Shopping Guide: Alexandra Gardens
Alexandra Gardens: Your Shopping Guide
Why You Should Visit
- A Scenic Escape: You'll find a perfect place to relax with family, offering beautiful city skyscraper views and great scenes. The gardens are a haven of peace away from the hustle and bustle of Melbourne CBD.
- Year-Round Appeal: The gardens are a constant delight, season to season, perfect for walks, jogging, or leisure. You can visit any time of the year, even on a cloudy day.
- Activities & Amenities:
- For Relaxation: Sit peacefully and enjoy nature, or read a book. The gardens are ideal for spending a few hours.
- For Recreation: Offers riverside walking and cycling paths, walking trails, and scenic pathways. You can walk, cycle, or run.
- For Families: Offers playgrounds and play equipment for children, with plenty of space for picnics and games of footy.
- For Events: The location offers rides, food vans, and games during events like Moomba. During the Garden Show, the spacious gardens and enclosed exhibition handle the crowds well.
- Water Facilities: Public drinking water facilities are available and clean.
- Accessibility: Easily accessible by public transportation with several tram and bus stops nearby. The garden is also wheelchair accessible.
- Food & Drink:
- You can enjoy a coffee or read a book.
- During Moomba, expect diverse food offerings like tacos, Greek food, crepes, fish and chips, dumplings, and ice creams.
- Festival Fun: During Moomba, you can expect fireworks, rides, food offerings, and side-show alley games.
- Unique Features:
- Explore mature trees and well-kept gardens.
- Discover lovely sculptures and contemplation spots by the different ornamental lakes.
- Find a huge rose garden.
- See historic boathouses.
- Find a war memorial.
Why You Might Consider Alternatives
- Limited Food Options (Potentially): If you’ve already eaten, the food offerings may not be appealing.
- Crowds During Events: Be aware that the gardens get packed during events like Moomba and the Garden Show.
- Cost Considerations: If attending Moomba, you’ll want to take cash for rides, food, and games.
- Heat During Events: During Moomba, be prepared for hot weather.
- Game outcomes: If gambling at the side shows, be prepared to lose.
