Thursday, January 20, 2011

it has...

...neighbourhoods...

Sunday, January 09, 2011

because this city...

is like candy...

you can not get enough of it... :)


Note:
visit suga store... and their traditional way of making candy...
you can also find more in http://www.suga.com.au/


also check out: http://www.visitmelbourne.com/

if only time...

could stop!!...

Sunday, January 02, 2011

one of the World's Most Livable Cities... no doubt!

"Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia.
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was founded in 1835 (47 years after the European settlement of Australia) by settlers from Van Diemen's Land. (...) was officially declared a city by Queen Victoria in 1847. In 1851, it became the capital city of the newly created colony of Victoria. During the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s, it was transformed into one of the world's largest and wealthiest cities. (...)
Today, it is a centre for the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, sport and tourism. (...) It is also a major centre for contemporary and traditional Australian music. It is often referred to as the "cultural capital of Australia".
Melbourne has been ranked as one of the top three World's Most Livable Cities by the Economist Group's Intelligence Unit (since 2002), top 10 Global University Cities by RMIT's Global University Cities Index (since 2006) and top 20 Global Innovation Cities by the 2thinknow Global Innovation Agency (since 2007)."

text from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne
photo by: Olga T.

Australia...

"officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
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For at least 40,000 years before European settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who belonged to one or more of roughly 250 language groups. After discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, Australia's eastern half was claimed by Britain in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales, formally founded on 7 February 1788 (...) The population grew steadily in subsequent decades; the continent was explored and an additional five self-governing Crown Colonies were established. On 1 January 1901, the six colonies became a federation and the Commonwealth of Australia was formed.
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The population is 22 million, with approximately 60% concentrated in and around the mainland state capitals of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. The nation's capital city is Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory.
A prosperous developed country, Australia is the world's thirteenth largest economy. Australia ranks highly in many international comparisons of national performance such as human development, quality of life, health care, life expectancy, public education, economic freedom and the protection of civil liberties and political rights."

text from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

of when the tiger met the kangaroo..


but let's start by the beginning...