The East Melbourne Leafy Gardens and Evening Wander - 1.5 Hours + Easy

🌿 Eat Drink Dance Melbourne: The East Melbourne Garden Wander & Post Valentine De-Brief 🌿

When:Wednesday 18 February
Meet: 6:00pm
Start: 6:15pm sharp-ish (we respect punctuality… but only in theory)
Meeting point: Corner of the Old Treasury Building & Treasury Gardens, Spring St
Duration: ~1.5 hours
Finish: Transport Bar at Fed Square or one of the floating Yarra bars for drinks & dinner
Vibe: Flirty, leafy, semi‑exploratory chaos with excellent company

💘 The Mission (Should You Choose Your Own Adventure)
This is not a normal walk.
This is a choose‑your‑own‑romantic‑comedy‑opening‑scene kind of walk.

We’ll drift through:

• The Treasury Gardens (soft lighting, perfect for accidental eye contact)
• The Fitzroy Gardens (where half the trees look like they’ve seen things)
• The gorgeous old terraces of East Melbourne (heritage architecture judging our life choices)
• A pilgrimage to the MCG parklands (Aussie sacred ground, where legends are made and we pretend we know stats)
• Then somehow — through charm, improvisation, and mild navigational chaos — we’ll find our way to the Yarra
• And wander back via Birrarung Marr, glowing in the evening light like a group of very wholesome troublemakers

The route is semi‑planned, which is a polite way of saying:
Mark is making it up on the go,

🐾 Pets Welcome
Dogs and cats are absolutely invited to frillick (yes, frillick) with us.
If your cat walks on a leash, they automatically become the main character.

🍸 The After‑Party
We’ll wrap up at Transport Bar or one of the floating Yarra bars for:

• Drinks
• Dinner
• Flirtation
• Debriefing about which tree was the prettiest
• And possibly scouting for a last‑chance Valentine in case the 14th was a dud.

✨ The Vibe
Think:

• Playful
• Social
• Lightly romantic
• A little mischievous
• And very Eat Drink Dance Melbourne

Bring:

• Comfortable shoes
• A sense of humour
• Someone you’d like to “accidentally” walk next to
• Or just yourself — the group energy will do the rest

⏰ Timing & Rules (or lack thereof)
This is a social wander, not a Swiss train.
We’ll aim to start at 6:15pm, but let’s be honest — we’re a group of charming chaos gremlins and it might drift a little.
Leave whenever you like. Stay for the whole thing.
Disappear mysteriously halfway through like a romantic subplot.
It’s all good.

🚫 No Rules, No Pressure
This is one of the rare small-group events where I’m not enforcing any attendance rules.
No-shows won’t be banished.
Late arrivals won’t be judged but we may not be there when you get there.
Ghosting is allowed (but only if it’s stylish).

As the Nirvana song goes:
Come as you are.
Come along — or don’t.
We’ll be wandering and frolicking either way.