Fitzroy Gardens & Cooks' Cottage
Fitzroy Gardens
A Victorian-style garden east of the CBD, with elm-lined avenues and a glasshouse conservatory, plus the cottage where the parents of Captain Cook once lived, moved here stone by stone from England.
The garden paths are laid out in the pattern of the Union Jack. The elm avenue turns golden in autumn, and the glasshouse changes its displays with the seasons. The garden also features a fairy tree sculpture and a model Tudor village. Cook's Cottage was built in 1755 in Yorkshire, England. In 1934, it was dismantled piece by piece and rebuilt in Melbourne. Tickets to the cottage cost about AU$7, while the gardens are free. It is a five-minute walk from Parliament station and is right next to the MCG and St Patrick's Cathedral.
Opening hours
Gardens all day; cottage 09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
- Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
- Royal Exhibition Building
- Hosier Lane
- Chinatown, Melbourne
- Melbourne Museum
- City Circle Tram (Route 35)
- Flinders Street Station & Federation Square