Retirement Villages in Victoria – Peek Inside our Famous Buildings

Posted on May 27, 2013 By Deborah Cooke

Retirement Villages in Victoria – Want to take a peek in some of our most famous buildings?

A great idea for retirement villages in Victoria organising an outing in their retirement villages bus, is to attend this year’s Open House Melbourne event.

The Block Arcade, Melbourne

This annual event, which was first held in 2008, is organised by a not for profit association. It gives people the chance to access some of the city’s most interesting buildings. And best of all, it’s free!

The dates for this year’s event are 27 and 28 July 2013. So, there’s plenty of time to organise a group from your respective retirement villages. Head into Melbourne and discover some of the city’s most architecturally interesting buildings for yourselves.

This year’s list of buildings is yet to be announced. At last year’s event, 100 buildings opened their doors to visitors (see a list of some of them below). This year, they’re promising us 111 buildings to choose from.

The Open House Melbourne website is yet to be updated for the 2013 event. However, a May launch of the up to date version of the website is promised. You can find the website at www.openhousemelbourne.org.

Alternatively, the website allows you to enter your name and email address. They will then email you with up to date information as it comes to hand.

Last year’s website listed each building individually. A link provided information on when and how to access the building. Information included public transport information and details on:

which part of the building was open to visitors, and
whether tours departed at certain times or were self-guided.

Other details available were the name of the building’s architect and the year the building was built.

Retirement villages in Victoria organising bus trips and social events

Retirement villages in Victoria provide residents with a fantastic opportunity to meet and socialise. People of a similar age, and with similar interests, can attend such events with newly found friends.

The Retirement Community Noticeboard is a fantastic place to get easy access to information on such events. Retirement villages in Victoria organising bus trips should search our new blog category, Retirement Village Bus Trips, for more ideas on outings.

Buildings that were opened in 2012:

131 – 141 Queen Street.
32 Kerr Street Apartments.
Artplay.
Arts Centre Melbourne – Hamer Hall, Theatres Building and Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
Australian Tapestry Workshop.
Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership.
Block Arcade.
Central Pier Docklands.
City of Melbourne – Art & Heritage Collection.
City of Melbourne Bowls Club – Flagstaff Gardens.
Commonwealth Law Courts.
Convesso Concavo.
Council House 2 – CH2.
Denmark House.
DesignInc.
Digital Harbour – 1010 LaTrobe & Innovation Building.
Edgewater Towers.
Esplanade Vaults, St Kilda.
Federation Square.
Fitzroy High School.
FMSA Architecture.
Forte.
Gardens House.
Goods Shed North.
Grainger Museum.
Green Building.
Hellenic Museum.
Hive Graffiti Apartments.
HOUSE House.
InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto.
JA Substation.
John Wardle Architects & Spacecraft Studio.
Kangan Institute Automotive Centre of Excellence.
La Trobe’s Cottage.
Little Black Number.
Lyons Office.
Malthouse Theatre.
Manchester Unity Building.
Melbourne City Baths.
Melbourne City Synagogue.
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Melbourne General Cemetery.
Melbourne Recital Centre.
Melbourne Town Hall and Offices.
Mission to Seafarers.
Myer Mural Hall.
National Gallery of Victoria.
Newman College.
No 1 Spring Street.
Old Treasury Building.
Orica House.
Palais Theatre.
Parliament House.
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School.
Peter Mac Cancer Research Laboratories.
Peter Mac Radiation Therapy Bunkers.
Phillips Shirts.
Port of Melbourne – Boat Tours.
Portable Iron Houses.
Princes Pier.
Queen Victoria Women’s Centre.
Rendezvous Grand Hotel.
RMIT Building 113 – Capitol Theatre.
Rod Laver Arena.
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Royal Botanic Gardens – Melbourne Observatory and Plant Craft Cottage.
Royal Children’s Hospital.
Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
Royal Melbourne Hospital Tunnels and Towers.
Russell Place Substation.
Scots Church and Assembly Hall.
Shrine of Remembrance.
South Melbourne Town Hall.
St Michael’s Church.
St Paul’s Cathedral.
St Peter’s Eastern Hill.
State Library of Victoria.
Supreme Court of Victoria.
Tasma Terrace.
Tattoo House.
The Hotel Windsor.
The Johnston Collection – Fairhall House Museum.
The Melbourne Athenaeum.
The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists.
The University of Melbourne Boat House.
Treasury Reserve Walking Tour.
Triptych.
University of Melbourne – Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology, Melbourne Brain Centre, University House and Wilson Hall.
Urban Workshop.
Victoria Law School – Former Land Titles Office and Former Public Records Office.
Victoria Police Mounted Branch.
Victorian Trades Hall.
Wesley Uniting Church.