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At weekends Melbournians as well as tourists arrive at Fitzroy and Acland Street to walk, shop, cycle or roller-blade along the palm-fringed foreshore or to sit and relax in an outdoor café with a cup of coffee, or a glass of beer or wine. Don’t want to shop? Never mind, better watch the gliding parade of the stunning and the bizarre, the famous and the infamous. Fitzroy Street is at the core of St Kilda. This is one of Melbourne’s most attractive eating and drinking streets with all cool cafes, elegant restaurants and attractive bars. There is also Acland Street Precinct – a hive of babble and outlook, a food-lover’s corner, wine bars and world-famous patisseries. Find here an eclectic selection of free music and bookstores amid the retail passions of bric-a-brac shoppers and retro fashion dressers. St Kilda has a glorious history behind. Many backpackers, guests and Melbournians still throng at Carnival St Kilda to experience its international cafes, Sunday bazaar, cake shops, beaches, pubs, historic buildings and characters. Acland Street relishes huge popularity as a leisure area, mainly due to its several restaurants and its propinquity to the amusement areas along St Kilda beach. This street is named after Sir Thomas Acland who was the owner of the yacht Lady of St Kilda, after which the town of St Kilda is named. This was one of the first streets laid out when St Kilda was surveyed in 1842. The northwestern end of the road is mostly inhabited, and portrays many excellent houses of the late 19th century. The section of Acland Street between Barkly Street and Carlisle Street is a tram zone where route 96 operates. Acland St. boasted numerous shops and restaurants catering to the Jewish community and providing eastern European cuisine. The well-known cake shops of Acland St. also date from this period. Today Acland St possesses a lot of restaurants serving various cuisines, including Chinese, Indian, Malaysian and Goan. The junction of Acland St and Barkly Street is identified as the Village Belle, after the Village Belle Hotel, which stands on Barkly St. A little far from here is Luna Park, one of Australia's recognized amusement parks, which attracts large crowds during the summer. Here you will also observe one of Melbourne's oldest theatres, The Palais.
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