What’s open on Anzac Day 2019 in Melbourne

After heading to the Anzac Day dawn service, you might be wondering what to do next. Here’s our guide to what’s open, where to eat and what to do in Melbourne.

After attending the Anzac Day march and dawn service at the Shrine of Remembrance, you may be wondering what to do for the rest of your day.

Here’s our guide to what’s open in Melbourne on Anzac Day.

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Melbourne Anzac Day Dawn Service

6am at the Shrine of Remembrance

Victorian RSL Dawn Services

Apollo Bay: 5:45am at Apollo Bay War Memorial

Bacchus Marsh: 5:45am at Village Green

Ballan: 6am at McLean Reserve

Beechworth: 6am at Cenotaph Town Hall Gardens

Bendigo: 6am at SMI Pall Mall

Camberwell: 6am at Memorial Lawn

Clayton: 6am at Cenotaph in Remembrance Gardens

Dandenong: 5:45am at Pillars of Freedom

Dromana: 6:15am at Memorial Wall, Peninsula Club

Elmore: 6am at Railway Place

Emerald: 5:30am at Anzac Place

Great Western: 6am at Stawell War Memorial

Horsham: 6.30am at Sawyer Park Cenotaph

Kerang: 6am at Kerang Cenotaph

Korumburra: 5:45am at Coleman Park

Lakes Entrance: 6.00 at tthe Cenotaph on Marine Parade

Mildura: 6am at Henderson Park

Mount Beauty: 7am at Bicentennial Park

Pascoe Vale: 6am in RSL Carpark

Phillip Island: 6am Cowes Cenotaph

Ringwood: 5.30am at Memorial Clocktower

St Arnaud: 6am at Town Hall

Templestowe: 8:30am at Memorial Park

Warragul: 5:30am at the Warragul Cenotaph

Williamstown: 5:45am at the Williamstown Cenotaph

For the full list, visit RSL Victoria.

Supermarket and market opening hours

Coles: Stores open from 1pm.

Woolworths: Stores open from 1pm except Melbourne Central, Bourke St and Collins Square which will be closed.

ALDI: Stores will open with reduced trading hours

IGA: Selected stores will open after 1pm

Queen Victoria Market: Closed

South Melbourne Market: Closed

Preston Market: Closed

Footscray Market: Closed

Post offices

Australia Post has confirmed no post offices will be open on Anzac Day. No mail or parcel deliveries will take place either.

After attending the Anzac Day dawn service and march, visit your local shopping centre. Most open at 1pm on Anzac Day. Picture: David Crosling

Shopping centres opening hours

Most shopping centres open later in the day.

Melbourne Central: Open 10am-9pm

Melbourne Emporium: Open 1pm-6pm

H ighpoint: Open 1pm-9pm

Chadstone: Open 1pm-9pm

Eastland: Open 1pm-5pm

Northland: Open 1pm-9pm

The Glen: Open 1pm-9pm

Westfield Plenty Valley: Open 1pm-9pm

Westfield Geelong: Open 1pm-9pm

Westfield Doncaster: Open 1pm-9pm

Westfield Southland: Open 1pm-9pm

Westfield Fountain Gate: Open 1pm-9pm

Westfield Knox: Open 1pm-9pm

A total of 28 extra train services will get sports fans to and from Essendon v Collingwood.

Public Transport

Buses

More than 50 free buses will transport people along 12 Melbourne routes, including from selected RSL’s to the Shrine of Remembrance for this year’s ANZAC Day Dawn Service.

The free buses will collect passengers along routes starting at Chadstone, Croydon, Dandenong, Doncaster, Essendon, Greensborough, Mitcham, Mordialloc, Templestowe, Thomastown, Wantirna and Williamstown, before dropping them at the Shrine ahead of the 6am ceremony on Thursday 25 April.

People are required to book their seat on one of the wheelchair-accessible buses via the PTV website, with bookings closing at 2pm on Wednesday, 24 April.

Bookings can be made by calling 1800 800 007.

Trams

Extra trams will also run along St Kilda Road.

The City Circle and Route 30 trams will not run until 2pm due to the ANZAC Day parade.

Trains

A total of 28 extra train services will get sports fans to and from Essendon v Collingwood at the MCG and Melbourne Storm v New Zealand Warriors at AAMI Park.

An extra 14 train services will also be provided for those attending Flemington’s annual ANZAC Day races.

Trains, trams and buses will run to a public holiday timetable.

However, each metropolitan train line will provide an early ANZAC Day service to get people into the city for the Dawn Service.

Veterans and War Widows can travel for free in economy class on Victoria’s public transport network on 24, 25 and 26 April to attend ANZAC Day commemoration activities.

Free travel is also extended to Australian Defence Force members, Scouts and Guides and school students on ANZAC Day, Thursday 25 April, provided they are in uniform.

Luna park opens at 1pm on Anzac Day.

Activities

Anzac Day Dawn Service

Shrine of Remembrance, 6am

Head here for full list of RSL sub branch activities.

Anzac Day Parade in the City

Federation Square, Swanston Street and Flinders Street, 7:30am

Anzac Day Clash

MCG, 3:20pm

Anzac Day Mt Macedon

Mt Macedon Memorial Cross, 5:45pm

Anzac Day at the Waterside Hotel

508 Flinders Street CBD, 12pm

Free Pots and Pints at Grosvenor Hotel

10 Brighton Road, St Kilda East, 11am

Attractions

NGV: Open 1pm-5pm

ACMI at Fed Square: Open 10am until late

Eureka Skydeck: Open 10am-10pm

Melbourne Museum: Open 10am-5pm

Luna Park: Open 1pm-11pm

Melbourne Star Observation Wheel: Open 1pm-10pm

Melbourne Zoo: Always Open

Royal Botanical Gardens: Open 9:30am-5pm

Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium: Open 10am-5:30pm

State Library of Victoria: Open 10am-6pm

Old Melbourne Gaol: Open 9:30-5pm

Restaurants

48h Pizza e Gnocchi Bar South Yarra

373 Malvern Road, South Yarra

Open 5pm–10pm

Arbory Bar & Eatery

1 Flinders Walk, Melbourne

Open 7am–1am

Bomba

103 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Open 3pm–11pm

HWKR

137 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne

Open 1pm–10pm

Moby

1150 High Street, Armadale

7.30am–2pm

One for the Crow

9 Commercial Street, Maidstone

8am–3pm

Stanley

63 Stanley Avenue, Mount Waverley

7.30am–4pm

T he Incubator
414 Smith Street, Collingwood

3pm–9pm

Tipico

242 High Street, Windsor

5pm–10pm