Ready your finest gore, the only official and annual Melbourne Zombie Shuffle is back for our 11th year running! Check out our event page for more info and our photos for the route
For any new kids on the block, here's the guidelines to keep the Melbourne Zombie Shuffle a safe and successful event.
1. GET YOUR ZOMBIE ON: It's the Melbourne ZOMBIE Shuffle, not the Melbourne Witches, Wizards, Were
wolves and Warner Bros Character's Shuffle. Let's be a undead horde of Zombies for a day, we're not trekking to Mordor to destroy a magical ring.
2. We might all be undead, but we also pride ourselves on running an event that is enjoyable for all. Violence, destruction of property, and general toolishness will NOT be tolerated. If you are going to stage a 'zombie attack', make sure you've cleared it with your "victim" beforehand.
2.a. Yes, this may seem like an odd request given the nature of the event, but keep realistic weapons, water pistols, water bombs etc to a minimum - in fact, we'd prefer it if you didn't bring them at all. The Melbourne Zombie Shuffle operates with the cooperation of Victoria Police, so we don't want that thrown into jeopardy by the actions of a few nongs who think they're in an Eli Roth film, thanks.
3. RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. Keep your blood and guts to yourself (or other consenting zombies). No splattering passersby, no glooping people's shops, shopfronts or stock, no scaring children, old people or animals. This is of utmost importance.
4. OBEY THE ROAD RULES. We don't want you to get killed again; keep the horde to the sidewalks, cross on the green man, don't block traffic, etc. If the Police or Zombie Wardens tell you to stop doing something, THEN STOP DOING IT.
5. This is the most important rule of all - get into it! Don't stand around worrying if your blood looks real enough, or feeling awkward - embrace your inner undead! Have you ever seen a zombie walk or strut?
6. CAMERA SHY? We all love having photographers capture our costumes on the day, and some of us will oblige a selfie or two. Please move to the side of the footpath if stopping for photos. If you're a photographer please respect participants, if they say no to a photo with you don't hold them up and try not to block the footpath, a bottle necked horde of zombies is all fun and games until someone bites a photographer.
7. Just wanted to make sure you were paying attention.
