Living in East Melbourne
East Melbourne · 3002 · Lifestyle guide
Fitzroy Gardens, Treasury Gardens, Yarra Park and the Melbourne Park precinct shape daily life in East Melbourne. Here are the local anchors worth knowing before you buy.
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Fitzroy Gardens is the everyday backyard for the suburb, with elm avenues, the Conservatory, the Fairies Tree and Cooks Cottage, the transplanted Yorkshire home of Captain Cook's parents.Treasury Gardens fills the north west corner beside the Old Treasury Building, with the John F Kennedy memorial pond and a steady lunchtime crowd from Spring Street offices.The Melbourne Cricket Ground in Yarra Park is a five to ten minute walk from most East Melbourne addresses, and the National Sports Museum operates inside the ground year round.The Melbourne Park precinct just south of Brunton Avenue brings Rod Laver Arena, John Cain Arena and AAMI Park, so the Australian Open, A League and rugby fixtures are on foot from home.Wellington Parade and the Jolimont pocket carry the local cafe and corner store trade, busiest on match mornings and quiet enough for a weekday coffee the rest of the time.The medical precinct on Victoria Parade and Albert Street, including Epworth Freemasons and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, gives the suburb a steady weekday population of staff, patients and visitors.St Patrick's Cathedral on Gisborne Street is a landmark Gothic Revival building with spires visible across the parkland, anchoring the northern end of the suburb.Bridge Road in Richmond is a few minutes east across Hoddle Street for shopping, pubs and dining, with Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre a little further along Victoria Street.
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