MELBOURNE will have a distinctly royal flavour tomorrow, when the Queen arrives in town.
Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh will start their public tour of Melbourne at 12.30pm.
Their walk will start from the Ian Potter Centre through Federation Square, and they will then board the Royal Tram.
The tram will travel south down Swanston St to Government House Drive.
The Queen and the Duke will then transfer to a car to make their way to Government House for a state reception.
Public viewing access will be at Federation Square, along the eastern side of Swanston St and the eastern side of Government House Drive.
The Royal Tram will run on Melbourne’s networks for a year after the Queen’s visit.
“Melburnians have always been proud of our tram network and the Queen’s tram ride in Melbourne will add to its rich history,” Premier Ted Baillieu said.
While there have been reports of Occupy Melbourne protesters disrupting the visit, their intentions will not be known until this evening.
The group claims on their Facebook page the Queen has never been discussed in its general assemblies.
But minutes posted on its website show her visit came up in discussion in its fourth and seventh meetings.
“Mitch (affiliated with Socialist Alliance, Resistance, Refugee Action Group, Climate Action…) proposed that we occupy a space before the Queen comes to Melbourne,” state minutes from the seventh meeting.
Group members did not reach a decision, but it is expected they will come up with one tonight.
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