all aussies cracked up at your tasmania comment 😂

I am from Germany, and Melbourne is my favorite city to be. I was twice there, and it is the most peacefull place you can emagine. When you first time arrive at Flinders Street Station, and you go outside, you can litarlly breath in the lifequality of this City. I love it there.

It's said "Melbun". The Melbourne Star closed in 2021, actually. I live in the Dandenong Ranges, and it IS absolutely beautiful, and IS actually a rainforest. I love living up here, it's very cool in summer (usually anything up to 7 degrees celcius cooler than the city and the burbs), but very cold in winter, and it can actually snow on the very tops of Mt Dandenong/Olinda. The Yarra Ranges are close by and really beautiful too, and it can snow out that way too, Mt Donna Buang and further out. The Dandenongs in some parts are well known as being bushfire prone. Where I live, Cockatoo, was one of the worst hit in the 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires. Lots of hills ppl don't call it summer... it's known as bushfire season. But it is a beautiful part of the world to live in when it's playing nice lol.

no one does the hop on/off tourist bus, only tourists who got conned. There is a free city circle tram that has recordings explaining the history and is the best option. Also, there are heaps of other things to do in Melbourne, like the night markets, the inner suburbs with cafe culture, the hidden clubs in the alleyways in the city, the various amazing parks with long walking tracks, the various outer suburban food markets, china town, the puffing billy steam train, the various farmer's markets, and entire long roads in various areas dedicated to certain cuisines. As well as various historical places like captain cooks cottage.

We say it "Melb'n". Australian English isn't as literal as US English, and we don't pronounce our r's in the way you do 🙂 Victoria is a state of Australia. Melbourne is close to mountain ranges like the Dandenongs. Australia is huge and has a wide variety of landscapes. It's not all beaches and bushland 🙂

Hi Ryan. Melbourne id pronounced "Melbin". Australia has many different types of forests, from tropical rain forest in northern Queensland (Check out the Daintree), sub-tropical rain forests in southern Queensland (Binna Burra, Lamington National Park and Mt Tamborine), temperate rain forest further south, ancient forests in Tasmania and many types of open forests. I've only named a few here but there are thousands.

I'd also include MCG, laneways, trams, Queen Victoria Market, southbank, state library of Victoria (trust me), and shrine of remembrance. Melbourne's a large city with a lot of cool things on during the year

You're right that video only scratched the surface. Melbourne is best known for an incredible restaurant scene (every cuisine from around the world you can imagine), some of the best coffee in the world with an estimated 2000-2500 cafes, laneways full of street art and hidden bars, some amazing 19th century gold rush architecture, the worlds biggest tram network, tons of arts & events, thriving live music scene, excellent markets (Queen Vic, Prahran, South Melbourne), a ring of "inner suburbs" that all have their own unique character. It's a great city to just explore with no plans rather than sightseeing.

Melbourne (pronounced Melb'n) is also famous for its fabulous restaurants and cafe culture. If you love coffee, this is amongst the best in the world. Also, Ryan, they are EEM-YOOS! I know you know that, as I've heard you correct yourself in the past. Love your vids. 😊

Love your reactions im a melbournian easiest way to pronounce it is "Melbn" and "Emew" not "emoo" I'm impressed at how you continue to learn about Australia we know how lucky and blessed we are to live here best wishes to you and your little family

Ryan, there are 6 states in Australia: NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Furthermore, there are two territories: ACT (containing our National Capital Canberra) and the Northern Territory.

Hi I’m from Melbourne pronounced Mel-bun for locals or any other Aussies Mel-burn. We have 6 states and 2 territories. And yes Tasmania is a state. When I went to the US and visited Vegas, I stayed at the stratosphere… good view, the Eureka Tower is much taller and has a glass floor observation deck that moves out of the building so you look like you’re standing on nothing. Not good for those that hate heights. Melbourne is also known as the sporting capital of Australia, we have the F1 racing, Melbourne Open Tennis, Melbourne Cup horse race…. One of the biggest races in the world. AFL, NRL, Soccer etc… we also have a vibrant restaurants and cafés that are world renowned and a massive coffee culture. The buses and trams are a free hop on off service that takes you to different tourist sites and shopping centres etc… Australia has multiple cities in the top 10 most liveable cities in the world. Melbourne was number 1 for about 7 years in a row. You should do a reaction to most liveable cities. The US cities don’t really rate…

"Is Tasmania a State?". Expect some shit from Taswegians over that one mate 😂 As others have said it's pronounced Melb'n. Also you slipped back in eemoo (aaaargh!) ffs it's eemyou

It's actually "Melb'n"! Which yes, is short for "Mel-burn", rather than "Mel-boorn", in our lingo.

Must be an old video. Melbourne's population is over 5 million.

The building you're looking at when the vid starts talking about the Botanical Gardens is actually Government House where the Victoria Governor resides. And a hectare is about 2 and a half acres.

Surely the Great Ocean Road and Wilson's Prom should be in that list.

We do have rainforests here in Australia. Many even more epic than temperate rainforests in Melbourne (pronounced Melbern with an almost silent "R") Queensland rainforests in particular are amazing.

The fish that swallowed the chain saw is funnily enough, a Sawfish. Also called a carpenter shark, though it is a ray.

Melbourne was the capital of Australia form 1901 to 1923 and was the richest city in the world in 1890. Melbourne has been voted the most livable city in the world 10 times with 7 years in a row

Here's a handy hint if ever you come to Melbourne. Make sure you get to THE Dandenongs or the Dandenong Ranges coz I've heard of visitors accidently travelling to Dandenong (an average Melbourne suburb with no great beauty) then they end up very confused about the recommendations they've heard to visit.

Hi Ryan. I live at the foot of The Dandenong Ranges. About a 25 minute drive up a winding road. Absolutely gorgeous. Observation deck with paid binoculars on a stand overlooking the Dandenong ranges. Plus a maze for the kids. Cafe for both adults and kids. Plus a fine dining restaurant. Well worth the drive

I was amused every time he corrected the narrator's pronunciation of Melbourne. It is funny how in Australia we have a lot of words and names that are pronounced differently to how they are spelt, which doesn't always occur to us until we see someone from a different country pronounce them completely wrong 😂.

SE Victorian here. It’s Melbin! Hop on hop off buses are all over the world, get one tix and jump on any bus that tours around I love them

Come to ‘Squeaky beach’ Wilsons promontory Quite literally the sand squeaks under feet. Beautiful quartz sand like no other Pristine

Pronounced Mel-bin. They should have included Healesville Sanctuary that has all indigenous animals. It’s in the Yarra Valley close to the Dandenong Ranges. As well as the penguin parade at Phillip Island, and St Kilda.

There's way more to see in Victoria and Melbourne - we have a wonderful food scene!!! 🇦🇺❤️

There are some fanatic rainforests in QLD - Daintree & Gold Coast Hinterland probably standout. Mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn are temperate yet very beautiful Forests and mountain ranges. Thanks for sharing your inert in this great vast Country.

Philip Island, see the penguins at night, adorable. Cheers Debra from Melbourne Australia xxx

The trees in The Dandenong Ranges temperate forest are extremely tall. We have tropical, subtropical and temperate rainforests in Australia. Some of the skyscrapers in Melb'n are amazingly unique and different. Some are even 'optical illusions'. Emu is pronounced 'eem-you'.

I took a group of kids camping in the Dandenongs. The hardest part was explaining to one kid's parents that their son had been attacked by a blind wombat. They aren't a problem generally but this one got frightened by all the kids. The boy was OK and had a great story for his mates.

As a Melburnian, I agree with some of these but there are weird inclusions on the list. Top sights include the Botanics, zoos, Dandenong Ranges, Queen Victoria Market and maybe Eureka Tower (but it’s costly). I would substitute much of the rest of the list with other places: the Yarra River bank, St Kilda (Acland St and foreshore), Carlton Gardens and the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Museum, State Library, Flinders Street clock towers and Fed Square, Birrarung Marr and the sports precinct, Treasury Gardens and State Parliament, walk Albert Park Lake (the Australian F1 Grand Prix site), see a theatre show at one of our iconic venues, Yarra Valley for wineries and foodie things, Mornington Peninsula for beaches and bushland…. The list goes on. And you don’t need a silly hop on hop off tourist bus. Just use trams for free in the CBD and surrounds to get to where you need.

My favourite city in Australia. Totally unbiased as I live in Adelaide.

Ryan you are so down to earth and funny! I appreciate how you don’t swear and are always polite! Yes Melbourne is a great city and there is so much more to see and visit. Hope your little beautiful baby can make another guest appearance soon. All The best to your family ❤

Sydney also has a spinning restaurant. Check out the centre point tower Sydney. Luna Park is only small. Most large theme parks are in Queensland.

I’d also recommend attending an Australian Football (not affiliated with soccer by the way lol) match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and visiting the Melbourne Cricket Ground for a tour and visiting the sports museum. Melbourne is a HUGE sporting city in Australia so I highly recommend visiting the MCG ❤

It’s pronounced Mel-bin. Victoria is our state, Melbourne is our city. And we were the worlds liveable city on the world for year on end. I can’t remember who beat is in the end. The Dandenong Rangers is my favourite place to go. It is sooo beautiful!

Hey Ryan, please try to find videos narrated by Australians in future. This person was mispronouncing a lot of words, which is really frustrating, particularly as you're trying to learn more about us and our country.

Melbn is the way that Melbourne is pronounced. Pronouncing it as "Mel-burn" or "Mel-boorn" would be like pronouncing Arkansas as R- Kansas, instantly identifying yourself as an alien.

Spent 33 years in Melbourne, moved north 9 years ago for a tree/sea change. Now I'm halfway between Sydney and Brisbane.

Hey, love the videos! Hope you can visit down under soon! Don't forget to say, "Melbin" when you do. It is 6 states (yes Tasmanian is one) and 2 territories, ACT (contains Canberra the capital, inside boarders of NSW(new south wales), and NT northern territory. :)

You're absolutely right when you said "scratched the surface of Melbourne". Couple of facts, for eg, is Melbourne has the largest population of Greeks outside of Greece. Also we have the best food and restaurants 😁 Lots of other stuff of course, hopefully one day you will experience this city and other amazing places in Australia. And , ahem, you still have a lot to learn about Australia (though at least your are interested and trying to learn!) and the rest of the world, like most Americans.

You're right this does only scratch the surface

We have beautiful rainforest in Australia. You should check out the Blue mountains.

So nice to have a positive clip about Mel-b'n (never "Mel-born"). The Dandenongs are beautiful - temperate rainforest and English trees and a little bit Germanic/Swiss/Austrian inspired in places. BTW it's Eem-yew not Ee-moo but you're a nice guy so no probs! The number one tourist spot is closed sadly. But come to Melbourne for the cafe culture, the great restaurants and see the amazing Victorian coast and country-side too!

I've lived in Werribee quite a large part of my life, the zoo is a great attraction, well worth a visit. 1 hectare = 2.47 acres.

I feel like the colors and views in this video don't do justice to what it's really like living here. Melbourne is friggin awesome. I've been to a lot of different countries with my previous job and coming back to Melbourne was always the best part. There are so many things to see and do here.

OMG Ryan, why don't you do some research. Don't watch vids with American commentators, THEY ALWAYS get it wrong and pronounce everything wrong. So bloody frustrating to us Aussies( pronounced OZZIES)!!! I do enjoy your vids tho, if you just listened you will learn a lot. 🥰

I like how even YOU get pissed off with the way the commentator is pronouncing "Melb'n"

The Melbourne Zoo is also known as the Zoological Gardens where the environments built for the animals are generally as close to the original habitats as possible. There are rare and endangered plants from around the world being cared for with the same passion as for the animals. Oh, one hectare is close enough to 4 acres

I grew up in that rainforest area - the Dandenongs. Truly a beautiful place. Chilly in winter tho. Light dustings of snow may occur at the coldest nights.

If you ever come to Australia come in November, thats when the weather is actually nice.

I live near Dandenongs, very beautiful place.

I live in Melbourne. You need to visit our city, your eyes lit up 😂 we are the art and cuisine capital of Australia and have the best coffee 👍🏻 ☕️

Good shopping and eating in Melbourne as well and the city itself is a pleasant place to walk around.

Hectares. 1 Hectare =- 2.47 acres. Australia went Metric in 1966 but some of us oldies still understand the Imperial measurements. As an Old Architect I can switch form Metric to Imperial reasonably easily.

Australia has rainsforest, arid desert, temperate grassland, alpine, medditeranean and many more different biomes.

We pronounce Melbourne as Mel-bin. We almost don’t even pronounce a vowel between the b and n. So it’s more Mel-bn. It’s a great city, would be my choice to travel to, there’s such a variety in what you can do here. My number 2 choices of places to travel in Australia are Tassie and Northern Queensland. Both have incredible locations to visit and extremely different climates. 👍👍

The coolest cafe's, fantastic coffee, great restaurants, The Vic Market, the Mornington Peninsula.... The list goes on! Melbourne is great. Then country Victoria amazing too.

Australia has rainforest mostly along the coastline regions. The ones in Queensland can be the most deadly if you incounter a Cassowarie, think of an Emu but the difference is that they will use there talons to split open your stomach

This is an old video. Melb’n (can’t go wrong if you say it that way) hit over 5 million residents back in 2019. We have probably lost quite a few to the regional areas of Victoria and interstate because of our seemingly never ending Covid lockdowns … I wonder if the birth rate will spike because of those lockdowns. Melbourne sits at the head of Port Phillip Bay (which is actually too big to be called a bay as it is really a small sea). We have so many beautiful beaches and the lucky residents of the inner suburbs can walk to the beach while the rest of us can have access within a 10-45 minute drive. 10-45 minute drive? Melbourne outside of the CBD (Central Business District) is huge … Melb’n is second only to LA in urban sprawl, with most Melburnians living on a 1/4 acre block, although apartment and townhouse living is gaining popularity. So when they said Werribee and the Dandenong Ranges were so many kilometres from Melbourne they mean from the CBD, both places are reached by the suburban rail line system, which is again, huge. Also and not mentioned, is our best kept secret … Geelong, which is a car ride around the bay and the gateway to our beautiful coastal towns and World class surf beaches.

You might have to watch both Geography Now videos on Australia. The first early one is quite general but good info and the second is states and territories. Great reaction, by the way.

Bro saying the O in Melbourne like his life depends on it even though no one here says it 😂👌 peak American 👍 also I'd use trams and trains over buses any day.

I live in that rainforest type deal, its very lovely!!! And there is an old steam train in use so everyone can hear it through the trees everyday 🙂

Hi Ryan, You'll find just about any type of scenery in Australia. Including Rainforests, Desserts and in some southern states there's Snow Capped Mountains in Winter. I'm originally from Brissie (Brisbane) the capital city of Queensland. Just south of the city there's The Gold Coast where you'll find plenty of Theme (Amusement) Parks. There's also Surfers Paradise where the Meter Maids wear Gold Bikinis as their uniform. Over here Checking Out someone We find Attactive is our way of Paying A Compliment. If your Good Lady Wife were an Aussie, she probably wouldn't mind your looking. Because she'd probably be Checking Out the guys on the beach herself. Let's be honest we do it because our eyes work, Aussies are just honest about it. Anyway when I was a teenager I moved to The Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland. It up a Mountain Range behind Cairns we have Rainforests, Waterfalls, plenty of Freshwater places to swim and Rolling Green Hills with a cooler climate than the coast. It's also Dairy Country and due to long extinct Volcanoes our soil is good for growing a wide variety of Fruits and Vegetables. A lot of Tourists visit Cairns for The Great Barrier Reef and then come up here. Being Aussies the Locals in general are Warm, Open, Friendly People. Where I live, we Love Tourists. Most of us would rather actually go Grocery Shopping to hear the different Accents and Languages. It's Fun!

Melbourne has awesome restaurants :)

There is so much more to Melbourne (Mel bun), there is a free tram you can ride that takes you around the perimeter of the CBD. Melbourne has some of the best gardens, Fitzroy Garden's features Captain Cooks cottage. A walk past the MCG and Tennis centre and across the Yarra and you have Alexander Gardens where you have water features to explore, the Myer Music bowl, The Governor's mansion, War Memorial, Floral clock and Botanical Gardens. Across the road is the Art centre, South Bank and Casino. Across the Yarra again to the Aquarium. Jump on free tram to Melbourne jail, Victoria Market and up to Carlton Gardens and Museum. Then you can leave the centre of Melbourne to the outer suburbs where there many activities and leave Melbourne to explore country areas like Philip Islands Penguin population. Dandenong Ranges, Wineries, Puffing Billy, Great Ocean Road on the shipwreck coast, Ballarat and Bendigo Goldfields, Paddle Steamers on the Murray and much more.

Melbourne hosts the Australian Open (a tennis grand slam tournament), the Australian Grand Prix ( formula 1), the AFL Grand Final and the AFL Anzac Day match ( both attended by one hundred thousand plus people), the Melbourne Cup (the richest handicap horse race in the world and also attended by around eighty thousand people) and the Boxing Day Test (a famous annual game on the international Cricket calender).

In Australia, Melbourne is the capital of the State of Victoria. In Canada, Victoria is the capital of the Province of British Columbia (I think you probably came across that when watching recent videos about Canada).

Tasmania is a state. It's capital is Hobart. Please do a Hobart vid. Is there a vid out there that introduces you the Aussie states? Aside from Victoria and Tasmania there is New South Wales (Sydney), Queensland (Brisbane), South Australia (Adelaide), Western Australia (Perth). There is also the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra) and the Northern Territory (Darwin). Hectare is a metric unit. It is equivalent to approx. to 2.5 acres.

You need to visit Australia in person to understand how huge and diverse the country and people are.

When you questioned about the Royal Botanical Gardens, no that is not indoors, the Building in shot is actually the Governor's Building (official residence, office, etc. And largely ceremonial, recognisable by the "gold" - sulphur - standard flag or pennant) the actual gardens are adjacent to the city, rather than about two miles out behind 12' walls. Also the Dandenong Ranges have cool temperate rainforest, and those tall trees are Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans), the tallest flowering plants, they can get to over 300' high, and were known to attain a basal girth of 30' diameter. **** Luna Park is not the size of, say, Disneyland or Six Flags, it's equivalent to what Coney Island or similar "Multiplex" sized establishment, so a couple of acres, if that. The Scenic Railway, is probably amongst the oldest continually operating roller-coasters in the world (yes it has been closed for maintenance from time to time, but not demolished or dismantled).... **** Hop on Hop off bus - it's a tourist trap, and could effectively be done better on the City Circle Trams (maroon wooden ones that Circle the central city for free) and ask the visitor guides.... the Melbourne Star is a white elephant, similar to the London Eye, it's had problems in operations, so much so that the pre recorded commentary says "if you look to the east on a clear day you'll see St.Kilda, Luna Park and Port Melbourne" but all you see is a 16 story apartment tower.

About 35% of the mainland of Australia has conditions that would classify it as desert. However, only 18 percent of Australia's land falls into regions that are officially named deserts. Approximately 81% of Australia is broadly defined as rangelands. This part of the country is known to most Australians as the Outback. Rangelands include tropical savannas, woodlands, shrublands and grasslands. So basically almost every ecosystem you can think of 😂

hurricanes are called cylcones in australia and tasmania is an island state @10:15 the ferris wheel has since been closed down you need to learn the aussie accent properly its melburn *NOT* Melborn

Loved your reactions. Cracked up over Tasmania and a hectare being 1mm squared!

Don’t forget there is also Great ocean road, Mornington Peninsula and Geelong.

The Luna park roller coaster is also the worlds oldest wooden truss and still manned by a handbrake guy Also, Melbourne is pronounced “melb’n”

Ryan, be sure to check out Sovereign Hill and also the light and sound show.

Hectares are a metric measurement for area, just under 2.5 acres per hectare. Australia is officially a metricated nation, like most of the world. Only 3 countries don't use metric measurements, you're in one of them. As most have said, it's pronounced Melbn. Aussies shorten nearly everything (as shown by Aussies and it's shortn). There is so much that could be added to the list of things to do and see in Melbn and Victoria. Victoria is the smallest mainland state by area, but the second largest by population. And it contains almost all facets of the rest of the country in a small package: we have rainforest, mountains (nearly the tallest in Australia, which in US terms are pretty modest), snowfields in winter, seasides of all types, from cliffs to sandy beaches, rolling hills (complete with dairy cattle or beefies or paddock lice (sheepses)), and even full-on deserts. And we are the home of the greatest Australian game - Aussie Rules (which my team Geelong won the premiership of this year (Go Catters!)). So come visit us. We don't bite.

Does Tasmania count?! 😂😂

as a melburnian myself , i actually loved the most livable city bit of your video , yes your right compared to nearly all other parts of the world , australia in general is the most less likely to die place in the world ... you should visit , there is a lot of better places to visit than that video showed, healesville sanctuary it's like the zoo, but way better imo , Buchan Caves, Phillip Island Penguin march, the yarra valley winery tours, and the city itself is also known as the restaurant capital of australia , with huge amount of restaurants bars and cafes , and a world class casino callled crown casino in the centre of melbourne , including a world class shopping district and entertainment , we are blessed to have such a multicultural society , and live in a place with very minimal violence and crime.

G'day Ryan. I'm from the Upper Yarra Valley about 100 kilometers out of Melbourne, our area is surrounded by thousnds of hectares of high mountains, cool temperate rain forests, and huge Mountain ash tree forests just like the Dandenong rangers, we also have not to far from where I live a stand of Californian red wood tree's planted about 100 yrs ago. Our Australian mountain ash tree is second only in height to the California red wood tree but the mountain ash is the world's tallest flowering tree. 1 hectare is equally to 2.4 acres. Cheers from Aus.

Number 1. Ryan..love your channel and genuine admiration for our beautiful country..2. He’s right it IS pronounced MelBURN….. Though spelt Melbourne, you know… ‘cause we’re Aussies and we don’t make any sense! Lol and finally…. Australia and it’s landscapes are so vast that you will encounter EVERY TYPE of environment… we have beautiful scenic coastal towns, deserts, tropical rainforests, snowy mountain ranges… you name it we have it… just depends on we’re you go…. And FYI… that Melbourne ‘ beach’ is NOT a beach….melBURN is situated around a Bay therefor not an open ocean… I grew up in WA (Western Australia) where we have some of the most beautiful coastline in the world ( search south Western Australia) when I moved to Melbourne and saw the ‘beach’ I cried…

Melbin is how we pronounce

And as it should be, the ACT got forgotten again lol

The Dandenong Ranges are covered in a wet sclerophyll forest. It's beautiful and not that far from me. Those mountains ( large hills really) have been part of my life forever. I used to live in them.

Live 10minutes from the Dandenongs Ranges. Explore the Yarra Valley in Victoria. The outskirts of Melbourne. Beautiful.

Try pronouncing it Mel-bin :)

Love how you shout Melbourne incorrectly then mispronounce wharf 🤣 Em-you

The Yarra Ranges National Park is my favourite place on this planet. Mountain Ash everywhere. Ferns proliferate. Wildlife all over the place, including Lyre birds.. The tallest tree in the world were here. Measured at 137 metres high. It was cut down in the late 1800's. Many of the Mountain Ash trees are close to 100 metres tall now. Spectacular place.

We live next to the Dandenongs. We drive through them to get to the city. The trees you saw in Sherbrooke forest are only babies. They grow three times larger than that. But there were huge fires back in the first half of the 19th century and most of the forest was burned down.

American grifter reacts ,lol

I continue to trawl through your videos. Your awe constantly surprises me. I should get on when you post a reaction. I hope you read this one day. Now I did go to "Melbin Yewny" as we used to call it. It was whilst there that I realised how unique and diverse Melbourne is. The video you watched is crap! They are certainly NOT the ten best things to do in Melbourne. These are (in no particular order): 1/ NGV & Ian Potter Centre - always best when there is an exhibition - otherwise Friday nights are a blast 2/ Royal Botanic Gardens & the Domain - great for a wind down day - take a picnic. Or if you're up to it, do what the locals do and run around the perimeter "on the tan". In summer, catch a Moonlight Movie. 3/ The Shrine of Rememberance - next to the Gardens and with an amazing exhibition space and museum under the Shrine. 4/ Take in a game of AFL or if out of season, cricket, at the MCG 5/ State Library - you'll be truly amazed at the building, the dome, the exhibitions in there. Another gem in pain sight! 6/ Walk the alleys and arcades of Melbourne; particularly Royal and Block Arcades, Hardware & Hosier Lanes. Find the hidden bars. 7/ Queen Vic Market - a must for fresh food, dynamic market culture, the HOT jam donuts. Wine tasting. In summer, late night foodie market. 8/ Herring Island in the Yarra River, wildlife haven & sculpture park. Kayak or canoe there, or a longer walk along the river bank and take the punt when operating. 9/ Walk the Gardens surrounding Melbourne; they often have other features associated with them. Treasury & Fitzroy Gardens with Capt Cooks Cottage, Model Tudor Village & the Fairy Tree, memorial to John F Kennedy, Exhibition Gardens - home of the Royal Exhibition Centre & Melbourne Museum, Royal Park. 10/ My personal favourite and a hidden gem, the Percy Grainger Museum on Royal Parade. Percy was perhaps our most famous composer & pianist. He settled in the US but built the museum on the grounds of Melbin Yewny. ALL of the above are within walking distance, or in, the CBD. There's lots to do in the inner suburbs and features on the metro outskirts as well. What's lost its mojo - St Kilda, Lygon Street, plastic land aka South Yarra - Chapel Street.

Eureka sky deck in Melbourne is pretty cool (the skyscraper in the video) it has a little room that you can go into that pops out the side of the building and has a clear glass floor so you can see straight down to the ground when standing in the room

The Melbourne Star Wheel (made of steel) was many years ago now closed for a few years for repairs after it melted due to the summer temperatures!

Dandenong had the tallest Australian tree, the Mountain Ash. It had fallen down but was measured by a surveyor in the 1860's. It was 390 feet but the top had broken off so he added another 30 feet making it 420 feet tall. The tallest surviving Mountain Ash is located in Tasmania and is 333 feet tall (100.9 metres)

While the narrator is saying “Mel-burn” and you’re saying “Mel-bourne”, I’m here saying “no, it’s Mel-bin/ben”😆😆. I live at the base of the Dandenong Ranges, the park you didn’t think looked like Australia, and I’m really impressed that it made it in this video as I feel most forget to mention it it and only focus on the beach-y places etc…. It’s an absolutely breathtaking area with probably the most Aussie wildlife within less than an hour of the city. Amazing place and great city, def have to come with your family.

Hey Ryan, We have 8.8 million acres of rainforest in Australia, including the Daintree, which is the oldest in the world. It's home to the Cassowary, a velociraptor-like bird with a mean streak!

Melbourne is a great place to live (I'm a Melbournian), but Sydney probably offers more to the tourist. Melbourne is pretty flat and doesn't come close to the numerous vistas that Sydney has. However, if you can get up high (in, say, the Eureka Tower, but not the Melbourne Star - it's now defunct) you can see a long way and the view is spectacular (a bit like Vegas, I guess). The rollercoaster in Luna Park, being old, is really rough. The aquarium in Melbourne is nothing on the one in Sydney (or even the one in Townsville). Our zoos are pretty good though. "Hop on, hop off" usually implies a single fee, regardless of the number of times you get on or off the transport. Finally, us locals, don't pronounce the name of our city either of the ways you and the video were giving us. Most of the time we pronounce it like it was spelt "Melbn". Other possibilities are "Melbin" or "Melbern" (with emphasis on the "Mel"), but never the way either of you were doing it.

1:34 Those puddles you throw a line and you can get beached whiting and flatheads in those puddles they bury until the next tide. Sometimes you can feel them with your feet as you walk over them and dig them up.