Melbourne has all the benefits of a modern metropolitan city. Aside from the usual popular entertainment options, there is also high profile sporting events, major theatrical events, great shopping, mouth watering food, the most palatable wines, and some of the finest arts & performing artists in the world.
Melbourne is the cultural capital of Australia.
Melbourne was declared a city by Queen Victoria in 1847. In 1851 it became the capital city of Victoria. During the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s, it became one of the world's largest and wealthiest cities.
Melbourne is a centre for the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, sport and tourism. The city centre is well known for its historic and attractive lanes and arcades which contain a variety of shops and cafés.
There is an abundance of parks and gardens in Melbourne which caused it to be coined the Garden State.
Melbourne is colder than other mainland Australian state capital cities in the winter. Melbourne experiences frosts and fog in winter. Melbourne summers are notable for occasional days of extreme heat.
