Why I want to go to this place — 9 months ago
I would really like to visit Melbourne City, located in Australia (Oceania), because this is the top city in the world. So here I am going to present you this amazing city:
Its got an oceanic climate, notable for its changeable weather conditions, which really ranks Melbourne better. Besides that, its crime rate is considered very low. Also, it offers diverses ways of transport, like trams, suburban rails, bus, taxis, long distance rails, airports, roads, cycling, sea…Education is another good thing in Melbourne, which is home to some of the nation’s oldest educational institutions, including the oldest Law(1857), Engineering (1860), Medical(1862), Dental(1897) and Music(1891) schools, all at the University of Melbourne. The University of Melbourne is also the oldest university in Victoria and the second oldest university in Australia. St. Mary’s Primary School, Williamstown, is the oldest school in Victoria and Scotch College (1851) is the oldest secondary school. Ormiston House, the junior school of Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School, established in 1848, is the oldest girls’ primary school on the Australian mainland. Melbourne is home to the largest secondary school in Australia, Haileybury College. Melbourne’s two largest and most prestigious tertiary institutions are the University of Melbourne and Monash University. Both are members of the Group of Eight. Melbourne University ranked second among Australian universities in the 2006 THES international rankings. While The Times Higher Education Supplement ranked the University of Melbourne as the 22nd best university in the world, Monash University was ranked the 38th best university in the world. Monash University is said to be Australia’s largest University, based on student numbers. Although non-tertiary public education is free, 35% of students attend a private primary or secondary school.The most numerous private schools are Catholic, and the rest are independent(see Public and Private Education in Australia). Most high schools in Melbourne are called ‘Secondary Colleges’.
I would also say that Melbourne has many projects that focus on environnement, just as diverses culture and events: Melbourne is known as an Australian cultural and sport capital, and is the spiritual home of Australian rules football. The city celebrates a wide variety of annual cultural events, performing arts and architecture. Melbourne is also considered to be Australia’s live music capital with a large proportion of successful Australian artists emerging from the Melbourne live music scene.
Its diversity is another interesting thing about this city : it has a lot of languages, and religions (as examples), such as catholicism, anglicanism, greek orthodoxy / English, Italian…
The city also has “connections with the rest of the world”: Melbourne has six sister cities = Osaka, Tianjin, Thessaloniki, Boston, Saint Petersburg, Milan.
Concerning health, Melbourne counts 30 public hospitals in this metropolitan region, and 13 health services organisations.
Great city, ain’t it?!