Oh, hello again Australia. We’re very exci……Let’s be honest. At this point of the trip, all of the traveling was starting to wear on us a little bit – some more than others.
We loved New Zealand and were sad to leave. Just about everywhere else we went we were going someplace completely new, so you weren’t sad to leave because you had something new and exciting to look forward to. Not here, we were back to Australia…Not to say we didn’t enjoy Australia the first go around – we loved it too. I think we had just hit a travel lull.
Still, the show must go on. Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia (4.25 Million people) and is the capital of the state of Victoria. It was the biggest/most prominent city for most of Australia’s history, but only in the last 40-50 years has Sydney surpassed it.
The cities are similar in many ways, though I think Melbourne has a more “hip” vibe (for lack of a better term). Melbourne also lacks the iconic landmarks that Sydney possesses. Basically, Melbourne plays a Chicago or San Francisco to Sydney’s New York.
