After being named most liveable city for the third time in a row (Staff, 2014) Melbourne is definitely having a moment. However can the most liveable city also be the most sports mad? The Ultimate Sports City has been won by Melbourne “on three occasions – 2006, 2008 and 2010” (Heenan & Dustan, 2014) and once again Melbourne is on the shortlist of 5 for the bi-annual award given by Sport Business (SportBusiness Group, 2014). The purpose of this essay is to justify this award and Melbourne’s position
CH2 and located in Melbourne CBD, which is at 240 Little Collins Street, Melbourne. CH2 is one of the biggest sustainable building in Australia, which is owned by city of Melbourne and has achieved maximum six Green Star rating, certifies by the Green Building Council of Australia on 22 March 2005 (Green Building Council of Australia, 2014). CH2 building construction started in 2004 and was completed in 2006. Building occupies about 12,536 m2, architected by City of Melbourne in association
‘City Life – What’s the Plan for Melbourne’ written by Rod Urban, the senior director of Zenith Construction, is an article published in a weekend lifestyle magazine issued by a large newspaper. It tries to convince the reader that instead of having ‘random’ suburban estates full of excessively large houses we should have a well-planned inner city. The audience for this professional and assertive sounding piece are Melbournians who love their city. Urban’s assertion that Melbournians must consider
urban areas. However, that would only be possible if the city is environmentally conscious about the threats and challenges
As I discovered, many cities in the world were located by the waterway or near the waterway, for instance, Melbourne, Sydney and London. In city planning, waterway, as one of the significant elements is worth considering. To define what waterway is, waterway is a river, canal, or other route for travel by water. Thus, waterway can mean natural river or artificial water canal. In this essay, waterway as river and water system will be discussed. However, sanitation issue is a frequent topic relating
History of Settlement & Urban Development - Melbourne The area around Port Phillip, where Melbourne is now located, was the home to the indigenous Kulin people, made up of several different groups of original Australians, whose ancestors had lived in the area for an estimated 31,000 to 40,000 years. The Kulin lived by fishing, hunting and gathering, and made a good living from the rich food sources of Port Phillip and the surrounding grasslands. John Batman, a successful farmer in northern Tasmania
Melbourne is and through history was known to be a very famous city. The 1880s was a chaotic time for Melbourne and its history, known to many as the land boom decade. During the 1880’s Melbourne had become the richest city in the world and the second largest in the British Empire with the population rising from 268,000 in 1880 to 473,000 in 1890. Melbourne was seen as fast paced and reckless compared to other cities around the world and even within Australia. Sydney seemed older, poorer and lethargic
in Melbourne located in Victoria more then just a few times. With many business trips year around this is one place I do not complain about coming to. I have traveled many locations all over Australia this is by far one of the greatest places I have been to. When I hear that I need to return on business or pleasure I look forward to it greatly. I have come back many times just to spend time with my family and friends while I am not working. Melbourne I believe is one of the utmost cities in
Introduction In this fieldwork report, I will be discussing the relevance on Docklands in Melbourne, explaining the reasoning behind gradual changes, and answering how Docklands has remained sustainable and why. Docklands has undergone numerous changes to its infrastructure, environment and purpose in Melbourne. Formerly, Docklands served under a more industrialised economic structure. It was once common for generations of families to be born into working on the Docklands. Since 1983, there have
Geelong is connected to Greater Melbourne in multiple ways through the strong relationships between trade, tourism and infrastructure. These relationships give a vivid and clear representation of how similar and connected they are. Geelong, also known as the “gateway city” due to its central location surrounding the Victorian region is located South-West of Melbourne. It is 75 kilometres from the CBD of Melbourne. That is approximately one hour and a half drive from Melbourne to Geelong via the Princess
Australian architect whose first notable work began in the 1990’s. Wardle graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a degree in Architecture and established an office for his practice in 1986. The office is John Wardle Architects (JWA) which designs a variety of projects ranging from residential to large and complex projects for significant organizations, primarily within Melbourne (Process - Collaboration). The firm is known for contextualizing its projects within the surrounding
Introduction Melbourne is Australia's second biggest city, regularly named one of the world's most liveable cities. It was founded on 30 August 1835 by settlers who sailed from Van Diemen's Land.There are many advantages of living in Melbourne Australia. Trends and Patterns in human Settlement Over the past 12 months, melbourne has recorded the fastest rate of population growth at 2.1%. This is because of natural increase, birth minus deaths, more people are born in melbourne. However many overseas
Professional moving services in Western Melbourne Making the decision whether or not to relocate can be considered as one of the toughest decisions that you will have to make in your life. The hassle associated with moving has played a major role behind this. Often we find reasons to move to another place such as job changes, family problems and end of lease agreement in a rented property. If there is someone who can assist you to get rid of hassle during a relocation, you will tend to go for a new
Melbourne, one of the most beautiful city's in the world. I have traveled through the USA, Canada & the Bahamas, and still, I find Melbourne is the greatest. In 1981 I was born in a New South Wales mid-coast town of Port Macquarie. I lived there until I was the age of four, and that's when we made the move to Victoria.I grew up in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, not far from the actual city. Most of my family lived there, and was the main cause for the move. I went to school and met lots of friends
BB108 MIT171006 Shailesh Sapkota DELOITTE’S REPORT ON ‘THE ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF MELBOURNE’S FOODBOWL Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia with the population of 4.6 million people. It is one of the most food productive area in Victoria. As the size of Melbourne has grown, so does the demand for food. Due to the growth of urbanization, its productive land is also decreasing which is creating shortage of food supply in the region
mainstream destination for global students to study, behind the US, the UK and France. Melbourne and Sydney become the popular and famous cities for further study in International students as these cities has lovable environment. Hence, these sorts of distinctions can be considered variables that grow the positive picture of Australia as an OK spot to live and study in international students.
between the viewer and the artwork. An Australian urban life painter, John Brack, uses the people and life of Melbourne as his subjects in his paintings. “John Brack emerged during the 1950s in Melbourne as an artist of singular originality and independence.” (Brack, 2018) Collin St, 5pm was one of Brack’s many creations. It is
Population growth is consistently heightened in the major capital cities of Australia, although there are periods when certain regional areas have a high rate of growth. Growth has overwhelmingly centered on the major cities, as shown in Figure 1: Areas of more than 20,000 population growth, 2003 to 2013. The high growth in peri-urban regions are contributing to the growth of the greater metropolitan areas of our major capital cities. Examples are Ellenbrook near Perth, the Sunshine and Gold Coasts
Flinders Lane Apartments indicated on their website include the accommodation a perfect place for exploring Melbourne as it is in an optimal location in Melbourne CBD and very close to public transport. Only a short walk away are many of Melbourne’s best sights and only metres away is the main transport hub of Melbourne, providing access to trains and trams making getting around Melbourne easier. The SOHO inspired “edgy and stylishly designed Studio, one & two bedroom serviced apartments offer a
Melbourne Water organisation is owed by government that plays an important role in providing water in Melbourne. Since 1890, they have built a groundwater system that spans all around Melbourne and big water supply reservoir in 1984. Still now, Melbourne water has been developing as one of the top ten successful Government organisations in providing a professional services following in the CSR system. In addition to ensuring adequate water supply to the community each year, they must also ensure