Melbourne

Melbourne
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Melbourne city centre
A 180 degree panoramic image of Melbourne`s CBD: the Hoddle Grid (left) and Southbank (right), as seen from the Rialto Observation Deck (2008)
Yarra River
Melbourne is widely regarded as the cultural and sporting capital of Australia, which is considered to encompass the comedy, music, art, literature, film and television. It is also listed as a City of Literature by UNESCO
Centre Opera of Melbourne
Eureka Skydeck 88 is a glass cube which projects 3 meters out from the building suspended almost 300 meters above the ground.
Melbourne has a large international student community – and more international students per capita than any city in the world.
Melbourne is home to Australia`s busiest seaport and much of Australia`s automotive industry, which include Ford and Toyota manufacturing facilities, and the engine manufacturing facility of Holden. It is home to many other manufacturing industries, along with being a major business and financial centre
Like many urban environments, Melbourne faces some significant environmental issues, many of them relating to the city`s large urban footprint and urban sprawl and the demand for infrastructure and services
One such issue is water usage, drought and low rainfall
Cigarette butts are a major environmental offender, with many butts ending up in the Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay, where they pollute the water and harm aquatic animals.
The City of Melbourne has high standards for the cleaning of streets, laneways, footpaths and drains. Residential streets are cleaned weekly, and CBD streets and laneways are cleaned at least daily.
More than 300 animal species from Australia and around the world are on view just 4km from the city centre at award-winning Melbourne Zoo. Visitors have the pleasure of viewing wildlife in naturalistic habitats in the Zoo`s brilliant 22 hectare botanic setting (55 acres).
Wild Sea; Melbourne Zoo`s new habitat home to seals, penguins, pelicans and more. Just watch as seals at play in their brand new home.
Australian rules football and Cricket are the most popular sports in Melbourne and also the spiritual home of these two sports in Australia and both are mostly played in the same stadia in the city and its suburbs
Melbourne is home to the three major annual international sporting events in the Australian Open (tennis),Melbourne Cup (horse racing),and the Australian Grand Prix (Formula One).
North Melbourne
Football Club
Melbourne
Football Club

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne retains a significant presence of being a financial centre for Asia-Pacific. Two of the big four banks, NAB and ANZ, are headquartered in Melbourne
Melbourne rated 34th within the top 50 financial cities as surveyed by the Mastercard Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index (2007), between Barcelona and Geneva, and second only to Sydney (14th) in Australia.
ANZ World Headquarters
NAB house
Melbourne has an integrated public transport system based around extensive train, tram and bus networks. Its tram network is the largest in the world, while the rail network is one of the largest in the world, hosting 15 lines, the Paris Metro is a third smaller, while San Francisco`s BART system is less than half the size. It is also served by an extensive network of freeways and arterial roadways.
The Melbourne rail network consists of 16 suburban lines which radiate from the City Loop, a partially underground metro section of the network beneath the Central Business District (Hoddle Grid).
Flinders Street Station is
Melbourne`s busiest railway station, and was
the world`s busiest passenger station in 1926.
The Port of Melbourne is Australia`s largest container and general cargo port and also its busiest. In 2007, the port handled two million shipping containers in a 12 month period, making it one of the top five ports in the Southern Hemisphere.Station Pier in Port Phillip Bay handles cruise ships and the Spirit of Tasmania ferries which cross Bass Strait to Tasmania
Melbourne has four airports, Avalon Airport, located between Melbourne and Geelong, is a secondary hub of Jetstar. It is also used as a freight and maintenance facility. Air Ambulance facilities are available for domestic and international transportation of patients. And much other port such as: Tiger Airways Australia, Melbourne Airport …..
This makes Melbourne the only city in Australia to have a second commercial airport.
Imagine a road which hugs the side of sheer cliffs, where the native bushland meets the blue waters of Australia’s most spectacular coastline. Experience the temperate rainforest as you walk amongst the magnificent splendour of the gigantic rainforest trees
Great Ocean Road & The Twelve Apostles
Just over an hour`s drive from Melbourne lays the beautiful Mornington Peninsula. It offers visitors a huge variety of natural and manmade attractions and a magnificent wine region with more than 170 wineries. Nowhere in Australia are the vineyards back dropped by such breathtaking seascapes. The climate and rich soil have combined to make the Peninsula one of Australia`s great Pinot Noir and Chardonnay regions
Mornington Peninsula Wines & Delights

Experience the rugged magic of the Great Ocean Road coastline, the beauty of the Otways countryside and the natural wonders of the National Parks and rainforest.
deep in the heart of the Otway ranges and along the stunning Great Ocean Road - a road carved into the cliffs and mountains bordering Australia`s most rugged and densely forested stretch of untamed coastline.
Great Ocean Road

lies an alpine wonderland nestled high on the ski fields.
Try tobogganing, skiing, snowboarding (at own expense), just playing in the snow or exploring the cafes and boutiques.
Mount Buller