Melbourne Aquarium
Melbourne Aquarium is located in the Yarra River in Melbourne. It was completed in January 2000， officially open to the public. Museum has the collection of about 500 species， 4200 marine lives.
There are also a variety of aquarium corals and shellfish. Visitors can clearly observe up close to Australia’s unique marine life， and watch the landscape of the divers dance with the charming fish.
In addition， the aquarium has swim travel programs such as the average tourist swimming together with the shark in the water. The most attractive is 3D submarine simulator. It will make you into a fish and learn how to find food， to avoid danger， to experience marine life and to explore undersea wonders.
Penguin Island (Phillip Island)
Penguin Island is located in the sea 124 km southeast of Melbourne. It is a natural sanctuary， rare birds and animals and rocks side by side. Here is a small penguin habitat， where you can watch penguin landing.
Penguin Island has become one of Melbourne’s must-see attractions for the foreign tourists. At dusk， penguins appear from the stormy sea to the land. They lash a neat side team， walking toward the shore， like a parade.
Then penguins leave the beach， board the slope and move toward their own nests. There are thousands of nests on the slopes， like small holes inhabited by starving penguins. When their Mom and Dad came back， they will have a small head out to meet Mom and Dad will feed little penguin mouth to mouth.
墨尔本皇家展览馆
墨尔本皇家展览馆于1880年建成，建筑古色古香、美轮美奂。它的建筑糅合了拜占庭建筑、古罗马建筑和意大利文艺复兴建筑的风格，建成时在八个月的时间内就接待了130万名参观的访客。在1888年，庆祝移民定居澳大利亚一百周年所举办的博览会期间，接待访客的人数更达到220万人。在一百多年前，这都是了不起的盛事。2004年6月，墨尔本皇家展览馆被列入联合国世界文化遗产名录，是澳大利亚第一个被列入该名录的建筑物。
库克船长的小屋
库克船长的小屋坐落在墨尔本市区的花园里，带着浓厚的英国乡村浪漫色彩。
1934年当墨尔本建市100周年大庆时，澳洲知名的实业家拉塞尔爵士出资800英镑，将库克船长在英国的故居买下，作为礼物送给墨尔本市民。后来这座故居被一块块拆下来，装在253个箱子里，总重量150吨，由英国海运到墨尔本，照原样组建成。如今，这里是墨尔本每年接待海内外游客最多的历史古迹，是澳洲最知名的观光景点之一。
墨尔本旧监狱
墨尔本旧监狱在维多利亚街和罗素街的街角附近，是已经泛黑的蓝石建筑，现在只留下其中的一部分。监狱也能成为一个旅游景点，这在其他国际城市是不多见的。这里曾经关押和处决过澳大利亚家喻户晓的绿林大贼凯利而一举得名。
凯利和他的团伙曾经成功抢劫银行巨款，成功闯入警察局把警察反绑起来，成功接济穷人。这位绿林大盗富有传奇色彩的故事被多次改编成小说、电视剧、文学作品和电影，包括2003年拍摄的好莱坞电影《法外狂徒》。
游客参观旧监狱，可以看到绞刑架、刑具，以及凯利的铠甲头盔和面具，再现了旧墨尔本监狱原来的环境，同时也锻炼着参观者的胆量。
维多利亚女皇市场
游客来墨尔本观光，一定要逛一逛维多利亚女皇市场。维多利亚女皇市场是墨尔本市内最大的、最悠久的跳蚤市场。在这里有1，000多家摊位，分别销售蔬菜水果，海鲜肉类，服装玩具，小五金和澳洲当地特产等。摊主多以东欧和亚洲移民为主，不同口音的叫卖声，丰富多彩的商品，吸引了众多的当地和海外客人来这里采购和游览参观，成为墨尔本最著名的观光景点之一。
墨尔本水族馆
墨尔本水族馆位于墨尔本市，座落在雅拉河畔，2000年1月正式建成对公众开放。馆内供收集了大约500种、4200只海洋生物。
水族馆内还有各种各样的珊瑚、贝类等，游客可以近距离清楚地观察到澳洲特有的海洋生物，还可以欣赏潜水员和鱼群一同起舞的迷人景观。
另外，水族馆也可以安排一般游客与大鲨鱼在水中共同畅游的旅游节目。最吸引人们的是3D海底模拟器，它会让你变成一条鱼，学习如何找寻食物，躲避危险，体验海洋生活，探测海底奥妙。
企鹅岛（菲力普岛）
企鹅岛位于墨尔本东南124公里的海上，为一处天然动物保护区，珍禽异兽和怪石相映成趣，这里也是小企鹅的栖息地，在此可以观看到企鹅登陆。
企鹅岛已成为国外游客访问墨尔本必去的景点之一。黄昏时分，企鹅从惊涛骇浪中出现和登陆，它们列成方队，整整齐齐，向岸边走来，好像是阅兵式。
企鹅离开沙滩，登上斜坡后，就走向自己的巢穴。斜坡上有成千的巢穴，就像一个个小土洞，洞里居住着嗷嗷待哺的小企鹅，它们看到爸爸妈妈回来，都会纷纷伸出小脑袋来迎接，爸爸妈妈会用嘴喂哺小企鹅。
The History and the Capital Struggle 历史渊源与首都之争
The city’s oldest indigenous people of Melbourne lived in the Yarra River and Penguin Island and they lived more than 40 thousands years.
From May to June，1835， John Batman formed Port Phillip Association in the center and north of Melbourne. He discussed with the local Aboriginal tribal leaders and they reached a permanent trading scheme of 600000 acres of land.
Subsequently， John Batman chose the north bank of the Yarra. The vast land will be built into a large village. He and most of the members of the Association returned to Tasmania’s base. Meanwhile， another association led by John Belly arrived at the same location and created a new residence. Thus two different associations began to make trouble because of the ownership of the land.
On August 30， 1835， the two associations reached a common share of the peace agreement. But the previous scheme by the Port Phillip Association and the indigenous people was canceled. The state government of New South Wales gave appropriate compensation to the Port Phillip Association.
At this point， settlers could arbitrarily choose to settle anywhere in the region， the Government also began to reluctantly accept the new settlers from the United Kingdom and allow them build a new city.
In 1835， the city of Melbourne founded officially. In 1840， the city’s population was up to 10000. The first urban migrants to Australia were from the UK transport prisoners.
In 1850， the colonists discovered gold around Melbourne. A large number of people from around the world immigrated to Mexico City， including the UK， Germany， Italy， Netherlands， China， etc.， so named the new Melbourne Gold City.
By 1854， Melbourne’s population has reached 123000 people， more than the number of San Francisco Gold Rush， became a truly Gold City. In 1850s， the British colonies established Victoria district and took Melbourne as its capital.
In 1901， when the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia， Melbourne has become the country’s financial and cultural center， the colonial District Council proposed field also located in the city.
However， Sydney was the capital of New South Wales， and its population and industrial and commercial development were higher than Melbourne. The two cities began to struggle for the status of the federal capital and the condition was deadlocked.
In 1908， in order to balance the struggle between the two cities， Australians finally made Canberra between the two cities as the capital. In 1927， the Australian Parliament moved to Canberra from Melbourne， thus the end of 25 years of capital dispute in Australia.
墨尔本最早的原著民居住于现在的雅拉河畔以及菲利普岛，他们居住的岁月超过四万年。
1835年5月至6月间，约翰·巴特曼在墨尔本市中心以及北区筹组菲利普港口协会，并与当地原著民部落领袖商讨，达成了一项600000亩的土地的永久交易计划。
随后，约翰·巴特曼选择了位于雅拉河北岸的一片广大土地，表示将建设成一个大型的村落，随后他带着大部分协会成员返回塔斯马尼亚岛的根据地。同时，由约翰·贝霖领导的另外一个协会抵达同一地点并建立新的居住地。至此两个不同的协会开始为这片土地的所有权产生不愉快。