Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The city of Melbourne


Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria, located in the south-eastern part of Australia. It has about 3.345.000 inhabitants and it is a multicultural city where many Chineese, Vietnamese, Greeks and Italians live. The main language is English but Vietnamese and Chinese language is first in some suburbs, so English is the second language for many residents.
The average temperature is 21-31 C in the Summer and the winter temperature is 2-3 C. Winters are often very could but the snow is very uncommon. The temperature is variable and it changes quickly.
On the coast is a large port, so many ships visit the city each day. Melbourne has the large wide Yarra River wich runs through the city centre. Along the side of the River are many cafes. There are many clubs, bars and many people play live music. It has many cafes and food from around world.
Melbourne has different types of industries: car manufacture, clothing manufacture, tourism. Lately, the clothing industry is decreasing as imports from China increase. Tourism is a very important type of industry. There are: art galleries, museums, ZOO, wich has most of Australia`s famous animals and birds. In the city centre is a very large new Crown Casino. There is a famous Melbourne Cricket Ground. Melbourne has clean beaches but the water is cooler than Sydney`s. It has a large public transport system, wich is very cheap - trains, buses and electric trams in the city centre.
Melbourne is the music and the arts centre of Australia.

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