weekend. It will be a great event for anybody interested in sustainable and traditional food preparation techniques. This year, the Heritage Harvest weekend will be place on May 27-28, 2023.
• The Winter Wonderlights event will be a stunning experience for visitors of all ages, with a music and light display, delectable food, and artificial snow that will bring iconic streetscapes to life. Winter Wonderlights will be held between June 24 and July 17

URBNSURF

URBNSURF is a popular surfing facility in Melbourne that offers a unique and thrilling surfing experience. With its state-of-the-art Wavegarden lagoon, URBNSURF provides surfers of all skill levels with great waves.

• The new marketing campaign, "It's time to surf more," asks everyone to visit from April through May to experience the cooler weather, less crowded lagoon, and fresh offshore winds in October.
• There is no off-season for the core surf community at URBNSURF. Due to the lack of competition and exhilarating nature of the sport, cold winter surfing is excellent. URBNSURF is dedicated to ensure that its visitors are ready to take advantage of the cooler months from June to August, similar to how skiers are prepared.

Everything need for an enjoyable surfing experience:

• In addition to the surfing experience, URBNSURF offers a surf school for education and instruction, a surf store for equipment and products, and a café with delicious cuisine and beverages. URBNSURF is accessible on a daily basis and can meet any schedule.
• URBNSURF offers something for all surfers, whether they are novices or seasoned veterans. You may experience the excitement of cold-weather surfing by taking advantage of the excellent waves, few crowds, and crisp offshore breezes in October.

Creswick's Folk and Roots Festival (CRESFEST)

Originally inhabited by the Dja Dja Wurrung people, Creswick flourished fast during the gold rush era and eventually became the origin of reforestation and the location of the Victorian school of forestry.

Enjoy two of life's most transformational joys, music and dance, among the ancient buildings and forested surroundings of Creswick. The creative programme occurs in different historic structures, local taverns, cafés, and the great outdoors. Nestled between Daylesford and Ballarat, Creswick is just a 1.5-hour journey from Melbourne.

Enjoy the well-known CresFest:

• Three days of the finest folk and roots music in the Victorian woodland settlement of Creswick. In addition to talks, blackboard concerts, workshops, procession, and children's activities.
• First Artist lineup revealed: While and Matthews (UK) - Charm of Finches - Ami Williamson - Kavisha Mazzella - The Weeping Willows -Arctic - Bush Gothic
• Mark your calendars for March 31 to April 2, 2023.

Signature Chef Collection

Melbourne is the gastronomic capital of Australia, and the stats show it. There are around 3,500 restaurants in Melbourne, serving cuisines from over 70 nations. The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is the world's biggest event of its type. Each year, the festival offers more than 200 activities and draws over 300,000 people.

Participate in the Signature Chef Series 2023 between March 26 and March 30, 2023.

• Bringing together some of the world's and Australia's most innovative cuisine talent to partner with Melbourne's top restaurants and bars.
• It is an interchange of ideas, a discourse centred on flavour, a place to discover new paths and meet new friends – and you have a seat at the table.
• Featuring: Curtis Stone at Grace, Jun Eun Chae at Supernormal, Lee Tiernan at Harley & Rose, Danny Bowien at Smith + Daughters, Brigitte Hafner at Cutler & Co, and other artists

For further details: https://www.visitmelbourne.com/