Melbourne City Lifestyle - Victoria Australia

Melbourne, the capital of the state of Victoria, is set around the shores of Victoria's Port Phillip Bay and boasts a lively and cosmopolitan pulse, with chic boutiques, buzzing cafes and bars, immaculate gardens and festivals and popular sporting events. The city sits on the Yarra River, about five kilometres from the bay.

One glance at a map and it's obvious Melbourne is a planned city: a tidy, balanced grid of neatly angled streets. But beneath this sense of restraint lies a restless creative energy. Discover the work of talented local artists, architects and designers in stylish fashion boutiques, buzzing laneway cafes, hidden galleries and trendy bars.

Melbourne is a city of style and sophistication, with an inviting cosmopolitan atmosphere. It is a melting pot of cultures reflected in its microcosm of restaurants, cafes, bistros and bars. Melbourne's dining offers a dizzying spread of great cuisines, serving meals from the substantial and classic to the truly exotic.

From locally designed originals to the best of international fashion brands you'll be spoilt for choice in Melbourne's shopping precincts. Explore the inner city shopping centres and the city's myriad of arcades and laneways.

The CBD is made up of many precincts - enclaves with their own distinct flavour and charm. Some are just a lane or two, while others cover a suburb or a busy CBD street. Spend time experiencing the richness of Melbourne's different cultures from the Greek Quarter around Lonsdale Street, Italian in Lygon street, Vietnamese in Victoria Street to the Chinese culture in Chinatown and the upmarket Paris End of Collins Street.

Leave time to admire the elegant Victorian-era streetscapes, take in a film or food festival and add a visit to one of the many galleries and opulent theatres.

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[maxyork]

I loved melbourne!!!!! Its beatifull and I want to go back! should be much famous than sydney i think!

Marvellous melbourne! (:!

[albertmobilephone]

Great City! I love it! I want to live there now!!

[ZAFFETKODAR]

@maxyork With all due respect, I think it should never be more famous because that would just spoil it. Its the city that suprises the world. Sydney will forver be the finacial captial and the main gateway! BUT then people want to see more so they hear about melb, and go down to visit yet then they are stunned with how AMAZING it is! it gives Australia a different feel where you have the best of both worlds from BRISBANE SYDNEY MELBOURNE! :) Each city so different, each city so special!

[figbat1]

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[figbat1]

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[figbat1]

ross horne's books have been removed from the australian libraries and from the bookshops' shelves.

[figbat1]

hallelujah!

[parsizaban]

nothing great about melbourne. Very boring too.