The Treasury Gardens are at the eastern end of Flinders St where the Melbourne City Circle tram turns north into Spring St. The Old Treasury Building is just up the road.
In the Bourke St area close to the Parliament House are a number of cafes and restaurants where you may want brief respite from your Melbourne sightseeing tour. Stop for morning tea, or just a breather, before going farther north on Spring St to the Carlton Gardens where you will find the new Melbourne Museum which was completed in 2000.
You may also want to visit the adjacent World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building.
If you go back to the Melbourne City Circle tram line, you can turn west into LaTrobe St where you will find the State Library. The Old Royal Mint is a few blocks farther west close to Flagstaff Station which fronts the Flagstaff Gardens.
Detour to the market
If you wish you can alight here from your tram and walk north on your Melbourne sightseeing tour through Peel St (or buy a ticket and get on the Peel St tram) to the Queen Victoria Market for some shopping. Or you can take a guided tour. Back to La Trobe St later, and then it’s south through Spencer St and the Southern Cross Station (formerly Spencer St Station).
You may want to alight from the tram at this station and walk east on Collins St until just beyond King St for a bird’s-eye view of the city of Melbourne from the Rialto Towers Observation Deck.
From there you can backtrack to Spencer St and board the tram again or walk along Collins St, back to Southern Cross Station or turn north into the heart of the city centre.
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