
What we’re about
Gay Melbourne is a social group incorporating various outdoor and indoor activities including hiking, walking, cycle, tours, dinners, game nights and outdoor excursions for the Melbourne LGBTIQA+ community. Our aim is to provide a safe, friendly, diverse social environment for gay singles and couples to meet, socialise and make new friends. First timers are very welcome, Gay Melbourne is intended for all ages and backgrounds, providing a non-judgmental, no attitude community space. We are always on the lookout for leaders and those who wish to run events or have ideas for such events. With over 3000 members, it's the members who make this space happen!
Upcoming events
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2026 New Year's Day Picnic at Burnley Gardens
Location not specified yetTo BOOK you must GET a FREE TICKET from the Nomads website by following: https://thq.fyi/se/98fd2111eff3. Click on Get Tickets.
Note: An RSVP on Meetup is NOT a booking.
Please visit the Nomads website for full and early details of events.
Enjoy a leisurely picnic and explore one of Inner Melbourne's historic treasures, Burnley Gardens, located in the traditional country of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People.
GRADE | LENGTH | TYPE: Grade 1: Easy - picnic together with a short walk to explore the extensive range of flora in the Gardens (graded according to the AWTGS: Australian Walking Tracks Grading System).
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: The Burnley Gardens are a great escape for inner Melbourne, even though they are little-known and difficult to find. Open to the public 24/7, they are tucked away within the heritage buildings of the Melbourne University campus on a remote bend in the Yarra and accessed via Yarra Boulevard. Created in 1863 for horticultural research and teaching, they contain more than 1000 species of plants and have some of the inner city’s oldest trees.
Now part of the University of Melbourne since 1997, much of the late 19th-century form of the Gardens remains, though with extensive additional building, including a rockery by Ellis Stone, a new stream and pond system by Robert Boyle in the native garden, and a courtyard by Steve Mullany, a Californian landscape designer.
NOTE: this is an uneven and hilly area plus has gravel / dirt based paths, thus "stilettos" or similar footwear are not suitable - LOL. The Park is dog friendly.
BOOKING: By Wednesday 31st December.
To BOOK you must GET a FREE TICKET from the Nomads website by following: https://thq.fyi/se/98fd2111eff3. Click on Get Tickets.
Note: An RSVP on Meetup is NOT a booking.3 attendees
January Social Night - Charles Dickens Tavern
Location not specified yetTo BOOK you must GET a FREE TICKET from the Nomads website by following: https://thq.fyi/se/b5388bbe137e. Click on Get Tickets.
Note: An RSVP on Meetup is NOT a booking.
Please visit the Nomads website for full and early details of events.
Our regular monthly social night - this month at The Charles Dickens Tavern, downstairs at 290 Collins St, Melbourne.
GRADE: Social.
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: Join us for our monthly social evening where members can enjoy a meal, compare notes on Christmas and New Year's activities and float ideas on events they would like to see run. Do you want to see more of a particular activity, or do you have a particularly favourite area of Victoria you would like to share with others? Do you have an idea for a walk we haven't done before? If so, we'd love to hear from you. Everyone is welcome – new members are especially invited to any of the monthly Nomads social evenings.
See The Charles Dickens Tavern website for more details, including their menu.
BOOKING: By Sunday 4th January.
To BOOK you must GET a FREE TICKET from the Nomads website by following: https://thq.fyi/se/b5388bbe137e. Click on Get Tickets.
Note: An RSVP on Meetup is NOT a booking.2 attendees
February Social Night - Arcadia Hotel
Location not specified yetTo BOOK you must GET a FREE TICKET from the Nomads website by following: https://thq.fyi/se/05b4ac80ee7f. Click on Get Tickets.
Note: An RSVP on Meetup is NOT a booking.
Please visit the Nomads website for full and early details of events.
Our regular monthly social night - this month at the Arcadia Hotel.
GRADE: Social.
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: The Nomads hold a social night each month, where members and guests can enjoy a meal, talk about upcoming events, compare notes on past activities and float ideas on events they would like to see run. Do you want to see more of a particular activity, or do you have a particularly favourite area of Victoria you would like to share with others? Do you have an idea for a walk we haven't done before? If so, we'd love to hear from you. Everyone is welcome – you don't have to volunteer for an activity. New members are especially invited to any of the monthly Nomads social evenings.
The Arcadia Hotel has an extensive menu offering a range of pizzas and bar snacks, popular pub classics, healthy salads and weekly specials - Tuesday is $16 parma night (including vegetarian parmas).
BOOKING: By Sunday 1st February.
To BOOK you must GET a FREE TICKET from the Nomads website by following: https://thq.fyi/se/05b4ac80ee7f. Click on Get Tickets.
Note: An RSVP on Meetup is NOT a booking.1 attendee
Past events
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