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Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Victoria, founded in 1835 by a group of settlers from Tasmania. Seven years later, the settlement became a city that is now the second of Australia. Melbourne is named after the English old prime minister who was born in the city of Melbourne in England. From 1901 to 1927, Melbourne served as the seat of the Australian parliament and federal government.

The city is considered the cultural and fashion capital of the country of Australia. The city is particularly multicultural (about one third of the population is not born in Australia). There are Greek, Italian, Turkish, Chinese and Vietnamese neighborhoods. It is not surprising that the city has many good (international) restaurants. In addition, the progressive city houses a variety of Victorian buildings, parks and wide boulevards. The Australian Open tennis tournament is organized annually in Melbourne.

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Federation Square:

Federation Square, Melbourne's main and most well-known square, is surrounded by Flinders Street, St Kilda Road, Russell Street and the Yarra River. On the square are art galleries, museums, restaurants and other catering establishments. In addition, there are large open areas that are used for events. An architectural competition was held in 1997 for the design of the square. Opposite the square is the Flinders Street Station and St. Paul's Cathedral. This cathedral built in the 19th century is built in a neo-Gothic style and is remarkably enough in one of the busiest places in the city.

Museums, parks and other places of interest:

The most important museums in Melbourne are undoubtedly the Victoria museum and the Immigration Museum which can be found in Flinderstreet. In addition, there is the national gallery of Victoria and the sculpture park of the Heide Museum of Modern Art. You can take a look at Swanston Str with the town hall and city baths or in Collins Str. because of its two old churches (Scots and St. Michael's).

Bourke Str. is known as a busy shopping street. You also have Chinatown, the Queen Victoria market, the Old Melbourne Goal (prison) and the Docklands as kinda tourist attractions. The Royal Botanic Gardens are the largest in his kind in the world after the Kew Gardens in London. The city is also called the Garden City because of the many parks and other green areas that can be found in the very vast city.

tips & advice (2004)

The international airport of Melbourne in Tullamarine lies about 22 km northwest of the city center. Flinder street is the main train station in Melbourne, while the "transit center" in Franklin street is the most important for bus connections to outside of Melbourne. The city has an extensive system of trams connecting the many suburbs of the Melbourne conurbation with the city center.

An important junction in Melbourne is Flinders Street Station. In the Central Business District, the City Circle Tram runs around all known places. This tram line is aimed at transporting tourists.

Melbourne - Woodend: there is a train from Flinders Street to Woodend (the journey takes about an hour). There is certainly a train at 12:30.

Name: Hotel Bakpak

Address: 167 Franklin Str.

Price: 22 AUS $ (dormitory)

Phone nr. : 93297525

Email: hotelbakpak@bakpakgroup.com

Content:

It is large, professional but somewhat impersonal hotel. It is not called hotel for nothing - you can not speak about an intimate atmosphere but everything is there and it’s very professional. There is a bar in the basement, a large terrace on the roof and breakfast is included. You can choose between 4, 6 or 8 bed dorms or even a single or double. The hotel is located in the center opposite the "transit center". The building is new and clean.

The Australian pop rock band Little River Band was founded in 1975 in Melbourne.

Australian Open tennis tournament:

The Australian Open is the first grand slam tournament (out of four) in the tennis season. It is played every year in Melbourne Park in the month of January. As with all Grand Slam Tournaments, in addition to the men's and women's singles game (128x), men's and women's doubles (64x) and mixed doubles, the juniors are also covered. The surface is "hard court". The tournament is organized from 1905 on but it was not until 1972 that Melbourne became the regular city of games.

Big winners in Australia were drian Quist, Roy Emerson and current number 1 of the world Novak Dokovic who won the tournament 6x. Among the women is the Australian Margaret Smith-Court with 11 titles the great winner. In the past decade, Sjeng Schalken was the only Dutch man to survive the third round at the Australian Open in 2004. Tom Okker reached the semi-final in 1971, Krajicek did the same in 1992 (loss against Jim Courier).

In 1994 and 1998 Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won the tournament twice in the doubles; in 1995 and 1997 they were semi-finalists.

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Melbourne

Places of Interest - Australia

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