Picture of Melbourne Australia gives a brief description on the second largest city of Australia. Covering an area of 7,694 square km, Melbourne is the state capital of the Victoria district of southern Australia. Surrounded by the Bay of Port Phillip, Melbourne is mixture of Victorian and contemporary architecture, with an extensive city round tramway network and other yards of parkland, gardens, etc.
Situated at the confluence of active volcano of Mt. Quaternary on the west, Silurian mudstones on the east and Holocene sandy hills on the southern end. The suburbs of Melbourne stretches along the Yarra Valley toward the Yarra and Dandenong Ranges to the east, down to Mornington Peninsula along the Maribyrnong River and its branches, northward to the foothills of the Macedon Ranges, and along the flat volcanic plain of Werribee.
Melbourne falls under the moderate oceanic climatic zone, considering its nearness from the Port Phillip Bay and Dandenong Ranges of the east. Melbourne is colder than most other Australian capital cities. It also experiences a hot, dry summers, with maximum temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius.
The city is a large commercial and industrial hub that homes three of Australia's largest corporations: Telstra, BHP Billiton and the National Australia Bank. There are national big entities like Business Council of Australia, the Australian Council of Trade Unions and many of the companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Large skyscrapers and office towers of Eureka Tower and Rialto Towers, touches the sky of Southern Hemisphere. It is a home for the largest seaports and automotive parts industry include Ford and Toyota manufacturing. Melbourne is also a major technology center in the continent.
Education is much of a priority in the administrative agenda. The nineteenth century establishment of University of Melbourne, is the second oldest with the oldest Law (1857), Engineering (1860), Medical (1862), Dental (1897) and Music (1891) schools. Another most prestigious tertiary institution is the Monash University.
Some remarkable city fortresses that earned national significance:
- The Shrine of Remembrance - Melbourne's largest war memorial
- Federation Square, one of Melbourne's most popular public meeting spaces
- The National Gallery of Victoria
- The Princess Theatre
- Federation Square, a distinctive architecture with large digital screen and public space hosting sports events.
- Port of Melbourne - largest and busiest container and cargo port of Australia.
- Australian Ballet and Operas, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Melbourne organizes a variety of annual cultural events, including Moomba the Melbourne Fringe Festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Gay and Lesbian Midsumma festival, Melbourne International Arts Festival.
