A vibrant cosmopolitan city, located on the magnificent Port Phillip Bay,Melbourne is the state capital and cultural heart of Victoria.

Numerous gardens and parks give a pleasant, open feel to the city, whoseskyline mixes elegant spires with dazzling modern skyscrapers, which dwarf the elegant Victorian-era buildings that are dotted along leafy streets.Immigration transformed Melbourne into a thriving cultural melting pot,totalling over three million people, with sizeable Italian, Greek and Chinese communities. The introduction of European and Asian communities has resulted in an eclectic and energetic blend of theatre, music, art and literature, as well as brought a wealth of different cuisine, served up in a wide range of restaurants, from the outdoor cafe's along the Crown Promenade overlooking the Yarra River, to the pizzerias in Carlton, the Chinese banquet halls in Chinatown and the fine seafood restaurants in trendy St Kilda Beach.

Melbourne is a city where people see, breath and live the arts. They love its vibrant energy, staggering choice of restaurants, funky boutiques,cafe-filled laneways, cool bars, unbeatable galleries, luscious parks and village-like inner suburbs, each with its own special character.Melbourne, a relatively modern city which is less than 200 years old, never sits still. Melbourne is very much about lifestyle.Melburnians embrace three things in particular:

sport (Australian Rules football is almost a religion);
fashion (the look is chic with a dash of quirky); and
festivals (the calendar is packed year round).

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