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Lundenwic
Oct 2001
time: 15:32
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Come to sunny Melbourne, next the sea. Once voted world’s most livable city, it has parks galore and easy access to both Victoria’s Alpine country (small alps, I know, but they are old, so very old), the sea, the shining sea, temperate rainforests and deserts.
We boast a variety of cuisines, Japanese, Viet Namese, Lebanese, Italian, Greek (third largest ‘greek’ city in the world after Athens and Salonika) a variety of Chinese cuisines, some fusion ( Straits, Nonya, Singaporean, Pacific Rim Australian style, so you get flying fish roe with wasabi, or emu carpaccio) a vibrant cafe culture with coffee houses to die for, plenty of sports for those of you so inclined, and of course the all important breweries and vineyards for the seriously bibulous.
There’s a selection of rather good museums and art galleries, a great music scene catering to all tastes, and better theatre than you’ll find in Sydney. Unfortunately house prices are very silly at the moment, so don’t plan on buying unless you have income from abroad. Renting is a viable alternative until the housing bubble bursts.
It’s summer now, and on Saturday the weather was sunny, dry and hot, reaching 39 C.
Oh, and of course we have trams, so any continental European Apolytoners will feel quite at home....
http://melbourne.citysearch.com.au/
Central Business District (CBD)
Area 2.52 km2
Estimated resident population 2001 8,252 people
Total resident units (30 August 2001 estimate) 5,065
New resident units (since August 1996) as at 30 August 2001 4,106
Total gross floor area (2000) 9,405,145 m2
Total employment (2000) 170,353
Largest building by floor area 101 Collins St (141 420 m2)
Tallest Building Rialto, 505-535 Collins St (66 levels / 251 metres)
Oldest Building Mitre Tavern, 5-9 Bank Place
City of Melbourne Area
Area 36.5 km2
Total estimated resident population 52,117
Total resident units (30 June 2001) 26,983
New residential units (since August 1996) as at 30 August 2001 8,721
Total length of roads 315 km
Total Area of parkland (adjusted May 2001) 507 Ha
Metropolitan Melbourne
Area 8 806 sq km2
Estimated resident population (August 2001) 3,488,750
Public Holidays
New Year's Day
1 January
Australia Day
26 January
Labour Day
first or second Monday in March
Easter
Good Friday to Easter Monday (from late March - early April)
ANZAC Day
25 April
Queen's Birthday
Second Monday in June
Melbourne Cup
first Tuesday in November
Christmas Day
25 December
Boxing Day
26 December
Climate
Melbourne has a temperate climate of mild temperatures with four distinct seasons free of extremes.
Summer (December to February) warm to hot.
Average maximum temp 25°C (77°F)
Average minimum temp 14°C (57°F)
Autumn (March to May) mild
Average maximum temp 20°C (68°F)
Average minimum temp 11°C (52°F)
Winter (June to August) cool to brisk
Average maximum temp 14°C (57°F)
Average minimum temp 7°C (45°F)
Spring (September to November) cool to mild
Average maximum temp 20°C (68°F)
Average minimum temp 10°C (50°F)
Average rainfall: 653 millimetres
Language
The official language is English, however more than 140 languages are spoken by the City's residents.
Location
Located at latitude 37 degrees 176 49' south longitude 144 degrees 176 58' east on the south-east edge of Australia, the city's 3.2 million residents enjoy a temperate climate influenced by its location at the apex of one of the world's largest bays, Port Phillip.
Focussed around a central business district (CBD), Melbourne's 7800 sq km of suburbs spread more than 40 km to the south, are hemmed in by the picturesque Dandenong ranges 30 km to the east, extend up to 20 km to the north and sprawl across vast, flat basalt plains to the west.
Time Zone
Australian Eastern Standard Time is GMT plus 10 hours.
Daylight Savings - last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in March.
Daylight hours:
Winter - 9 hours, 32 minutes (June 21)
Summer - 14 hours, 47 minutes in summer (December 22)
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/ind...tfile=topic.cfm
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mrmitchell
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This is the only one I could find on the Internet easily enough.
Dated 1920's.
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cinch
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jul 2002
time: 22:32
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Home of big-blue-sky summers and blisteringly cold winters. It's not too bad at the moment, though... Hovering about -10C.
It's an oil city, so it's got a lot of ugly areas. But the river valley remains lush and beautiful, and the areas surrounding it (the University on the south side, Downtown on the north) are quite nice.
(part of the University)
We also have the largest mall in the world (actually, they may have built a bigger one now, I'm not quite sure): West Edmonton Mall! I'm not particularly proud of it, but it's an all right place, I suppose. Definitely enough shoppes.
And there's a pirate ship!
See?
There's also some dolphins, but the animal rights people don't like that too much, and there's only one left, so that won't be for long, I don't think.
And finally, Edmonton is the home of the best National Hockey League franchise of all time: the Oilers! Featuring such greats as Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, Kevin Lowe, Paul Coffey, Glenn Anderson, Grant Fuhr, Andy Moog, Esa Tikannen, and the greatest player of all time, Wayne Gretzky!
Ahem.
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