"MELBOURNE" a Melbourne Travel Page by wanderingbilly

MELBOURNE IN THE STATE OF VICTORIA IS AUSTRALIA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY AFTER SYDNEY..THERE IS A RIVALRY BETWEEN THESE TWO GREAT CITIES AND TO BE HONEST I CAN SEE THE GOOD THE VERY GOOD AND THE NOT SO GOOD IN BOTH OF THEM, I REALLY WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM. MELBOURNE HAS LOADS GOING FOR IT, LIKE THE LOVELY WEATHER..PARKS AND GENERAL OUTDOOR LIFE, NOT TO MENTION THE MANY SPORTING EVENTS HELD HERE LIKE THE F1 GRAND PRIX..TENNIS AUSTRALIAN OPEN..AND HORSE RACING'S MELBOURNE CUP..AND IF ALL THAT LEAVES YOU OUT OF BREATH YOU CAN ALWAYS CHILL OUT DOWN BY THE YARRA RIVER OR GRAB A COLD BEER AND PEOPLE WATCH IN FEDERATION SQUARE, THE PERFECT SPOT TO KICK BACK AND WATCH MELBOURNE AT WORK REST AND PLAY AND THINK TO YOURSELF THEY WERN'T KIDDING WHEN THEY DUBBED THIS PLACE THE MOST LIVEABLE CITY IN THE WORLD..AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING, THEY JUST MIGHT BE RIGHT.

THE NUMBER 16 TRAM TAKES YOU FROM MELBOURNE CITY CENTRE TO FASHIONABLE ST KILDA IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES, STEP OFF AT THE ESPLANADE AND ST KILDA BEACH IS RIGHT THERE WAITING FOR YOU.
ST KILDA MAKES FOR A PERFECT DAY OUT BE THAT DURING THE DAY OR AT NIGHT. THE BEACH IS THE PLACE TO BE DURING THE DAY TO JUST CHILL OUT AND TOP UP YOUR TAN, THEN WHEN YOUR TUMMY TELLS YOU ITS TIME FOR LUNCH ITS ONLY A SHORT WALK TO ACLAND STREET AND ALL ITS CAFE'S. HERE THE CAKE SHOPS WILL HAVE YOU DROOLING AT THE MOUTH AT THEIR WONDERFUL WINDOW DISPLAYS.
AT NIGHT FITZROY STREET IS THE PLACE TO BE, HERE YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM ANY AMOUNT OF GREAT PLACES TO EAT AND DRINK.
ST KILDA REALLY DOES OFFER A WONDERFUL ALTERNATIVE TO DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE BY DAY OR BY NIGHT.....DIP YOUR TOE IN AND TRY.