MOTELS CARLTON

Your local accredited farmers' market in Carlton. Proudly presented by Melbourne Farmers Markets, and supported by a City of Melbourne Community Grant, Carlton Farmers Markets brings you the very best local, seasonal produce at the best prices. Located in the grounds of Carlton Primary School, the market has more than 30 stallholders offering ethical, local food from free range meat, seasonal fruit and vegetables to nuts, eggs and cheese. Picked, baked and made fresh for the markets, you won't taste better produce! With no wholesalers and no middle-men, accredited Farmers' markets guarantee that you are buying direct from our hardworking Victorian producers, so they earn the full dollar. Shop local and join the local food revolution. Entry to the market is by gold coin donation which supports Carlton Primary School's programs. The market is plastic-bag free so bring your own bag. It is easily accessible by public transport and bicycle, plus parking is readily available on Lygon, Palmerston, Rathdowne and surrounding streets. Melbourne Farmers Markets is dedicated to Victorian food and producers, regional food cultures, seasonal produce, biodiversity, sustainable farming practices and the strengthening of relationships between the consumer and the producer. Visit their website to find your nearest market....

Melbourne Museum showcases Australian social history, Indigenous cultures, science and the environment. Located adjacent to the World Heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, and home to IMAX Melbourne. Major features of Melbourne Museum include celebrating Victoria's local Koorie culture in Bunjilaka, Aboriginal Cultural Centre. Explore Melbourne's rich history in the Melbourne Story exhibition; be immersed in evocative stories and discover the icons and personalities that have shaped Melbourne since the early 1800s. See Phar Lap, Australia's legendary racehorse, in the flesh. Walk amongst skeletons of amazing animals from the past; from dinosaurs, flying reptiles and megafauna. Take a close look at bugs, from stick insects to red-back and funnel-web spiders in Bugs Alive. Wander through a living forest with resident wildlife inside the Forest Gallery. Journey into the mind and explore a world of emotions, thoughts, memories and dreams in The Mind exhibition. Visit the Museum Shops for a unique range of books, toys, games, as well as locally produced crafts and souvenirs you won't find anywhere else....

Dracula's Cabaret Restaurant is Australia's longest running and most successful theatre restaurant, having entertained over three millions guests over 30 years. Who would have thought that a horror themed comedy venue would be such a scream. From the moment you arrive the entertainment begins. Be greeted at the door by crazy, wonderful characters who will guide you up the stairs to the Graveyard Cocktail Lounge. You will dine in gothic splendour on the three course dinner punctuated by the crazy antics of the weird waiters and talented performers, as you sink your teeth into a night of comedy, puppetry, magic and illusion. After the show there is dancing, souvenir photographs, shopping and cocktails to top off an unforgettable evening Dracula's Cabaret Restaurant unique combination of comedy skits, carnival style novelty acts, mind-blowing puppetry and Berlin Burlesque all set to slick live music will ensure you have an unforgettable evening. After the show, souvenir photographs, shopping at the Shop of Horrors and cocktails with the cast will complete your evening of entertainment....

Featuring one of the world's largest screens, IMAX Melbourne offers one of the most exciting and immersive cinema experiences on offer. IMAX provides the world's most immersive cinematic experience. The screen spans a massive 32 meters wide and 23 meters high. Visiting IMAX Melbourne goes beyond seeing any movie on the giant screen, the experience envelops you. The screen size combined with the revolutionary projection system and digital surround sound makes a visit to IMAX Melbourne the ultimate movie-going experience....

The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, at the World Heritage Listed Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, is set to return with an explosion of colour and design and after 20 years still remains the biggest annual flower and garden show in the Southern Hemisphere! The show will see the creativity and passion of Australia's top floral and landscape designers delivered in stunning displays as well as a strong environmental message for gardening in this climate. Coupled with an extensive array of garden and floral retail products from rare and unusual plants to your old favourites, gardening tools to outdoor furniture, water tanks to floral art plus many new and innovative idea's for your garden, as well as great food and entertainment for the whole family, this is certainly a 'must see' event for all ages. For more information about the show, including ticket information, please visit the Melbourne International Flower and Garden show website....