Parks
Docklands Park at Victoria Harbour is a superbly landscaped city park offering free barbeque facilities, stunning public art and the amazing, interactive Play Journey.
Docklands Park is an ideal destination for families or for a relaxing break with a picnic and a book.
Point Park at Yarra’s Edge provides a natural oasis between the cityscape and the waterfront, offering picnic and barbeque facilities in peaceful surrounds.
Docklands Community Garden
The Docklands Community Garden is a great place for people to literally get their hands dirty pottering in the garden, as well as a leafy place to catch up with mates over a barbeque.
There are lemon and lime trees taking root, a communal barbeque, a rosemary grove, vegetable patches, plus barrels for herbs and other edibles. The garden makes great use of timbers and materials that have been salvaged from other areas during the Docklands development project.
For more information, go to The Hub @ Docklands or visit the garden any time at Geographe Street, nestled between Collins Street and Bourke Street.
Public art and galleries
By day and night, Docklands’ spectacular, large scale urban artworks will dazzle and intrigue. More than 25 public pieces to view around the area, with many developed especially to complement or even interact with Docklands’ waterfront setting.
Works range in style and content from contemporary abstract works to those created to capture and reflect the area’s rich and colourful maritime history. Take a public art walk around Docklands.
Architectural innovation and design
Docklands is the city’s new waterfront precinct, built on the former site of an industrial port. The precinct is being redeveloped in stages, and is expected to be completed in 2020.
Today, Docklands boasts a wealth of new design discoveries, starting with Southern Cross Station on Spencer Street, with its unique sculptured rooftop.
Docklands features some award-winning building designs, including some that have been created through partnerships between artists and architects.
Architecture of note includes:
- Tower 5 at Yarra’s Edge (2000) Wood Marsh Architects. This award-winning apartment tower features a diamond-shaped exterior and bronze torso.
- Webb Bridge (2003) Robert Owen, Denton Corker Marshall. The bridge creates a meandering thoroughfare between Yarra’s Edge and Docklands Park.
- ANZ Headquarters (2009) Hassell. Melbourne’s latest five-star green star energy building.
- NAB Headquarters (2005) Bligh Voller Neild. Housing more than 3,600 employees, this building features large open spaces and a sunny atrium in the heart of the building.
- Digital Harbour Port 1010 (2006) Ashton Raggat McDougall. With a striking visual façade, Port 1010 reflects the innovation of Dockland’s Digital Harbour precinct.
More to explore at Docklands