Annual Free Event on Christmas Day OPEN TO EVERYONE Come and join the Melbourne Social Club for a Melbourne Christmas Picnic Lunch in Queen Victoria Gardens. This will be the 14th year that the Christmas Day Picnic has been run and we expect over 100 people to attend. There will be no snow but a great place to meet others not participating in the traditional family Christmas. Join new friends from the Melbourne Social Club and others from around Melbourne Queen Victoria Gardens is very centrally located in Melbourne and is located opposite the National Gallery of Australia and is close to Flinders Street Railway Station. Please bring your own food/drinks picnic blanket/rug/chair sunscreen hat etc. and outdoor games equipment - like a football to kick cricket bat and tennis ball etc if you wish. Bring food that you can have for yourself or share with others. Public transport is free on this day and uses the Sunday timetable. Stairs that lead to the path that goes through the gardens are located opposite the Arts Centre on St Kilda Road. On the path you will see many trees in a flat grassy area and our location will be directly opposite the National Gallery of Victoria. Look for the Melbourne Social Club / Fun Food and Friendship Banner sign hanging from the tree in the gardens and reply to reminder SMS on the Christmas Day if needed. Please book via the website so that we know that you will be attending some of the day between noon and 3pm and enjoy a Christmas Day picnic lunch in the gardens.