Melbourne, AUSTRALIA! First look at one of the world's most livable cities

Discover Melbourne, Australia, in our first travel guide in the country. This vlog covers various attractions in the Central Business District, such as Federation Square, St. Paul's Cathedral, the laneways, and arcades. Melbourne is often ranked as the most livable city on earth, and in this series, we'll show you why.

Here you'll also find information on the history and significance of each place we visit, highlighting some of Melbourne's unique features, like its vibrant street art scene and cuisine.

This guide is a helpful resource for anyone planning a trip to Melbourne, providing a comprehensive overview of the city's main attractions and unique character. In the next videos, we'll show you even more, so make sure you subscribe 😊.

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First impressions of Melbourne and Australia walking around the Central Business District:
00:00 Welcome to Melbourne and Australia!
01:42 Federation Square, the main square in Melbourne
03:35 The Australian "Oscars Museum"
06:00 What about trains in Melbourne and Australia?
07:22 The most iconic church in Melbourne
08:08 Melbourne's famous laneways
09:11 Fancy restaurant with graffiti walls
11:07 My favorite laneways in Melbourne
12:39 Walking from the laneways to the arcades
14:01 The Block and Royal Arcades - where time stood still
15:40 The best chocolate drinks ever
17:46 The most famous shopping street in Melbourne

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► WHO AM I?

I am a Brazilian-American journalist living in Florida. After traveling the world working with sports, news, and events for over 15 years, I realized that what I really love is the travel part of it all. So I exchanged life in the newsrooms and stadiums for the daily challenge of being an independent content producer. I created this channel to share the beauties of the world... stuff that, for so long, I only kept to myself. Also to help people planning similar trips and to inspire more people to venture out and enjoy life!

P.S.: The funny guy who appears in the vlogs is my husband, Gordon. He is Canadian-American, and he's actually camera-shy. That's why he's behind the camera most of the time 😉

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[manojsubramanian]

Australia is one of the 5 Continents, & one of the best countries in the world, well developed country with all facilities. 👍👌👍

[johndunn]

I've been all over Melbourne was my favourite city.
It's a cultural capital, vibrant, so many cafes & restaurants, friendly people and a great night life.
Can not wait to get back there.

[villylaroue]

Melburnian born and bred here. It's great to see our city through the eyes of a visitor. There's a lot going on here. Hosier lane used to be great with work by Miss Van, Fafi (the Banksy is in Flinders lane), but once it became famous it started to get vandalised by younger artists. It's a shame. I'm looking forward to watching your next video!

[wagtail]

Fantastic video Renata! And I say that as an Australian who lived in Melbourne for 4 years - you captured the vibrancy and beauty of Melbourne so well. I now live in Sydney, which I have no doubt you will love too. We are lucky to have these two fantastic cities in our country. But everyone knows the best city is actually Brisbane! Can't wait for you to discover all Australia has to offer :)

[FionaEm]

Glad you loved your first taste of Australia 😊 Melbourne is an amazing city; more than 5 million ppl with cultures from all over the world. The weather is nuts but when you live here, you learn to roll with it 😅

[theoadelaidabondocabe]

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[kejmat]

Welcome to Australia. I always enjoy your videos so much. What really sets you apart from so many others is your detailed and accurate research.

[crackers]

So glad you liked it - enjoy... it is a bustling town... always something to see and do.

[theoadelaidabondocabe]

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[Andrew-dfdr]

Hi Renata and Gordon, I am so glad you are enjoying beautiful Melbourne. I hope you see an Australian Football League (AFL) game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). There is also a penguin colony in St Kilda only 6km from the CBD. There is also French Island, an island known for its huge koala population.

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[markb]

Thank you for showing our home City of Melbourne. Appreciate in doing so, hope you had an amazing time. And for a local, our special our we to live in this great City. Thank you.🤩😁🥰

[HarryPotterTheGreat]

Oh, Renata! Thanks for showing us the sights! On all 4 previous visits I only had eyes for Melbourne's beauties!

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[lubas]

Super krásné video, jako vždy od Tebe Renata. A těším se na Nový Zéland.

[santyclause]

Small correction regarding the Capital: Melbourne WAS the Federal Capital, the Capital was moved to Canberra. True Sydney and Melbourne both wanted to be the Capital, but Melbourne WAS the actual Federal Capital at the time, and wanted to stay the Capital.

[barnowl]

Welcome to Marvellous Melbourne, the city where I was born and live. Regarding the older buildings - In county Victoria, the state of which Melbourne is the capital, there was a a huge gold rush in the early 1850s, making Melbourne the richest city in the world at that time. This is why there are so many older, beautiful buildings of which you have shown some. These were being demolished by greedy, uncaring developers until the building unions around the mid to late 20th century refused to be part of this and had strikes and demonstration marches, backed by the community, to preserve them. Regarding newer buildings -There has been quite an extension to the CBD (central business district/downtown) with many new and interesting buildings and areas. The architects have had their fun!

[shannonh]

Welcome! I only discovered your channel a week or so ago, I was searching for videos on Mexico for an upcoming trip, and now here you are in my city! You did such a great job too. Sometimes I watch traveler's videos on Melbourne out of curiosity, it's interesting to see my own city through someone elses eyes, and honestly this is the best one I've seen. When you went to AC/DC lane I was thinking, oh they should watch the Long Way to the Top music video, and then what do you show next ... haha! I hope you have a great time here in Australia, you both seem like such genuinely lovely people, thanks for your informative videos!

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