Quality Inn Toorak Manor

The property is conveniently located to Melbourne's finest sporting facilities, private schools and right in the heart of Melbourne's finest shopping and restaurant precincts.
Top Activities
Tram Rides
Tours of Government House
River Cruises
Shopping
Live Entertainment - Melbourne is home to a number of entertainment complexes including the Crown Entertainment Complex, The Melbourne Concert Hall, the Playhouse, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and the State Theatre.
Swanson Street Walk
Williamstown Bay and River Cruises
Alexandra Park. - Walking, cycling and jogging in Alexandra Park.
Dining - Melbourne has many great restaurant precincts with food from practically every nation.
Wineries - Day trips to the wineries in the region surrounding Melbourne.
Day Tours - to famous Penguins and Phillip Island, Puffing Billy, Scenic Great Ocean Road and The Grampians.

Top Attractions
Crown Casino Entertainment Complex, Southbank
Queen Victoria Market - The largest outdoor market in the world Colonial Stadium
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
Rialto Towers Observation Deck - Offers spectacular views from the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere.
Bourke St Mall
Melbourne Central - Houses over 160 stores including restaurants and boutiques.
Melbourne Zoo
Old Melbourne Gaol
IMAX Theatre

More Attractions
State Library of Victoria
Planetarium
Australian Stock Exchange
Chinatown
Melbourne Concert Hall
Parliament House
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Bundoora Park
Royal Botanic Gardens
Alexandra - Queen Victoria Gardens
Yarra and Flinders Park - 56 hectares of parkland, home to Olympic Park, the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the National Tennis Centre.
Batman Park - Located alongside the Yarra River, this park was named after John Batman, Melbourne's cofounder.
Alexandra Park
Kings Domain - 31 hectares of parkland, featuring the Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden, La Trobe's Cottage and a number of statues and sculptures.
Flagstaff Gardens
Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens - Home to Cook's Cottage, J.F. Kennedy memorial, the Conservatory with its floral displays, a model Tudor Village and a dolphin fountain.
Melbourne Park -Home to the Australian Open Tennis Campionships.
Olympic Park - A sports complex with soccer, rugby, basketball, athletics, and concert facilities.
National Gallery of Victoria
Chapungu Gallery - The largest collection of modern sculpture from Zimbabwe ever to be exhibited in Australia.
Westpac Gallery - Features a wide range of exhibitions that change throughout the year.
Potoroo - Fine Craft Gallery
National Philatelic Centre - Contains representations of culture including stamps, film, photography, fine arts, crafts and museum objects.
Museum of Victoria - Features Aboriginal exhibits, dinosaurs, the Children's Museum and touring exhibitions.
Performing Arts Museum - Provides an exciting insight into the world of entertainment.
Polly Woodside Maritime Museum
Museum of Chinese Australian History
Fire Services Museum of Victoria
The Johnston Collection - A museum containing antique furniture, pictures and interesting art objects.
Immigration Museum
Ancient Times House - A permanent display of the Australian Institute of Archaeology.
Rippon Lea House Museum and Historic Garden
COMO Historic House and Garden
Cook's Cottage Latrobe's Cottage
Old Treasury Building
Shrine of Remembrance - Commemorates those persons who served for Australia in the war.
St Francis's Church - The oldest catholic church in Victoria and the original cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.
St Patricks Cathedral - A splendid example of Gothic Revival Architecture.
St John's Southgate - A building integrated architecturally and functionally with the Southgate Complex.
Royal Mint - Contains important collections belonging to the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.

The Arts Centre - The focal point of Melbourne's social and cultural scene. Features include performances of music, drama, ballet and opera.
Victorian Tapestry Workshop - See weavers producing large handwoven tapestries.
St Paul's Cathedral - A gothic style Anglican cathedral containing mosaics, carvings and stained glass.

Toorak is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Stonnington. The suburb is located 6 km south-east of the CBD, on a rise at a bend in the Yarra River. In popular Australian culture, the name Toorak has become synonymous with wealth. The suburb has long had the reputation of being Melbourne's most elite, and ranks among the most prestigious in Australia.


dit] Local History
The suburb was named after Toorak House, a residence built by James Jackson, a merchant in 1849. The word "Toorak" may have come from Aboriginal words of similar pronunciation, meaning black crow or reedy swamp[4].

Toorak House served as the residence of the second Governor of Victoria, Captain Sir Charles Hotham, from 1854 to 1855. Toorak House then served as residence of three successive Governors of Victoria until 1874. Bishopscourt in East Melbourne was then used before the present Government house was occupied in 1876.

Toorak House still stands today in St. Georges Road, and set the architectural tone for the suburb. Toorak House is presently owned by the Church of Sweden abroad. It also houses the Consulate of Sweden. The Swedish Church is open for visitors daily[5].


[edit] Transport
Toorak is serviced by three railway stations, Toorak, Hawksburn and Heyington, and a tramline that runs along Toorak Road.

it] Notable residents
Ted Baillieu – Victorian Liberal Party Leader and Leader of the Opposition (2006-current) was born in Toorak
Zara Bate – fashion designer and wife (later widow) of the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, Harold Holt, had a salon called 'Magg' in Toorak Village
Nathan Buckley – Australian rules footballer [9]
Andrew Demetriou – The Australian Football League CEO.[10]
Lindsay Fox – Australian rules footballer and one of Australia's most successful businessman, primarily through his establishment of the Linfox trucking company.
Malcolm Fraser – Liberal Party politician and 22nd Prime Minister of Australia, born in Toorak
Duncan Gillies – colonial politician, was the 14th Premier of Victoria and member for Toorak from 1897 to 1903
Captain Sir Charles Hotham – the second Governor of Victoria in office from June 1854 to 31 December 1855. Hotham was governor at the time of the Eureka Stockade
Solomon Lew – Australian businessman and one of Australia's richest men lives in Toorak
Peter Lew – Australian businessman from Toorak, son of Solomon Lew, is the managing director of Witchery stores
Eddie McGuire – journalist, sports broadcaster, television game show host, businessman and former chief executive of the Nine Network was a resident of Toorak
Charlie McLeod – Australian cricketer who died in 1918 in Toorak
Daniel Radcliffe – the Harry Potter star's family owns a house in Toorak[11]
Lou Richards – Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood Football Club between 1941 and 1955 is a resident of Toorak
Peter Robb – Australian author was born in the Toorak in 1946
Jack Saunders – Australian cricketer who died in 1927 in Toorak
Tup Scott – Australian cricketer, born in Toorak in 1858, and served as mayor and chief magistrate in Scone, New South Wales
Ziggy Switkowski – former Telstra CEO who once had a Telstra mobile phone microcell installed on his property[12]

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