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  Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3.8 million in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 69,670 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area).
Melbourne has undergone a major urban 'revival', such that it is sometimes classed as being in a second tier of "world cities"; the GaWC study group in the UK ranks Melbourne, on the basis of relative availability of specialised "advanced services" as a "minor world city" comparable to cities such as Montreal, Osaka, and Prague.
Melbourne is built on the land of the Kulin nation, the original Aboriginal inhabitants of the area.
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 City Circle Tram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trams travel in both directions with a frequency of approximately 10 minutes.
However, newer trams have been known to operate on the City Circle when no older trams are available, and green liveried W-class trams fitted with Metcard vending machines and validators have also run on the City Circle when no brown and gold liveried trams are available.
The route of the City Circle trams roughly follows the outer edges of the Hoddle Grid, with only two diversions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/City_Circle_(tram_route)   (349 words)

  
 Melbourne's Trams To The Millennium
Melbourne's tramway system, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere and the eleventh largest in the world, comprises 244 route kilometers of track operated by 517 trams of six classes, both heritage and modern, running on the 1435 mm gauge.
Tram numbers are yellow unlined stick on vinyl decals.
Melbourne's tram services are operated from eight tram depots, four of which are controlled by each tram company.
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Set/9507/melbtram.html   (2131 words)

  
 Melbourne Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Take tram #8 or #72 to Chapel Street, or a train to South Yarra Station.With its fresh produce and wide range of delicatessen goods, this lively market is frequented by locals and visitors alike and is just a short walk from fashionable Chapel Street.
Melbourne (pronounced Mel bun) is located on the banks of the Yarra River and overlooks the huge expanse of Port Phillip Bay, a sailing and boating paradise.
Melbourne entered the world spotlight in 1952 with the visit of Queen Elizabeth, and again in 1956 when the city hosted the Olympic games, held in the southern hemisphere for the first time.
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 Melbourne travel guide - Wikitravel
Melbourne [1] is the second-largest city in Australia and the capital of the state of Victoria.
Melbourne is the unquestioned sporting capital of Australia with the largest arenas and two of the major sporting administrations basing their operation in Melbourne: Cricket Australia is a stone's throw from the MCG, and the Australian Football League is based at the Telstra Dome.
Melbourne is more-or-less centrally located on the coast of Victoria, and there are many natural and manmade attractions close enough to easily visit in a day's return drive.
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 Melbourne's Public Transport Network is Environmentally Friendly : Melbourne Indymedia
Trams are a rather notorious case - as someone else mentioned - due to a non-peer-reviewed paper that some RMIT engineers produced two years ago, claiming that trams have three to five times the greenhouse emissions of cars.
There are a number of tram routes, particularly in the south east but also in other parts of town that with a minor 1-4km extension could end up interchanging with a nearby rail station or shopping centre.
There's an interchange with another tram route and a possible future rail station to the north of the 72 terminus, and also an extension of the Bourke Road section south to Caulfield (splitting the 7 from the 72 and running the 72 south of Gardiner) would be useful.
www.melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2005/11/98940.php   (2297 words)

  
 Melbourne's tram route 6
Melbourne's tram route 6 starts from the Melbourne University terminus of St Kilda Rd services at the corner of Swanston and Elgin Sts, Carlton.
Trams pick up their first passengers at the Faraday St stop and then go down Swanston St past the Royal Women's Hospital in Grattan St and then enter Melbourne's CBD at Victoria St opposite the City Baths.
Route 7 - Melbourne University to Malvern Depot.
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 Melbourne tram route 96 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tram route 96 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
At the former terminus (St Kilda Railway Station) the tram rejoins the streets and moves to Acland Street St Kilda where it terminates.
Other trams to run this route are A class, B1 class and B2 class trams.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_96   (347 words)

  
 Melbourne tram route 82 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tram route 82 is a public transport service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
It overlaps with tram route 57 between the intersection of Maribyrnong Road and Union Road, Ascot Vale, and Raleigh Road and Wests Road, Maribyrnong.
This route is one of the two suburban tram routes that do not head into the city, and is also one of the last surviving routes from the Footscray tram network.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_82   (309 words)

  
 Commonwealth Games 2006 melbourne
Trams are the main form of transport throughout the Central Business District and run up and down most main streets.
Melbourne's challenge is to perpetuate the evolution of the Games so as to maintain its historical position of strength on the world event stage.
Melbourne’s resident population of around 3.5 million are strong supporters of sport and regularly known to fill stadiums to capacity for Australian Football League matches and other sporting events.
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 Old Melbourne Gaol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Old Melbourne Gaol complex is historically and architecturally significant as one of the early gaols in Australia built using up-to-date gaol principles, and is the oldest surviving penal establishment in Victoria.
One of Melbourne's best-concealed 19th century tunnels was dug by inmates of the Old Melbourne Gaol in the 1870s.
Importance of Melbourne Gaol Ned Kelly was hung in the Melbourne Gaol, his mother was a prisoner in the same gaol at the time.
www.onlymelbourne.com.au /old_melbourne_gaol.htm   (1498 words)

  
 Yarra Trams :: Temporary tram service changes - Route 72 - 7 May 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Yarra Trams wishes to advise that due to South East Water carrying out emergency works on a water main at the intersection of St Kilda and Commercial Roads, route 72 trams will terminate at the corner of Commercial and St Kilda Roads from first tram to approximately 6pm on Saturday 7 May 2005.
During this time route 72 trams will not travel into the city, trams will only travel between the Camberwell tram terminus and the corner of Commercial and St Kilda Roads.
Passengers travelling to and from the University of Melbourne or the city are advised to catch any route 3, 5, 6, 16, 64 or 67 tram along St Kilda Road or Swanston Street to connect with a route 72 tram at Commercial Road.
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 what's new, pussycat? - Good Route
Just before you get to melbourne you could stay a night at Walhalla, the only town that still has no electricity and where the hills are so steep the coffins in the local cemetry have to be buried on their heads.
Melbourne Bars: Due to dropping the cost of a liquor licence to next to nothing melbourne city and inner city has the most amazing bars, many strange places.
72 · Posted by Denny on August 16, 2005 11:26 AM Go to the beechworth bakery if you want a good bakery, it's just near albury-wodonga which is in between sydney and melb.
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 PinkAgenda.com Gay in Melbourne
With its variable climate, Melbourne is warm to hot in summer (December to February), mild in autumn (March to May), cold and damp in winter (June to August), and cool in spring (September to November).
Melbourne Museum Situated in Carlton Gardens and next to the historic Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Museum is an exciting and innovative attraction - including permanent and touring exhibitions, dynamic performances and events, cafés, IMAX Theater, gift shop, and undercover parking.
Melbourne Zoo Melbourne Zoo is an historic zoo with an innovative master plan that displays a representative sample of the world's fauna and flora in a series of bio climatic (or habitat) zones.
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 Meltrip Melbourne Public Transport: Trams
All tram stops have timetables that show the time of the next tram, vandals permitting.
Older trams sometimes have a comprehensive inner city transport map, which should be used with caution due to its age.
All good tram drivers manually announce major stops (including transfer points like railway stations), though as with trains this cannot be relied on.
home.alphalink.com.au /~parkerp/meltrip/tram.htm   (653 words)

  
 Melbourne tram route information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
East Melbourne (Victoria Pde/Hoddle St) 34, ([23], 42, 47, 109, 111), ([24])
North Melbourne (Abbotsford St/Flemington Rd) 50 (54, 57, 58, 60), {(55, 68)}, {(49, 51, 52, 59, 81)}
South Melbourne Depot (Sturt St/Kingsway) 4 (1, 2)
www.railpage.org.au /tram/routenam.html   (1172 words)

  
 exploring melbourne and vic.,australia - photos of sightseeing in Melbourne on Worldisround
Dubai to Melbourne was a heck of a long flight: 16 and a half hours, to be...
Trams in Melbourne come in all shapes forms.Some are single car, like...
The Melbourne skyline with the Yarra River and Flinders St. Station in the...
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 Melbourne Tours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
See the stunning architectural heritage of Melbourne's gold rush days, world-renowned sporting venues (including the home of the Australian Tennis Open), the parklands which have made Melbourne's reputation as the 'Garden City' and shopping and cafe centers that are second to none.
Dominating Melbourne's horizon, the bluish hue of the Dandenong Mountain Ranges beckons visitors to enjoy fantastic forest scenery with breathtaking views of the City and Port Phillip Bay.
Melbourne is a city famous for its cafes, wineries, beautiful buildings, fantastic shopping precincts and countless shows, exhibitions and galleries.
www.caldeal.co.uk /sightseeing-tours/Melbourne.html   (4846 words)

  
 Rail, Light Rail and Monorail page - Melbourne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Melbourne has a very comprehensive rail network which complements its extensive tram and light rail networks.
The following map displays Melbourne's extensive tram and light rail network which extends from the Melbourne CBD to suburbs as far as East Brighton and Malvern in the south east to Airport West and West Maribyrnong in Melbourne's northwestern suburbs.
Melbourne's tram and light rail network is the most extensive network of its kind outside of Europe.
www.bensmatrix.com /rail/melbourne.html   (290 words)

  
 Melbourne
Pass through Melbourne's eastern suburbs to Ferntree Gully, at the foot of the Ranges, and on to the Dandenong Ranges National Park - home of the Lyrebird, superb traditional gardens and towering mountain ash forests.
Travel the Western Highway, the stagecoach route of the 1850's, to Bacchus Marsh - a landscape of orchards and once a resting place for the Cobb and Co stagecoach.
Follow the route of the overland cattle drovers as you travel through Kyneton, passing Woodend and beautiful Mt Macedon.
www.travel-innovations.com /melbourne.htm   (2365 words)

  
 Melbourne tram route 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Route 1: South Melbourne Beach - City - East Coburg
Route 2: University - City - Sth Melbourne Beach
- Route Numbers - Route Names - Places -...
www.railpage.org.au /tram/1.html   (97 words)

  
 WPA + WTA Design   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Trams cross Chapel Street, Routes 72,16 and 69 and run along High Street, Route 5 and Route 6 stopping directly outside Maples Lane.
Prahran Station is on the Pakenham Line and is a five minute walk from the studio; trains run regularly to and from the CBD.
Car parking is available in Kings Car Park off Little Chapel Street and restricted parking on High Street.
www.wtadesign.com /contact/contact_melbourne.htm   (65 words)

  
 Puffing Billy Bus Tour, Yarra Valley, Healsville Sanctuary.
Australia's oldest preserved steam railway takes the scenic route from suburban Belgrave all the way to the pretty town of Gembrook.
If your hotel is not on the pick up list, please include the details at the time of booking.
Melbourne Observation Deck with Morning or Afternoon Tea
www.tourbookings.com.au /melbourne/puffingbilly2.shtml   (840 words)

  
 LatinoReview.com - The Latin Perspective On All Films! - Movie News - Set Visit Report: Ghost Rider!
For those of you not familiar with the comic book, GHOST RIDER is about a motorcycle stunt rider (Johnny Blaze) who makes a deal with the devil in order to save his father’s life only to become possessed by his demonic alter ego, GHOST RIDER.
Met up with a hand full of online journalist, which is great cause you don’t have those usual set visits where they have like 20 freaking online people and the whole freaking world has the same story.
Took the TRAM and headed to downtown Melbourne and did some shopping and what not.
www.latinoreview.com /news.php?id=72   (1121 words)

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