White Night, Melbourne 2018

More consistent than previous years. No 'dead areas'. More performers. Excellent crowd control. 

Tip to avoid the crowds and the queuing: 

Arrive in the early hours of the morning. Trains and trams run all night. 

We arrived at 3:40 a.m. (from Parliament Station - closest to Exhibition Building) then headed south on Swanston Street, finishing at N.G.V. and Alexandra Gardens, leaving on 7:00 a.m. train from Flinders Street.

Town Hall, with opera performance from balcony

National Gallery of Victoria

"The Secret Life of Books" projections inside Reading Room, State Library

Retro projections, Forum Theatre

State Library

White Night Melbourne February 20, 2016

Avoid peak time (before 2 a.m.). We arrived at 4:30, left at sunrise (7 a.m.). BYO breakfast in a backpack.

Federation Square, north facade

Rutledge Laneway

State Library

National Gallery of Victoria 

Golden Monkey climbing MelbourneTown Hall

Sunrise by the Yarra River

The dog enjoyed it, too.

How to survive White Night Feb 21-22, 2015 Melbourne, Australia

Forum Theatre, Alice in Wonderland theme

1. Take public transport (the trains run all night).
2. Avoid the crush, arrive late (we took the 3 a.m. train so we had several hours of sleep beforehand and took the 5:30 train home, for a sunrise snooze). The crowds had died down considerably.
3. Take the dog (he got his morning walk a bit earlier than usual)
4. Take a water bottle.
5. Cycle in, if you live inner city. Bike racks everywhere.
   
   
   
   

   

   Flinders Street Station 5 a.m. - less crowds

   
   

   

   Hamer Hall meets "Mars Attacks!"

   
   
   

   

   State Library 4 a.m.