Today, help those sleeping rough
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It's Melbourne Day
Come, help us raise the flag
Fill your heart with pride
Feel the pride at today's official flag-raising ceremony at Enterprize Park.
Join city councillors, Junior Lord Mayor Sienna Koop, civic leaders and special guests as we salute the flag at 11am.
The event will be live on radio 3AW, with the station holding a special Melbourne Day outside broadcast of the Neil Mitchell Morning program from 8.30am to noon.
- Welcome to Country by highly acclaimed Aboriginal artist Stan "Yarramunua" Dryden.
- Hear the big sound of much-loved Victoria Police Pipe Band.
- Meet Melbourne's "first settlers" - the Enterprize re-enactment crew in period costume, including Gilbert, the Tassie tabby, our city's first cat.
- Hear our roving town crier in full voice.
- And more!
Enterprize Park, on the north bank of the Yarra River at the bottom of William St, is where the first Europeans landed on 30 August 1835 to start the first permanent settlement of Melbourne.
Today, help those sleeping rough
Buy a Mighty Melbourne burger today and Grill'd will donate one to those sleeping rough in our community. One for one, on Melbourne Day.
Grill’d is partnering with Melbourne City Mission, the Salvos and St Vincent de Paul by ‘paying it forward’.
Every Mighty Melbourne Burger sold will be paid forward and Grill’d will shut the doors of its Southern Cross Station restaurant, inviting those sleeping rough to come in for dinner.
How we celebrated: Melbourne Day concert and family festival
Rocking Melbourne 182: Absolutely '80s headliners Brian Mannix (Uncanny X-Men), Ally Fowler (The Chantoozies) and Scott Carne (Kids in the Kitchen) shook Docklands' pylons and rattled windows.
It's Our Day: Performer Peta Evans-Taylor was a crowd favorite on stage.
Family festival: Roving performers, face painting and Vicky the Truck kept kids of all ages entertained.
What rain? The weather cleared and the Enterprize lowered her gangplank for free tours (top left), cupcakes stole the show, the crowd sang "Happy Birthday, Melbourne" (bottom left) and pets pleaded: "C'mon, gimme a cupcake, woof!"
We rocked, Melbourne: Brian Mannix in full flight, Junior Lord Mayor Sienna Koop, Stan Dryden Jnr with indigenous art and the Enterprize Re-enactment Crew.
It's Melbourne Day week
See the other events
- Lord Mayor's Melbourne Day Oration and cocktail soiree
- Attend a lecture and book launch: The Making of Marvellous Melbourne
- View the Standing on the Corner exhibition
- Attend the SHE Talks: "My Big Idea"
- And more!
Travel safely to Melbourne Day events with Metro Trains
We could list 182 reasons to catch a train to Melbourne Day events. But you get the idea.
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