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Why Is Melbourne The World’s Most Livable City? The City With Two Faces
Melbourne. It’s been voted the world’s most livable city for four years in a row. One of the most friendliest and most resilient cities in recent times too. With over 140 nationalities among four million residents, naturally each of us in Melbourne find different reasons to live here. Melbourne. It boasts a grid-shaped city with…
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Why We Love Living In Cities. Especially Asians
City life. Some of us love a lot of the things that come along with being in the city. I’m one of those city-loving folk in Melbourne. Whenever I have a free day, I usually head down to the city and see what’s going on there. We love living in cities because everything is literally…
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Why We Love Summer. And Why Some Asians Don’t
When we think of summer, we think of sun. The beach. Blue skies. Cool drinks. Our swim suit coming off as we swim in the strong yet warm ocean waters. Summer’s my favourite time of the year in Melbourne – December through to February – for many reasons. I’m sure I’m not the only one…
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Why I Love Melbourne
Recently I went on my first ever guided tour of Melbourne’s CBD. Along with about sixty others, mostly tourists, it was refreshing wandering through familiar city locations while listening to historical commentary from the Melburnian, blonde, university-aged tour guide. It got me thinking: what’s so good about Melbourne? Why do I like living in one…
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Travel Solo Or Join A Tour Group?
Last Saturday afternoon, I was wandering around Federation Square. All of a sudden, about thirty people swarmed around me. I looked around and realised they were being herded by a tour guide in a bright green T-shirt. “So, this is Federation Square,” announced the guide. “It was voted as one of the ugliest buildings in…
Mabel Kwong 