Beautiful City of Melbourne with Australian Escorts Sydney
Situated in the South-Eastern part of Australia is the second-largest city, and a popular tourist destination. Melbourne has captivated every visitor for many decades. Melbourne, with a population of more than 4 million, is relatively well known to many tourists, and is highly recommended for every visitor to the country. It is the home of some of the most impressive cultural lifestyles and is a serious rival for beautiful Sydney. In fact, it is highly recommended to stay in the city for a few days to fully enjoy the beauty of Melbourne. If you want to visit a great place aside from Sydney with your escort, Melbourne is one of the best options.
Traveling to Melbourne
Because of the city's cultural significance in Australia, tourists are able to visit the city without any problem from Sydney. One can fly very easily, and arrive in around an hour or so from Sydney to Melbourne. There are interstate trains that leave the city and the travel time is a few hours. Adelaide also has trains that go to Melbourne. The bus is also another option but the transport is a lot longer (generally overnight).
Touring Melbourne
From the train station, take a tram to the city center. From that point, you and your hot adult companion can visit various places on foot. You can also opt to purchase one-day pass tickets which are good for unlimited rides on the bus and trams. Never ride the bus without a ticket as the penalty is 10 times more than the original fare.
Structures and Places to Visit
There are so many places to visit in Melbourne and one day in the city is never enough to see everything. The following are some of the most interesting places to experience in the city to explore with your adult companion:
Crown Casino
Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex is a large casino and entertainment precinct located on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia. Crown Casino is a unit of Crown Limited. Exciting!
Yarra River
The Yarra - a natural history The headwaters of the Yarra River flow from the pristine flanks of Mt Baw Baw in Victoria's West Gippsland region. For 242 kilometres the main water course - and 24 tributaries - drain an area of 4060 m2, about half the area of metropolitan Melbourne. On its journey through Melbourne and to Port Phillip, it supplies 9 catchment dams and provides drinking water to about 2.6 million households. The much maligned muddy colour of the Yarra is caused by the easily eroded clay soils of the water catchment. The water was clear at the time of European settlement, but intensive land clearing and development since the mid 1800s has resulted in the presence of microscopic clay particles. The particles are kept suspended by the turbulence in some parts of the middle and lower sections of the river. When the river water combines with marine salts as it enters Port Phillip, the suspended particles clump together and sink. The muddy appearance does not indicate an unclean waterway. In fact, the Yarra is probably one of the cleanest capital city rivers in the world. Since the major clean-up campaigns of the late 1970s and 1980s, the river has again become home to several species of fish and even the occasional dolphin. The Yarra has a tidal range of 2.2 metres. Water craft are able to navigate the river from its mouth, at Williamstown, to the Collingwood Children’s Farm - a distance of about 10 kms.
Royalty Botanic Gardens
Enjoy a day walking through one of the best-landscaped gardens on Earth.
Melbourne Zoo
Visit Australia's oldest zoo and discover more than 350 animal species in a variety of habitats.
St Kilda Beach
Long, well-maintained and clean beach just outside Melbourne, lined with markets, amusement parks and nightclubs.
Eureka Sky Deck
Nothing you have ever experienced will prepare you for the awe inspiring view of Melbourne from the observation deck of the highest public vantage point in the Southern Hemisphere. Located at Level 88, Eureka Skydeck is Melbourne's new 'must-see' attraction. Skydeck 88 is the only observation deck in the world that can thrill you with the Edge - a glass cube which projects 3 metres out from the building, with you in it!
St Patricks Cathedral
A religious Historical Site. Mother Church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne and one of the architectural glories of Melbourne. St Patrick's is an integral part of Melbourne, and its history tells us much about the State's birth and growth. Situated on the fringe of the city grid, close enough to the heart of Melbourne to be a powerful presence and breathe with a life of its own.
Royal Exhibition Building
Completed in 1880 in preparation for the Melbourne International Exhibition, this is a a magnificent building modelled on the Florence Cathedral
Science Works Museum
Scienceworks is a world renowned science museum in Melbourne, Australia. It is a venue of Museum Victoria which administers the cultural and scientific collections of the State of Victoria.[1] It is located in the suburb of Spotswood.
Melbourne Aquarium
Melbourne Aquarium is a Southern Ocean and Antarctic aquarium in central Melbourne, Australia. It is located on the banks of the Yarra River beside and under the Flinders Street Viaduct and the King Street Bridge.
Princess Theatre
The Princess Theatre is one of the world's grandest Victorian theatres, dating from 1886 with a magnificent façade, domed mansard roofs, cast iron filigree, marble staircase and foyer, undoubtedly a unique cultural asset to the city of Melbourne. Guests can dine in the Melba or Marriner rooms before taking in one of the international shows or major musical productions such as Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserable, Cats, Dirty Dancing and many more [see links below]. Marriner Group manages four theatres in Melbourne's CBD playing host to some of the world's biggest productions and events including Princess Theatre.
Australian Formula One Grand Prix Reviews
Looking forward to visiting Melbourne for grand prix weekend and taking in all the excitement that surrounds F1 car racing, and what a let down! It was intended we would spend two days at the circuit, we only attended one! Albert Park is big, and walking anywhere is tiring and there is a lot of walking just from the entry gate to get anywhere near the action. It was difficult to find any action anywhere within the circuit.
Merchandise stores with overpriced team gear, plenty of refreshment areas but not a big variety of food stalls and what was available was expensive. e.g. bottle of soft drink $4.60, hot dogs $8.00, etc, no food or drinks allowed to be taken into the track. High prices expected at such events, but for families would be hard trying to cope with demands for drinks and food. A couple of things for the kids to do at Brockys Hill, kid zone race track and jumping castle. Every area was so secured you were told in no uncertain terms by unpolite securty or volunteers - no entry!
Arrived mid morning on Saturday - F1 qualifying day and V8 Supercars with a few other support track events. On arriving the historic cars were continually going around the circuit, not much interest overall, and nothing happening anywhere inside the public areas. I have been to the F1 in Adelaide when it was held there in the days of Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and the city was alive with F1 everywhere, it was a great feeling and the comparison to Melbourne is that the city doesn't seem to want the event nor support it, thus declining crowds and support...down 7000 on 2010 for the first three days.
The city had a few merchandising outlets but you wouldn't know the F1 was on, particularly during grand prix weekend. Taking the tram to the circuit was easy and free, but a lengthy walk from St Kilda Road to get to Gate 8 entry, then more walking for quite some time over the Albert Park lake to get anywhere near any sort of activity. No pit lane walks for the F1 pits or V8 Supercars (they are a support act for the event & race as non championship round) were available on the day, they had to be pre purchased with packages months before the event, drivers were invisible except for the Australian V8 drivers and legends like Sir Jack Brabham and Alan Jones fronting up onto the autograph stage.
I found it hard to fill in the day and when the F1 cars came out for practice unless you were near or in a grandstand opposite the pits and starting grid, viewing was less than good, but you did get to feel the roar power of the F1's and see them whizz by not knowing who the was who except for the colours of the car. The entertainment for spectators off track was confined to looking at the celebrity race cars, historic paddock, Renault F1 stand, getting a facial and free gifts at L-Oreal, the F5000 support paddock and some motorcycle stunt guys doing flips off their ramp. Overall it was good to experience but a lot of work needs to be done to make this event better and more interesting for race fans.
The location is superb, the circuit fast, and the weather can be unpredictable in Melbourne, but was sunny and cold on the day I attended. There was no magic and felt a bit cheated as there was not much to do in between on track events, and while it's all about the racing, spectators need to have other activities to bring them to the circuit. Good ole Mark Webber couldn't win this one either, couldn't keep up with Sebastian Vettel in fact no one else could either, who emerged as the AGP F1 Champion 2011. My point of view is strictly as a visitor and race fan and found it very disappointing overall.
To get the full benefit of the grand prix I would suggest grandstand opposite pit lane, preferably with corporate box with refreshments supplied and access to pit lane, that would make it more enjoyable, but for general admission ticket holders, not a lot for your money.
We have been coming to Melbourne specifically to watch the Formula 1 for the past seven years and there are very few things that I have been to that would draw me back again and again like this does. My son and a few friends come all the way from Wellington New Zealand . It is an extremely well organised event in a very compact and interesting city - Visited March 2010.
Lygon Street
Lygon Street is one of the great food precincts of Melbourne. It has its origins in the early immigration of Italian migrants to Melbourne and, in particular, to Carlton. It also owes much of its growth and popularity as a eating out destination to the students from Melbourne University, who frequented the street long before it became fashionable with business people. Lygon Street has the biggest selection of Italian restaurants and cafes of anywhere in Australia, and was the first suburb in Melbourne to promote eating outdoors and tables and chairs on footpaths. Lygon Street is a great place to spend a warm summer's evening with a group of friends, especially if you're sitting in the garden cafe of one of the terraces that line the street.
Melbourne Skydiving Centre
Located in the Yarra Valley, Melbourne Skydive Centre is the closest centre to Melbourne with a 100% safety record, amazing views and some of Australia's best instructors and customer service. Melbourne Skydive Centre offer various locations including Melbourne City and Brighton Beach. Along with this you can jump from heights of up to 12,000ft and take home some amazing cinematography of your jump!
Enjoy your stay in the beautiful city of Melbourne!