With an undying passion for food, music and art, Melbourne celebrates every day of every year! No matter what time one visit in, it is always quivering with entertainment and colourful jamborees to offer fun galore. And August is no exception! The time is, by all odds, ripe for taking flights for holidays in Melbourne and wallowing in its perennial festive fervour. Here’s why!
Melbourne Day
It is the Melbourne’s birthday! On August 30, the latter-day’s dazzling city was founded when colonists set down on the bank of Yarra River in 1835. On this day Melbourne takes a new form with hundreds of jovial events to cater all and sundry. Most of the pubs, hotels, cafes, restaurants and city attractions go the extra mile and offer special discounts to the locals and tourists. Britons are often found to be a part of mad scramble to book flights to Melbourne from London for this popular affair. They strive hard just to behold the wonderful carnivals dappling the city with multihued hues. Some of the prominent baits include Flag Raising Ceremony, the Lord Mayor’s Melbourne Day Oration and week-long activities.
Melbourne Writers Festival
The two week literary festival, Melbourne Writer Festival is one of the most popular events in Melbourne, enticing global travellers to look for cheap deals on flights to this Australian city. Running from August to September, it showcases works of eminent writers and thought-provoking insights of creative thinkers. A good number of graphic novelists, fiction and non-fiction writers, journalists, biographers, poets and artists from across the globe take flights to this Aussie metropolis for witnessing the grand occasion. In addition, the festival hosts an array of performances by international musicians and artists. Then there are reading sessions and workshops to amuse the little ones and families. All in all, Melbourne Writers Festival truly rewards the bibliophiles and all creative types who visit the city during this time.
