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GO FOR GOLD IN KEW // LOCAL ATTRACTIONS |
GO ROWING! Only 2.8 kms away...
Study Park Boathouse / Rowboat, canoe and kayak hire
Grab yourself a paddle and let’s row! Situated on the banks of the Yarra River, we have a fleet of rowboats, canoes and kayaks ready to hire for a scenic day on the water. A great way to spend the afternoon with the family is to hire a rowboat & take a leisurely row along the Yarra River. If you’re after a little more exercise why not hire a canoe or kayak & put those muscles to the test. Either way, it’s a great way to enjoy the river’s scenic views.
All water crafts are hired with life vests, oars & paddles.
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Study Park Boathouse / Rowboat, canoe and kayak hire
Grab yourself a paddle and let’s row! Situated on the banks of the Yarra River, we have a fleet of rowboats, canoes and kayaks ready to hire for a scenic day on the water. A great way to spend the afternoon with the family is to hire a rowboat & take a leisurely row along the Yarra River. If you’re after a little more exercise why not hire a canoe or kayak & put those muscles to the test. Either way, it’s a great way to enjoy the river’s scenic views.
All water crafts are hired with life vests, oars & paddles.
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EXPERIENCE RIVERSIDE DINING. Only 2.8 kms away...
Study Park Boathouse / cafe, restaurant, picnic area
The Studley Boathouse is the first boathouse in Melbourne’s history – a boating and dining favourite for decades. The history-rich location offers a cafe, restaurant and event space. One of our best-preserved and best kept secrets is right here within our Kew community.
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Study Park Boathouse / cafe, restaurant, picnic area
The Studley Boathouse is the first boathouse in Melbourne’s history – a boating and dining favourite for decades. The history-rich location offers a cafe, restaurant and event space. One of our best-preserved and best kept secrets is right here within our Kew community.
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VISIT THE HOME OF CORBETT & YUEJI LYON. Only 1 kms away...
Lyon Housemuseum
The original Housemuseum at 219 Cotham Road is the private residence of founding patrons Corbett and Yueji Lyon and is open for pre-booked tours on designated days each year. It offers a unique combination of family residence and private museum where 'museum' and 'living' are brought together in a single building. In 2010, Larry's List named the original Housemuseum 'one of the world's 10 most exciting buildings of private museums'. Designed by architect Corbett Lyon, the Housemuseum builds on a lineage of private art collections housed and displayed in residential settings including Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, New York’s Frick Collection, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice and London's Wallace Collection.
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Lyon Housemuseum
The original Housemuseum at 219 Cotham Road is the private residence of founding patrons Corbett and Yueji Lyon and is open for pre-booked tours on designated days each year. It offers a unique combination of family residence and private museum where 'museum' and 'living' are brought together in a single building. In 2010, Larry's List named the original Housemuseum 'one of the world's 10 most exciting buildings of private museums'. Designed by architect Corbett Lyon, the Housemuseum builds on a lineage of private art collections housed and displayed in residential settings including Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, New York’s Frick Collection, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice and London's Wallace Collection.
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SEE A VAST PRIVATE CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTION. Only 1 kms away...
Housemuseum Galleries
Offering a new platform for works of contemporary art, architecture and design, the new public Housemuseum Galleries are a major expansion of the Lyon Housemuseum. Opened in March 2019, the new Galleries offer a series of contemporary spaces where national and international exhibitions of art, architecture and design are presented. Also designed by Lyon, the new Galleries include large, flexible exhibition spaces specifically designed for large scale artworks and installations. Featuring a 5.5 metre high ceiling, the central gallery space is surrounded by four peripheral galleries, each presenting a different character and aspect. A public forecourt and enclosed sculpture court extend the new museum beyond its walls.
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Housemuseum Galleries
Offering a new platform for works of contemporary art, architecture and design, the new public Housemuseum Galleries are a major expansion of the Lyon Housemuseum. Opened in March 2019, the new Galleries offer a series of contemporary spaces where national and international exhibitions of art, architecture and design are presented. Also designed by Lyon, the new Galleries include large, flexible exhibition spaces specifically designed for large scale artworks and installations. Featuring a 5.5 metre high ceiling, the central gallery space is surrounded by four peripheral galleries, each presenting a different character and aspect. A public forecourt and enclosed sculpture court extend the new museum beyond its walls.
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CHECK OUT THE BAT COLONY. Only 2 kms away...
Bellbird Picnic reserve
Close to the Bellbird Picnic Area you'll find a viewing platform. the bat colony walking trail and interpretive boards provides details about the flying foxes. You can observe them from different stops along the Bat Colony Trail. Although some are very close to the path take binoculars or a good zoom camera with you.
The grey headed flying foxes (also known as fruit bats) stay at the Yarra Bend Park near Bellbird Picnic Area year round as a permanent colony. The colony numbers fluctuate with the seasons, and there are usually more flying foxes in summer (December - April) and fewer in winter. During summer the colony grows immensely up to at least 30 000, often more than 50 000 bats. During the daytime they roost upside down in the trees nearby the water. They move their wings to cool down.
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Bellbird Picnic reserve
Close to the Bellbird Picnic Area you'll find a viewing platform. the bat colony walking trail and interpretive boards provides details about the flying foxes. You can observe them from different stops along the Bat Colony Trail. Although some are very close to the path take binoculars or a good zoom camera with you.
The grey headed flying foxes (also known as fruit bats) stay at the Yarra Bend Park near Bellbird Picnic Area year round as a permanent colony. The colony numbers fluctuate with the seasons, and there are usually more flying foxes in summer (December - April) and fewer in winter. During summer the colony grows immensely up to at least 30 000, often more than 50 000 bats. During the daytime they roost upside down in the trees nearby the water. They move their wings to cool down.
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EXPERIENCE STUNNING VIEWS FROM THE WURUNDERI SPUR LOOKOUT. Only 2.5 kms away...
The Wurundjeri Spur is a large area of native bushland, extending from the Yarra Boulevard to the Yarra River. The Wurundjeri Spur Lookout, also known as Trig Point is at the Boulevard, one of the highest points in the Park, offering wonderful views to Melbourne city and to the nearer ranges. A true bushwalk this close to the centre of Melbourne seems unbelievable, but the Wurundjeri Spur Lookout, accessible via the Main Yarra Trail, is just that. There’s a few hills along the path, but it’s generally easy walking. When you reach the lookout, you’ll be treated to one of the most magnificent views of the Melbourne skyline. It’s the perfect place to stop, take some photos and just admire our beautiful city.
The Wurunderi are an Aboriginal Australian nation of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin alliance. They occupied the Birrarung (Yarra River) Valley before British colonisation of the area, around the present location of Melbourne.
The Wurundjeri Spur is a large area of native bushland, extending from the Yarra Boulevard to the Yarra River. The Wurundjeri Spur Lookout, also known as Trig Point is at the Boulevard, one of the highest points in the Park, offering wonderful views to Melbourne city and to the nearer ranges. A true bushwalk this close to the centre of Melbourne seems unbelievable, but the Wurundjeri Spur Lookout, accessible via the Main Yarra Trail, is just that. There’s a few hills along the path, but it’s generally easy walking. When you reach the lookout, you’ll be treated to one of the most magnificent views of the Melbourne skyline. It’s the perfect place to stop, take some photos and just admire our beautiful city.
The Wurunderi are an Aboriginal Australian nation of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin alliance. They occupied the Birrarung (Yarra River) Valley before British colonisation of the area, around the present location of Melbourne.
STEP INTO INTO THE VICTORIAN ERA. ONLY 2.8 KMS AWAY...
Villa Alba Museum
The Villa Alba Museum, overlooking the Yarra at Studley Park, is important to the state of Victoria for architectural, historic, social and aesthetic reasons. This stately Victorian home is of exceptional cultural significance due to the unrivalled quality of the late Victorian hand painted decoration of its interiors. Alba houses one of the most important examples of late nineteenth century decoration in Australia. It is the work of Scottish- trained Paterson Brothers; dates from about 1883; and includes a great variety of painted, stencilled and gilded decoration.
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Villa Alba Museum
The Villa Alba Museum, overlooking the Yarra at Studley Park, is important to the state of Victoria for architectural, historic, social and aesthetic reasons. This stately Victorian home is of exceptional cultural significance due to the unrivalled quality of the late Victorian hand painted decoration of its interiors. Alba houses one of the most important examples of late nineteenth century decoration in Australia. It is the work of Scottish- trained Paterson Brothers; dates from about 1883; and includes a great variety of painted, stencilled and gilded decoration.
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RELAX, UNWIND, PICNIC IN THIS HISTORICAL GARDEN. Only 1.1 kms away...
Alexandra Gardens Kew
These magnificent, Edwardian-style gardens are within walking distance of Kew Junction shopping centre. A fine example of a Federation landscape, the gardens feature expansive lawn areas surrounded by beautiful avenues of mature trees creating shady glades and pools of dappled sunlight.Deep foliage and shrub borders surrounding the gardens offer brilliant splashes of seasonal colour. With a magnificent perennial border as a backdrop and a decorative Victorian rotunda overlooking the lily pond.
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Alexandra Gardens Kew
These magnificent, Edwardian-style gardens are within walking distance of Kew Junction shopping centre. A fine example of a Federation landscape, the gardens feature expansive lawn areas surrounded by beautiful avenues of mature trees creating shady glades and pools of dappled sunlight.Deep foliage and shrub borders surrounding the gardens offer brilliant splashes of seasonal colour. With a magnificent perennial border as a backdrop and a decorative Victorian rotunda overlooking the lily pond.
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TAKE THIS BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER. Only 2.9 kms away...
Kane's Bridge at Studley Park
Studley Park is part of the 642-acre Yarra Bend Park and the Yarra River runs across the park in Kew. Kane's Bridge was built in 1929 to link Studley Park and Yarra Bend Park. It was washed away by the floods in 1934 and rebuilt in 1935. The bridge was named after Councillor T J Kane of Collingwood, who was a member of the Yarra Bend Management Committee. It is a suspension bridge and looks quite solid and substantial. However, like all suspension bridges it does vibrate and sway.
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Kane's Bridge at Studley Park
Studley Park is part of the 642-acre Yarra Bend Park and the Yarra River runs across the park in Kew. Kane's Bridge was built in 1929 to link Studley Park and Yarra Bend Park. It was washed away by the floods in 1934 and rebuilt in 1935. The bridge was named after Councillor T J Kane of Collingwood, who was a member of the Yarra Bend Management Committee. It is a suspension bridge and looks quite solid and substantial. However, like all suspension bridges it does vibrate and sway.
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GO FOR A BUSH WALK RIGHT HERE IN KEW. Only 2.8 kms away...
Yarra Bend park
Yarra Bend Park is Melbourne's largest natural bushland park. Explore the wild river escarpments, open woodlands, formal parklands and sports fields that make up Yarra Bend Park. Click below to access some walking notes.
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Yarra Bend park
Yarra Bend Park is Melbourne's largest natural bushland park. Explore the wild river escarpments, open woodlands, formal parklands and sports fields that make up Yarra Bend Park. Click below to access some walking notes.
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HEAD TO THE FALLS. Only 3.6 kms away...
Dights Falls
Dights Falls was originally a natural rock barrier in the Yarra River that was first converted into a weir in the 1840s. The purpose of the weir was to divert water to drive a flour mill on the northern bank of the river. Remants of the old mill and the water race are still evident at the site. The weir has been modified several times, including the construction of a fishway, viewing platform and shoring up of the weir in 2012.
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Dights Falls
Dights Falls was originally a natural rock barrier in the Yarra River that was first converted into a weir in the 1840s. The purpose of the weir was to divert water to drive a flour mill on the northern bank of the river. Remants of the old mill and the water race are still evident at the site. The weir has been modified several times, including the construction of a fishway, viewing platform and shoring up of the weir in 2012.
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WANT TO PLAY GOLF? YOU'RE SPOILT FOR CHOICE
Studley Park Golf Course
Yarra Bend public golf course
Kew Golf course
Studley Park Golf Course
Yarra Bend public golf course
Kew Golf course
