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Melbourne photos
Melbourne is the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.7 million. It is the capital of the Australian state Victoria.
Melbourne has been called twice "The world most liveable city" in a survey by "The Economist" on the basis of its climate, cost of living, culture, crime rates, health care etc.
Melbourne is home to Australia's three largest corporations, Telstra, BHP Billiton and the National Australia Bank and the majority of companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Melbourne is home to some of Australia's biggest sports events including: the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, the Australian Tennis Open, the Melbourne Cup horse races, and the AFL Grand Final. Melbourne hosted Olympic Games in 1956, as well as the 2006 Commonwealth Games. |
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Melbourne Southbank | 
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Melbourne Docklands |
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| Melbourne is a very fast growing city. Below are photos of many new landmarks appeared in the last few years, including:
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Melbourne Federation Square | 
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Melbourne Crown Casino | 
Fireball at Melbourne Crown Casino | 
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Melbourne sightseeing. |
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Melbourne Flinders Street Staion | 
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| Things to see and do in Melbourne:
- Have a walk along Southbank,
see the biggest Australian casino and huge fireballs every
hour after dusk. Here you can find restaurants and snobbish
boutiques.
- Do some shopping and have dinner in
a restaurant on one of the following streets:
- Lygon street (Italian cuisine)
- Brunswick street (Exotic cuisine, lots
of kooky and kinky people)
- Victoria Street (Asian cuisine - China,
Vietnam, Malaysia)
- Chapel street, South Yarra (see the young
guys with their hot cars)
- Ackland street (young precinct, more of
the kooky and kinky types, lots of things happen on
Friday and Saturday nights.
- Not far from Ackland Street there is the famous
Saint Kilda Beach, where no one swims (except Russians and
Poles) but everyone is walking, jogging, skating and biking.
- Go shopping in the city around the pedestrian
mall on Bourke street, and maybe in Chadstone shopping centre.
Check out some bargains in the colorful Queen
Victoria Market
- Visit the Rialto
Towers observation deck to see the whole of Melbourne
- Escape to the Old
Melbourne Gaol, you can also book a night visit by candle
light
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Melbourne Central | 
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Around Melbourne you can:
- Have a trip on the real Puffing Billy steam
train along the beautiful railway in the bush
- Have a look at the XIX century gold rush town
- Sovereign
Hill
- On Phillip Island you can feed kangaroos
and emus
(the last attraction is pretty scary). After dusk on Phillip
Island you can see the parade of thousands of little fairy
penguins
- Have fun on the challanging curves of the Great
Ocean Road, and visit the famous Twelve
Apostles rocks. It is better if you would have at least
3-4 hours to walk on other
rocks in Port Campbell National Park, it's really worth
it!
I also recommend you see museums
and galleries in Melbourne, and check out pictures of
the ocean and beaches around
Melbourne.
If you like animals you can visit one of three Zoos (Melbourne
Zoo, Healsville
Sanctuary and Werribee Zoo) as well as Melbourne
Aquarium. For more details please refer to "Australian
animals" section. |
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