Top Things to do in Port Phillip
The 7 Best Points of Interest & Landmarks in Port Phillip, Victoria
Discover the best top things to do in Port Phillip, Australia including St Kilda Botanical Gardens, Christ Church St Kilda, Point Ormond, St Kilda Town Hall, Ngargee Tree, Ripponlea railway Station, Sandridge Lookout.
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1. St Kilda Botanical Gardens
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 285 reviews
Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia
The St Kilda Botanic Gardens were staked out in the 1800s and formally establised in 1859, when a boundary fence was erected around the gardens. The gardens are a feature of St Kilda that is loved by residens ad visiors alike. The flowers are attractive, particularly in spring. The mature trees provide a home for wildlife such as the Flying Foxes (bats) and the rare Powerful Owl. Many native birds can he found im the gardens. The gardesn have a playground. Dogs (on leash) are welcome. Bicycles are not allowed. The gardens, which have restrooms, are open seven days a week, sunrise to sunset.
2. Christ Church St Kilda
3. Point Ormond
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 11 reviews
Reviewed By jaffatraveller54 - St Kilda, Australia
Local lore has it that there is a helpful ghost of a young boy at Point Ormond, a legacy of the initial site being used as a cholera quarantine station and field hospital for passengers of ships arriving flying the yellow cholera flag during early settlement. The point used to be much higher with a cliff face, before being used as a quarry to fill in the Elwood swamp, now canal. Anyway the story goes that a young mother dozed off while looking out for her playing child, to be awoken by a young boy in old style clothes who warned her to call her child back away from the cliff. She headed the warning and, called her child back, just before a large section of the cliff where her child had been playing collapsed. She looked around for the boy to thank him, but he's disappeared. Later, using her description of the boy, he was thought to be the ghost of one of the cholera victims. Point Ormond is one of the best lookout points for the city and south to the bay. There are sheltered areas behind the point for picnics and communal bbq's and tables are provided.
4. St Kilda Town Hall
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia
The St Kilda Town Hall is a grand building, one of Melbourne's finest civic structures, Dating from the 1890s. it has been cursed by lack of funds and worst of all, the fire of 1991, which burnt out the inside of the Hall. The Hall was refurbished and it resumed its role as the social heart of St Kilda. It is now the headquarters of the City of Port Phillip, formed by the amalgamation of the Bay Area suburbs in 1994. The grand portico and the refurbished hall are amongst Melbourne's most famous sights, making St Kilda Town Hall a Melbourne icon. Rooms with a variety of dimensions, including the Council Chamber, are available for hire.
5. Ngargee Tree
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 2 reviews
Historic red gum native tree, approximately 400 years old, that is of Aboriginal significance.
