Location
Melbourne is undoubtedly Australia’s cultural capital. An abundance of arts, sport, cafés, restaurants, amazing shopping, major events and hidden laneways, Melbourne has something for everyone.
The Rotary District 9800 Conference for 2012 will be held right in the heart of Melbourne’s cultural epicentre, the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre at South Wharf. Adjacent to the CBD, Docklands and Melbourne’s Arts Precinct, South Wharf is a short walk from the best in everything that Melbourne has to offer, with surrounding inner suburban adventures like Chapel St, the St Kilda foreshore, Bridge Road, the MCG and National Sporting Museum and Lygon Street, the home of the Rotary Club of Carlton just a short trip away on public transport.
And when it comes to dining, drinks or dancing in the evenings, Melbourne’s nightlife is unsurpassed. Our city by the bay is recognised as one of the world’s great cities for a celebratory night out. Whether that be a romantic evening for two or a boisterous jaunt for an entire Rotary Club, Melbourne has just the choice you’re looking for. The Rotary Club of Carlton invite Rotarians from metropolitan to regional areas to come and sample Melbourne as you never have before – take a holiday and play tourist in your own city and see why Melbourne really is one of the world’s special and most liveable cities.
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) will act as the perfect venue for the plenary sessions and Grand Gala dinner. Able to cater for the largest District Conference ever held in Australia (and possibly the world), the MCEC is able to provide exquisite, world leading catering, as well as environs, convention facilities and a central location that amount to an exclusive experience in an inclusive atmosphere.
Opened in mid 2009, the new Melbourne Convention Centre is the largest, most versatile and most advanced convention and exhibition centre in the Southern Hemisphere. With a '6 Star Green Star' environmental rating, the new Convention Centre houses thirty‐two meeting rooms of various sizes, a grand ballroom and a state‐of‐the‐art plenary hall that can be divided into three self‐contained, acoustically separate theatres, offering unlimited options for event planning.
Fully integrated into the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, the new Convention Centre at full capacity can seat over 5,500 people in its re‐sizeable plenary hall auditoriums, whilst both the Exhibition Centre and the adjacent “old” Convention Centre are both capable of providing banquet space for 2000 plus guests, making for a perfect venue for the traditional gala dinner and dance.
Quite simply you will find no better convention centre in Australia.
Find Out More:
http://www.mcec.com.au/
Melbourne - Our City
There's so much to see and do on the doorstep of our Conference venue.
Some you might know, some you'll be yet to discover!
Whether it's sport, leisure, dining, drinking, art, theatre, music or shopping, Melbourne has something for everyone.
To see just a few ideas on what you can do while visiting the conference, click here to check out the Must Do page.
