Melbourne, the coastal capital of Victoria, Australia is a city brimming with cheerful wanderers walking down the streets lit in joyful splendour. The city is also a major tourist attraction and offers a bundle of activities for the occasional visitor. It is also a geek’s paradise with everything from Star Wars to Harry Potter in comic and collectable stores. What else does Melbourne have in store for the geek at heart?
Pick Up Your Favourite Comic
Visit the city’s most innovative comic bookstore during your stay in Melbourne. City attractions are not the only treat it offers. A 4-minute ride or a 15-minute walk from Avani Melbourne Central Residences, explore the city as you take an evening stroll from your lodging to two floors of new and old issues of paperback and graphic novels of some major comics known.
Visit the Magical World of Harry Potter
No matter the age, you are never too grown-up for Harry Potter and his wizarding world. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child offers an out-of-the-world experience in a dazzling Broadway production that can be watched at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne. The events of the play take place years after Harry’s adventures in Hogwarts and allow fans to travel away into a world of wands and spells once again.
A Dose of Classical Movies
Fancy a show of classic cult movies? Visit the Astor Theatre for a nostalgic session of movie marathons with your travel partner. Melbourne outdoes itself time and time again to be one that welcomes all types of people. Some of the regular marathons at the Astor Theatre are the Harry Potter movies, special seasons that are dedicated to various directors and limited releases.
Escape Room
Melbourne also invites its geek community to put their brains to work. Melbourne’s range of Escape Rooms is catered for those who seek excitement-filled adventure while exercising their minds for answers for escape methods. Escape Room Melbourne tops the list with its surreal experience of a magic emporium, mine escape and much more.