Aquarium
Melbourne Aquarium
🇦🇺 Australia
🐠 Aquarium, Australia 121 spp. present
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is a Southern Ocean and Antarctic aquarium in central Melbourne, Australia. It is located on the banks of the Yarra River beside and under the Flinders Street Viaduct and the King Street Bridge. The attraction is a Sea Life Centre owned by Merlin Entertainments. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
37.821° S 144.958° E
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
121
speciesOpened
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Size
Small
Visit
Opening hours
Mon–Fri · 10:00–17:30Sat–Sun · 9:30–18:00
Getting there
- Address
- King Street
What visitors say
🐠 Animals in captivity
LC
Gentoo Penguin
Pygoscelis papua
Port Jackson Shark
Heterodontus portusjacksoni
LC
Green Tree Python
Morelia viridis
Before you go
Where is Melbourne Aquarium?
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne Aquarium is an aquarium in Melbourne, Australia, at King Street. Its coordinates are 37.821° S, 144.958° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Great Otway National Park, about 136 km away.
What animals can you see at Melbourne Aquarium?
121 species
Citizen-science photos record 121 species at Melbourne Aquarium, including King Penguin, Shingleback Lizard, Gentoo Penguin, Port Jackson Shark and Green Tree Python. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Melbourne Aquarium in the wild?
Shingleback Lizard: Grampians National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Melbourne Aquarium also live in the parks and cities we cover: Shingleback Lizard (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Grampians National Park), Saltwater Crocodile (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Daintree National Park) and Short-tail Stingray (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Rottnest Island).
When is Melbourne Aquarium open?
Mon–Fri · 10:00–17:30
According to its open map listing, Melbourne Aquarium is open Mon–Fri · 10:00–17:30; Sat–Sun · 9:30–18:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Melbourne Aquarium open and how big is it?
1.0 ha
Melbourne Aquarium, an aquarium in Melbourne, Australia, covers about 1.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 121 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)