MELBOURNE Where Sydney’s strengths are beaches and sunshine, Melbourne culture is more about the arts, books, design, sports, cafes and bars, with great shopping, and good town planning. Melbourne is the most European city in Australia, it has been rated sixth in the top 10 list of sustainable cities by the influential New York based Ethisphere Institute, and voted the second best city in the world for men to live in.
Cost of living: The cost of living in Melbourne is cheaper than Sydney. Houses and rents are cheaper than Sydney, and so is public transport. The eastern and inner south eastern suburbs tend to be the wealthiest. The outer eastern suburbs are family magnets. The outer south east attracts young families on lower to middle incomes. The inner north and inner west appeal to the cafe crowds and older professionals, and to people in their 30s and 40s starting families. MAPS
Food is generally of a high quality with great restaurants in just about every part of Melbourne, but especially the city center and inner and mid range suburbs. Both Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay chose to open their Australian restaurants in Melbourne. More...
Arts: The arts play a big role in Melbournians' lives. The Concert Hall, Arts Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Ian Potter Gallery of modern Australian art, and a few other smaller galleries and theatres are within walking distance of each other. More...
Melbourne bars: There are a huge number of small and sophisticated bars in the city and inner suburbs. Many in the city are tucked away in tiny, narrow lanes and are very creatively designed and furnished.
Comedy and live music: Melbourne is Australia's comedy and live music centre.
Sport: Melbourne's true religion is sport. This is the home of Australian Rules Football and its sacred ground is the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground). During footy season (March to September) hundreds of thousands of people set aside the weekend to go and watch a game at a footy oval, at home or in a pub, to barrack for their team. The MCG holds 100,000 people and regularly fills to capacity. For some this is brilliant. For non sports lovers, it can be hell.
Beaches: The beaches in Melbourne are bay beaches - so there is no surf. They are nowhere near as spectacular as the beaches in Sydney, and some would even call them unappealing. To do some surfing, you'll need to travel to the Mornington Peninsula, Phillip Island or the Great Ocean Road. That can take anywhere from one to three hours, depending on where you live in Melbourne, and the traffic. But the trip is worth it because beaches along any of the coastlines are superb and huge.
Trams, trains, buses: Melbourne's public transport system is user friendly with a single ticketing system; but the trains, trams and buses tend to be overcrowded during morning and evening peak times. Melbourne is divided into two travel zones: Zone 1 takes in the inner and most middle suburbs. Zone 2 takes in the middle and outer suburbs. For more information, go to A-Z, scroll down to Melbourne, and click on "bus, tram, train tickets".
Clothes: When it comes to the way people dress, Australians generally have a relaxed style about them. Melbourne, however, tends to be more stylish. You won't see so many thongs (flip flops) and shorts or mini dresses in the city as you would in Sydney. More...
Melbourne is very multicultural. Most areas of Melbourne have a good mix of people from all different backgrounds.
The gay scene in Melbourne is far less flamboyant than in Sydney. In recent years, more gay people from Sydney have moved to Melbourne. South Yarra, Prahran and Collingwood have large gay populations. Yarraville is the choice of the gays in Melbourne's inner west. Northcote is popular with lesbians.
Weather: Melbourne has four distinct seasons, some would say there are four seasons in one day.
Summer - temperatures range from low 20s to 45C. Melbourne has dry summers. January and February are the hottest months. Usually after three hot stinking days in a row, there tends to be a cool change. Overnights can range from 12C to 30C.
Autumn - temperatures are in the high to low 20's. March and April can be sublime with temperatures in the mid 20s, and blue skies. Overnights can range from 10C to 18C.
Winter - it is cool, not cold. Temperatures range from around 9C to 16C. The wind is a killer. It can be bone chilling. When forecasters say Melbourne will have a top of 14C, what they mean is the temperature will slowly rise to a top of 14C, stay there for about 10 seconds, and then go down again. Overnights can range from 2C to 10C.
Spring - Temperatures can range from 15C to the low 20s. It can be windy but generally the skies are blue. Overnights can range from 8C to around 15C.
ADELAIDE Adelaide is a friendly city with stunning beaches, the picturesque Adelaide hills, impressive architecture and plenty of appealing leafy suburbs. The food and wine culture here is sophisticated, but far from arrogant. Adelaide is an easy city to get around and nothing seems too far away. It is especially great for families and oldies. However, if you don't fit into either of those categories, and if you didn't grow up in Adelaide, you may find the city of churches, as it is known, quiet, dull and hard work.
Cost of living: Adelaide is one of the most affordable cities in Australia. The inner suburbs are the most expensive. The further out from the city you go, the cheaper the rents tend to be. The eastern suburbs are the most prestigious. The beach suburbs can also have high price tags, as can some parts of the hills. Some northern and southern suburbs tend to attract lower income people, or have high concentrations of single parents and people on unemployment benefits.
Food: The food in Adelaide is generally of a high quality. The whole city has a well educated food palette. The Central Market in Gouger St is one of the best things about Adelaide where fresh, high quality local grown produce can be found year round. The city centre and the inner suburbs have very good cafes and restaurants. The beach suburbs too have a strong food culture. But there aren't as many suburbs in Adelaide with a strong cafe culture as there are in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Arts: Adelaide has a strong arts culture. Because of the city's smaller size, accessing the arts venues is easy and during big events, the whole city appears to get involved. WOMAD (World Music festival) is the best musical festival in Australia and it is held annually in Adelaide. There's also the arts festival, fringe festival, buskers festival, film festivals, and more.
Nightlife: most of Adelaide's nightlife is city based. Hindley Street has plenty of clubs and bars and tends to have a bit of a seedy feel. Rundle St appeals to the more arty, alternative set.
Live music: Adelaide has always had a small but devoted live music scene.
Sport: There is a strong sports culture in Adelaide and for the most part AFL is the most popular spectator sport. Adelaide has two AFL teams: Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide. Many kids grow up playing some sort of sport.
Architecture: the older suburbs have plenty of bigger homes and smaller cottages built out of limestone in the Victorian architectural style. These houses can be stunning.
Beaches: Adelaide's beaches range from very good to spectacular. There are long stretches of sand in the northern suburbs, and west and south of the city. Because of the smaller population in Adelaide, the beaches are never overcrowded. If you like going nude, head south to Maslin Beach where a small section of the beach has been set aside for nudists. Beach suburbs include: ALDINGA, BRIGHTON, GLENELG, SEMAPHORE.
Trains, trams and buses: Buses are the most popular form of transport in Adelaide and there are dozens of routes that cris cross through the city, suburbs and Adelaide hills. There is one tram line that goes from Glenelg (a beach suburb) to the city centre. There are several train lines but they are not that cheap or frequent which keeps patronage low.
Multicultural: This is a fairly multicultural city. Some of the inner west suburbs including MILE END and THEBARTON have a strong mediterranean presence. More recent migrants have tended to move to the cheaper mid and outer suburbs.
Clothes: this is not the most fashion centric city in Australia. In fact those prone to being critical will even say Adelaide is rather daggy (uncool). The variety of clothing in Adelaide is not as great as Sydney or Melbourne, but it could be worse.
Weather: Adelaide has a very Mediterranean climate with four distinct seasons. The winters are cool and crisp and the summers are very dry and usually have an unbearably hot spell.
Summer - temperatures range from low 20s to 45C. Every year there is usually a two week spell where the mercury does not drop much below 38C. January and February are the hottest months. Overnights can range from 12C to 33C. It is very difficult to live in Adelaide without air conditioning.
Autumn - temperatures are in the high to low 20's. March and April are sublime with temperatures in the mid 20s, and blue skies. Overnights can range from 10C to 18C.
Winter - it is cool, not cold. Temperatures range from around 12C to 16C. The rain comes in short bursts and it is nowhere near as windy as Melbourne. Winters are slightly milder than in Melbourne. Overnights can range from 4C to 12C.
Spring - Temperatures can range from 15C to the mid 20s with intense blue skies. Overnights can range from 8C to around 20C.
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