Melbourne Experience

The Perfect city!!

Advantages: So many things to do..
Disadvantages: Can be too hot.

Well i think this definitely has high competition with Sydney for the No. 1 city in Australia. I think most people worldwide with any sort of sporting knowledge, would agree that big melbourne is the best city for sport in Australia.... hold on... the entire world! The boxing day test match at the MCG with 100,000 other summery christmassy sunscreened aussies. The AFL grand final also at the MCG. Recently hosting the commonwealth games after already ...
...i will, it hosts 1 of the 4 tennis grand slams... the australian open!! However its not all sport sport and more sport. Melbourne also contains the set of Neighbours for which many british and other soap watchers will be most familiar with. The cutural side is also there; with melbourne inhabiting the second largest amount of greeks in the world behind Athens! Also Lygon st is the Italian quarter with soo many italian restaurants to choose from. ...

bigbiglove 18.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of General: Melbourne (Australia)

One of the most livable city in the world

Advantages: Cheap, fair and far away
Disadvantages: On an extremely distant continent

...I will head for the Melbourne Observation Deck. Right in the heart of the city, on a clear day, one can observe the surroundings of Melbourne. It cost around $14 for an adult ticket but if you go to their website at www.melbournedeck.com.au, you could actually print out a voucher that will give you a 15% discount. Or, once you arrive in Melbourne, grab yourself an official vistor guide, there is usually a coupon in the back pages. Give yourself half ...
...Melbourne is a walkable city to visit. But a free tram goes round the city, passing some of the attractions, if not, bringing you closer. I hope, everyone reading this, will visit my city, to experience for yourself what I experience daily. Thank you for the read!xx ...

littlesquirt 15.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Melbourne City Guide

Melbourne , My Favourite City

Advantages: easy to get around plenty to see and do
Disadvantages: not enough time

I love Australia and one of the nices Cities is Melbourne. I fell in love with it on my first visit 30 years ago then in the last year I went over to Melbourne again on a visit and I still got the same type of Buzz which I got all those years earlier. Melbourne is a major centre of Commerce, Indusrt and Cultural Activity. There are a great variety of buildings Victorian as well as Modern. The climate is very similar to ours in the South East of ...
...It is very easy to get around particularly if you are a Tourist. They have a City Tourist Shuttle which takes you around the Top Attractions which you would like to see if you were a visitor. There are 15 stops so you can get on and off them when ever you wanted to. The other plus factor is it will not cost you anything as it is a free service. There are many parks and gardens to visit and the one I like the best is Fitzroy gardens, this is where ...

ruth1957 30.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of General: Melbourne (Australia)

I come from a land downunder

Advantages: Lovely clean city full of welsh people
Disadvantages: My husband taught my son to sing "I come from a land downunder"

I visited Melbourne in July last year so this is basically a review of what I saw and what I thought about it. Firstly my husband, son and I all went to Melbourne Australia last year to visit family, namely my husbands grandmother and grandfather, who emigrated out to Australia from Wales many many years ago. The airport --------------- I actually loved Melbourne airport, you walk down from the plane to emigration (you fill in your visa on the ...
...and sends you down the ramp to collect your luggage, you then walk through customs out to the main termial and the exit. The traffic ------------- What you have to understand about Melbourne is that it's nothing like England, these people live beside highways that are basically four lanes or more. For every right turn on these roads, you have an undertaking lane so that the traffic doesn't get backed up behind the stupid git who wants to turn ...

jakes-mum 19.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of General: Melbourne (Australia)

Brighton Rocks... But Very Quietly!

Advantages: A Beautiful, Beachside Suburb in Melbourne
Disadvantages: Pretty Expensive.

...Melbourne. With Melbourne set to host the 2006 Commonwealth Games in March, it is certain to attract a fair amount of interest over the coming weeks and months. As a Melbourne native, this seemed a timely opportunity to review some of my favourite haunts, restaurants and the like… I feel compelled to begin with Brighton, as I lived there for years & years, and as my parents are still based there it's generally where I stay when visiting from the ...
...a tourist destination outside of Melbourne itself, but it is one of the loveliest parts of the city and well worth a visit. HISTORY: An early British settler, Henry Dendy, who purchased an area of some 5,000 acres in 1841, is generally regarded as Brighton's original founder. By the time of the 'Gold rush', from the 1850's onwards, the area's beaches and natural attractions lead to its emergence as a popular destination for holidaymakers and day-trippers. ...

snowbunni 23.01.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Melbourne City Guide