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Royal Botanic Garden

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Royal Botanic Garden

Length3.9 mi
Elev. Gain360.8 ft
Est. Steps9000

Park

Restrooms

Public transport

Drinking water

Playground

Places to sit

Wheelchair friendly

Kid friendly

Dog friendly

Lake or River

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Introduction
Royal Botanic Garden is a 3.9 mile (9,000-step) route located near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This route has an elevation gain of about 360.8 ft and is rated as medium. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
It was amazing walk around the gardens South Africa, South America, Southern China. All those gardens are gorgeous, multiple types of trees from around the world all in one, a small lake, water fall, birds singing, cool wind, love staying in shade and green. Amazing morning.
Waypoints

Start Point

Waypoint 1

Gate E

Waypoint 2

Gate F

End Point

Kings Domain

Park
Kings Domain is an area of parklands in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It surrounds Government House Reserve, the home of the Governors of Victoria, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, and the Shrine Reserve incorporating the Shrine of Remembrance.The park was established in 1854, extending the Domain Parklands further north-west, it covers an area of 36 hectares of lawns and pathways set among non-native and native Australian mature trees, a mixture of deciduous and evergreens.

La Trobe's Cottage

Historical
La Trobe's Cottage is a historic cottage in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1839 by the first Superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, Charles La Trobe, and his family.

Shrine of Remembrance

Historical
The Shrine of Remembrance (commonly referred to as The Shrine) is a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road. It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I, but now functions as a memorial to all Australians who have served in any war.

Government House, Melbourne

Place
Government House is the official residence of the Governor of Victoria, currently Linda Dessau. It is located in Kings Domain, Melbourne, next to the Royal Botanic Gardens.Government House was opened in 1876, on land that had originally been set aside in 1841. Previous governors' residences included La Trobe's Cottage (1839–1854), Toorak House (1854–1874), and Bishopscourt (1874–1876).

Great Melbourne Telescope

Place
The Great Melbourne Telescope was built by Thomas Grubb in Dublin, Ireland in 1868, and installed at the Melbourne Observatory in Melbourne, Australia in 1869. In 1945 that Observatory closed and the telescope was sold and moved to the Mount Stromlo Observatory near Canberra. It was rebuilt in the late 1950s.

Domain Tunnel

Place
The Domain Tunnel is a road tunnel located in Melbourne, Australia, which carries traffic westbound from the Monash Freeway to the West Gate Freeway, running under the Yarra River and Kings Domain. The tunnel is part of the CityLink Tollway operated by Transurban and provides a bypass of the central business district.

Separation Tree

Place
The Separation tree was a heritage listed Eucalyptus camaldulensis tree, commonly known as a red river gum, located in the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Melbourne in Victoria.Found on the Tennyson Lawn the tree was one of two original river red gums that were along the banks of the swampy billabong which makes up part of the Ornamental Lake.

National Herbarium of Victoria

Place
The National Herbarium of Victoria (Index Herbariorum code: MEL) is one of Australia's earliest herbaria, and the oldest scientific institution in Victoria. It was established in 1853 by Ferdinand von Mueller, the Government Botanist for Victoria, and is situated within the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.

Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden (Melbourne)

Place
The Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden is located in Kings Domain, Melbourne, Australia and honours the contribution of women settlers to the development of the state of Victoria.In 1933, plans for the celebrations for the 1934 Centenary of Melbourne began to be made, and a Women's Centenary Council was formed to ensure women's opinions were included.

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

Place
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria are botanic gardens across two sites - Melbourne and Cranbourne.Melbourne Gardens was founded in 1846 when land was reserved on the south side of the Yarra River for a new botanic garden. It extends across 36 hectares (89 acres) that slope to the river with trees, garden beds, lakes and lawns.
Route Details

Length

3.9 mi

Elev. Gain

360.8 ft

Est. Steps

9000
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