Visit a Boathouse

Fairfield Boathouse in Melbourne

The Yarra River may be famously muddy, but that doesn’t stop Melbournians from enjoying an outing at the city’s boathouses.

Here you can picnic, go for a row in the Yarra, bushwalk, or — my favorite — sit upstairs with friends and enjoy Devonshire Tea, including highly caloric but ever-so-delicious cream scones with jam.