Federation Square Visitor Information Centre Sunday May 3rd 2015

Federation Square Visitor Information Centre Sunday May 3rd 2015

Being a tourist in your home city is a great way to explore Melbourne.  I would recommend anyone to go to the brilliant Tourist/Visitor Information Centre at Federation Square to obtain the latest maps and information.

The maps they provide are superb.  They have such a variety of maps from the Official Melbourne Tourist Map to maps for many locations - both suburban, outer Melbourne and regional Victoria.  There is a series of seven walking tours of Melbourne with various themes:

1.  A Walk in the Park
2.  Secret Gardens
3.  On the Waterfront
4.  Arcades and Lanes
5.  The Cosmopolitan
6,  The Art of Sport
7.  Elegant Enclave

I love the way they have designed these seven walking tours and it makes me proud to be a Melbournian.  I picked up a set of the seven brochures for when we have visitors.

They also have another larger range of brochures that focus on Urban Walkabout:

1.  Melbourne City
2.  St Kilda/Bayside
3.  Carlton/Brunswick
4.  Fitzroy/Collingwood
5.  South Yarra/Prahran/Windsor/Hawksburn Village/Armadale
6.  Richmond/Hawthorn
7.  Northcote & Surrounds

Each of these maps is comprehensive with number and colour coding for the local food/drink, fashion houses, business and tourist locations.  I am disappointed with the St Kilda version and am sure they will print in with a larger map as per the rest of the series.  The St Kilda map has two maps of Port Melbourne and St Kilda.

Thank you to all of the volunteers who do such an admirable job assisting visitors and locals with information.

Please enjoy our city and have a great time.