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The licensed riverside food court suits every taste and budget and offers casual dining with spectacular views.\n\n"}]},{"address":"Evan Walker Bridge","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18593639059244998,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-37.81990571232687,"longitude":144.96501089999998},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"place_id":"ChIJFbeztrNC1moRh9KiLhOz9Ns"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FMcJNHaEemgJKfeV3v51U%2Fevan%20walker.jpeg?alt=media&token=bb244934-17b4-47f0-9772-adae6057fb2b"},{"type":"text","content":"This pedestrian bridge over the Yarra River links Southgate with Flinders Street Station.\nEvan Walker Bridge is named after Professor Walker, Melbourne’s former planning minister and architect, who drove the transformation of the Southbank precinct."}]},{"address":"Ponyfish Island","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18593639059244998,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-37.819883412326824,"longitude":144.96500180000004},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"place_id":"ChIJY4qztrNC1moR2ltTyJU3oe0"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FMcJNHaEemgJKfeV3v51U%2Fponyfish.jpeg?alt=media&token=9e09541d-c62d-4eb0-8928-b1520f4412e4"},{"type":"text","content":"On Evan Walker Bridge, keep your eyes peeled for a hidden stairway down to this bar and restaurant.\n\nThis tiny floating bar offers fresh Asian-inspired dishes and fantastic views over Melbourne's Yarra River.\n\n"}]},{"address":"Arbory Bar & Eatery","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18593639059244998,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-37.819595862326736,"longitude":144.9666829},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"place_id":"ChIJIdRz5rNC1moRcECSdfZQp_o"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FMcJNHaEemgJKfeV3v51U%2Farbory.jpeg?alt=media&token=688dea39-d3d3-48bb-9c4e-97dee0615ac0"},{"type":"text","content":"Enjoy uninterrupted river frontage at this hotspot bar and eatery next to Flinders Street Station.\n\nRunning alongside Flinders Street Station is outdoor bar and restaurant Arbory. It spans the length of the station, with uninterrupted river frontage.\n\nSister venue Arbory Afloat, open during the warmer months, is Melbourne’s largest outdoor floating cocktail bar."}]},{"address":"Sandridge Bridge","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18593639059244998,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-37.82033881232707,"longitude":144.9626944},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"place_id":"EixTYW5kcmlkZ2UgQnJnLCBNZWxib3VybmUgVklDIDMwMDQsIEF1c3RyYWxpYSIuKiwKFAoSCSH0QaWyQtZqET5Ei5vAXpzxEhQKEgmB_REPr0LWahHg54whdVYEBQ"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FMcJNHaEemgJKfeV3v51U%2Fsandridge.jpeg?alt=media&token=d4e164ba-0d9e-49ab-b9e1-30b9742c472c"},{"type":"text","content":"This former railway bridge is a pedestrian thoroughfare between Flinders Street and Southbank.\nThe ten 'Travellers' sculptures across the bridge represent the meeting of cultures in Melbourne over generations."}]},{"address":"Banana Alley Vaults/Flinders St","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18593639059244998,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-37.81919331232655,"longitude":144.9617795},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"place_id":"ChIJzbXtJ7NC1moRdmz_ObFwegM"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FMcJNHaEemgJKfeV3v51U%2Fbanana%20alley.jpeg?alt=media&token=e18de190-80a6-4866-a2d6-7c00258f4ea9"},{"type":"text","content":"Banana Alley Vaults\nThese historic buildings were used to store and ripen fruit in the late nineteenth century.\nDating back to 1891-92, the Banana Alley Vaults earned their enduring moniker from these early decades as a warehouse for wholesale fruit and produce."}]},{"address":"Queens 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from the saltwater bay.\n\nThe Falls were a crossing point near an Eastern Kulin meeting place, now known as Enterprize Park. ‘Yarra River’ derives from a local Aboriginal word used to describe the Falls, Yarro Yarro meaning ‘it flows’."}]},{"address":"Enterprize Park","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18593639059244998,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-37.819723323479224,"longitude":144.96076268710368},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"place_id":"ChIJV9dMMU1d1moR7Nv430tMEYM"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FMcJNHaEemgJKfeV3v51U%2Fenterprize.jpeg?alt=media&token=93557ce9-fc3b-4e39-915a-9676b456fd77"},{"type":"text","content":"Enterprize Park\nThis park is named after the ship Enterprize, which moored near here in 1835.\n\nEnterprize Wharf, and the adjacent Enterprize Park, are named after the ship Enterprize.\n\nLed by John Pascoe Fawkner, his syndicate of Van Diemen’s Land sheep farmers first moored near here in 1835."}]},{"address":"Enterprize Wharf","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18593639059244998,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-37.81976056232678,"longitude":144.95977394999997},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"place_id":"ChIJPczTRE1d1moRuQsFh1qh-o8"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FMcJNHaEemgJKfeV3v51U%2Fconstellation.jpeg?alt=media&token=99aaf998-b793-4833-afd4-72b19a175228"},{"type":"text","content":"Constellation\nThis artwork of figureheads on Enterprize Wharf depict a dragon, a woman, a bird, a man and a lion.\n'Constellation' (1996) is an artwork of five stainless-steel, copper and Cyprus-pine figureheads on Enterprize Wharf.\n\nThe forms reference the history of figurehead carving and suggest maritime sails and instruments.\n\n"}]},{"address":"Enterprize Park","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18593639059244998,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-37.819723323479224,"longitude":144.96076268710368},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"place_id":"ChIJV9dMMU1d1moR7Nv430tMEYM"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FMcJNHaEemgJKfeV3v51U%2Fscar.jpeg?alt=media&token=b484964e-b143-49fd-b618-94bb9ceb9895"},{"type":"text","content":"Scar – A Stolen Vision\nThis artwork, located in Enterprize Park, is made from 30 recycled pier posts.\n'Scar – A Stolen Vision' (2001) is a collaborative artwork by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.\n\nMade from wharf poles recycled from Queens Bridge, the sculptures evoke the Aboriginal cultural tradition of scarred or culturally modified trees.\n\nEach carved pole represents an aspect of Aboriginal life, history or mythology and, like the trees they came from, are a testament of endurance.\n\n"}]},{"address":"5XH6+V2 Melbourne","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18593639059244998,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-37.82034314094446,"longitude":144.96002646473093},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"Yarra Turning Basin\nA place for ships to turn after unloading, the basin was widened and deepened in 1879.\nDuring the gold rush, the shipping trade grew quickly, making Melbourne an increasingly busy port. Ships unloaded at Customs House and could then turn around here."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FMcJNHaEemgJKfeV3v51U%2Fyarra%20turning.jpeg?alt=media&token=be60b90e-03d2-4ab6-9df1-b4b9e84874a6"}]},{"address":"Immigration Museum (Museums Victoria)","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18593639059244998,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-37.819224262326536,"longitude":144.96018089999995},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"place_id":"ChIJ1fB5g7ZC1moRIxI14Xd2bYs"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FMcJNHaEemgJKfeV3v51U%2Fimmigration%20museum.jpeg?alt=media&token=bcabb1ee-5c45-4c13-964e-792947d894cd"},{"type":"text","content":"Immigration Museum\nFormerly Customs House, this museum is the place to explore Australia’s migrant history."}]},{"address":"SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18593639059244998,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-37.82047876232713,"longitude":144.95796885},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"place_id":"ChIJ_QzhcE1d1moR9rtoKagNPOI"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FMcJNHaEemgJKfeV3v51U%2Fsea%20life%20melbourne.jpeg?alt=media&token=98202715-2f29-4b56-9797-1f47e583fb31"},{"type":"text","content":"SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium\nInside the aquarium you'll find a myriad of close up encounters with underwater creatures."}]},{"address":"Batman Park","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.18593639059244998,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-37.82182011165868,"longitude":144.9566007483201},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"place_id":"ChIJ_57oM1Jd1moR5jJ5PfWCSik"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FMcJNHaEemgJKfeV3v51U%2Fbatman%20park.jpeg?alt=media&token=6d9ab2bb-2367-469d-abd7-929145160f3b"},{"type":"text","content":"Batman Park\nShady eucalypts adorn this park, established in 1982 and named after Melbourne pioneer John Batman."}]}]
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