It's Melbourne's birthday on 30 August. Melbourne Day, as it's known, is officially acknowledged with a flag-raising ceremony, when the Melbourne flag (featuring a fleece, a bull, a ship and a whale; representing wool, tallow and oil - the chief exports - and the means by which they were transported) gets hoisted aloft at Enterprize Park. This little-known patch of park (opposite the Immigration Museum) was where Batman moored his Enterprize. (Geddit.)

You could just pay your city a compliment on its birthday. Adore the way the sunlight filters through its elm trees on St Kilda Rd. Wink at Chloe. Walk through the gates in Chinatown. Skip pebbles on the Yarra. Watch the Forum's gargoyles watching you. Find a laneway commission. Buy a bag of barbecued chestnuts from a street vendor. Listen to a busker. Spend an hour at Degraves with a coffee. Talk about the weather...