As the capital of the State of Victoria, Melbourne has over 3.4 million inhabitants and is the second largest city of the Australian continent after Sydney. The town is especially known by its colonial tram cars, the historic tram, where you can dining in tasteful atmosphere. The City Circle tram connects the most important points of the city centre on their circuit at ten minute intervals. In this way, you are also used in the Flinders Street station. There, domes and brick building remind of the town's Victorian history. There is also numerous car hire companies, where you can pick up your rental car.
It is also by the Fitzroy gardens to stroll. In this park's stands for cottage, simple, contemporary furnished home of the great Navigator Captain Cook. Even the view from outside is worth at the National Gallery of Victoria. The Museum, with one of the best collections of European and Australian art in the country, is surrounded by a moat of impressive and strongly reminiscent of a modern fortress. So if you are planning a Australia tour, should have a trip with the rental car to Melbourne on the agenda.
Because many places of interest outside the Centre, renting offers a rental car. For since 100 years held Queen Victoria market in the North of the Centre is the largest open air market in the world. After the hustle and bustle on the market you relax at best in a car ride to Albert Park. In the famous beach suburb can be is not only good to bathe and Sun, but look at also rapid race in March, when the Grand-Prix - spectacle. Because on a road created extra for the race, the formula hunt 1 pilots themselves each year through the Park.
Two of the largest parks in Melbourne and the Royal Botanic Gardens and Kings domain offer recreation and relaxation. They are now the most beautiful parks in the world. Here there are lushly vegetated river valleys, shimmering lakes, colourful wild blumenbeete and even eucalyptus groves. They convey an impression of the outback, the big, wide hinterland of Australia. In the evening you can comfortably end the day in Melbourne in Prahran in trendy bars and restaurants.