Melbhenge – Melbourne Stonehenge

Melbourne’s skyscrapers, like Manhattan’s, create an artificial Stonehenge effect when the sun rises and sets.

Melbourne is laid out in a grid, like Manhattan, which is why the phenomenon occurs in a spectacular way in February and November.

You can also see a ‘Henge’ display in other grid cities, like Toronto and Chicago.

Twice a year, in February and November, in Melbourne, the sun rises or sets in alignment with the east-west corridors of the CBD grid.

When To See Melbourne Henge

Apart from February and November, the original two Solstices and the two Equinox days, are the best times if you want to align with the real Stonehenge.

That’s when the English gather the way their ancestors did, at key moments in the Sun-Moon calendar year.

Indigenous Australians in Victoria had the original ‘Henge’ monument to mark the Sun-Moon calendar at a place called Wurdi Youang near Little River. It’s an egg-shaped stone arrangement in the ground even older than Stonehenge.

Where To See Melbourne Henge

Spring Street is your best bet for viewing the sun rise or set on Collins, Bourke and Lonsdale Streets. The steps of Parliament House or the Treasury are also good.

If you book a high-rise balcony apartment (like the Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne on Flinders Street) you will have a direct view.

Watch the video by Julian O’Shea here

Watch a documentary on Stonehenge with astrologers here