Monday, April 28, 2008

Melbourne


Melbourne is in the south-eastern corner of Australia. It is the capital of the state of Victoria. Its population is 3,345,000. Also it is a multicultural city which has many Chinese, Vietnamese, Greeks and Italians. Although the main language is English, some suburbs have Vietnamese and Chinese as the first language (English is the 2nd language for many residents).

Melbourne is the music and arts centre of Australia. It has many clubs and bars, many of which play live music and many colourful cafes are in the city with food from around world.

It is a large port which has many ships which visit it each day. The Grown Casino, which is in the city centre, is very large and new. Melbourne has art galleries, museums, a zoo (with most of Australia's famous animals and birds); beaches with clean-water cooler than in Sydney; the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground.

It's climate often in the summer reaches an average temperature of 21-35c and in the winter the minimum is 2-3c, although snow is very uncommon. The temperature is variable it changes quickly.

Melbourne's main industries are car manufacture and clothing manufacture (clothing industry are decreasing as imports form China increase). They have a large public transport system-trains, buses and electric trans in the city centre(cheap). It has a large and wide river that name is Yarra River.The river runs though the city centre and has many cafes along side of Yarra River.

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