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Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building

Favorite thing: Melbourne is internationally known for its opportunity and its achievement. Home to one of the richest Gold Rushes the world has ever seen, this town tends to be rather opulent in the buildings and historical markers it creates to attract the world community.

One of these wonderful exhibits is the Royal Exhibition Building, whose main purpose was to bring international recognition to Melbourne as a result of its rich Gold Rush days of the late 1800's. The world answered in 2004 as it recognized the building as a World Heritage site.

Even outside of this magnificent building, the vision of Melbourne's world class status is the Carlton Gardens, which has a beautiful range of colours and is constantly being revised and re-planted to give this building a wonderful look.

The interior of the building is just as magnificent as the outside, and features wonderful wood floors, and large ceilings. There are tours of the building every day at 2pm, and are $5AUD.

Fondest memory: Date: 25/06/2005 - 31/12/2007
Days: Every Day
Session Times:
2.00 pm - 3.00 pm

Bookings: Required
Phone: 13 11 02

Venue: Main Foyer, Melbourne Museum
Address: Nicholson St, Carlton, Melbourne
Melway reference: 2B J10
Phone: 61 3 8341 7777
Fax: +61 3 8341 7778
Web: http://melbourne.museum.vic.gov.au

Melbourne's Pastime - The Flat White

Favorite thing: If you were to ask someone what my favorite thing about working in Melbourne is, it would have to be the coffee shops. When I first arrived in Melbourne, I thought it was ridiculous that people would drink 4-5 cups of coffee with milk and sugar in it, but now that I have been here for 9 months, it has really begun to grow on me.

I also used to be of the generation that would take his coffee tall and black, but now I find myself drinking it with milk and sugar.

If you are in town, I would recommend that you grab a coffee at Brunetties, or one of the other wonderful 1000 coffee shops throughout town!

Enjoy that Cuppa!

Prince's Bridge - Separating North and Southbanks

Favorite thing: The city of Melbourne was built on the banks of the Yarra River, and there is a big distinction between the North and South banks of this river. The northbank holds the CBD, big business, financial firms, Australia's Wall Street, while the Southbank is home to the Crown Gaming Complex, the Victorian Arts Centre, and the Royal Botanical Gardens.

The main path that connects these two distinct regions is the Prince's Bridge, which also happens to be St. Kilda Blvd. The bridge stretches from Flinders Station and Federation Square south to the Victorian Arts Centre and the park system.

Enjoy a tram ride, or bring your bike out for a day around North and Southbank and make sure you view Prince's bridge from one of the banks. It has recently been restorated, and re-painted, which took 6 months or so. Luckily we have been here for 9 months now, so we could see it!

Melbourne's Spire - Victorian Arts Centre Victorian Arts Centre Review

Favorite thing: If you see a picture of Melbourne, one of the most distinguishing landmarks is the large spire that resides on the southside of the Yarra River. Standing at about 115 metres high, it is one of the tallest spires in the city, but definitely the most distinguished, as the Arts Centre does light it up using a laser lighting system. It is far more exciting to view it at night, however my digital camera is not quite up to par enough to take a decent picture of it for you.

If you are interested in viewing one of the theatre productions, you can check out the Melbourne Theatre Company website on the link below to get a schedule of productions.

http://www.mtc.com.au/