Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating once famously said: “If you don’t live in Sydney, you’re just camping out.” It would seem that many agree with him.
The New South Wales capital was named “Australasia’s leading destination” at the 25th Annual World Travel Awards held in September 2018.
Continue reading Sydney first, but don’t forget the rest of Australasia
I like Melbourne — for the lifestyle, the coffee, the culture, the food, even the weather (though not so much the football code they follow ) — so I was a bit disappointed to read that it has been displaced as the “world’s most liveable city” by Vienna.
But then I thought: What the hell is a “liveable” city? And why does this matter?
Continue reading What makes Vienna more liveable than Melbourne? Or anywhere else?
I’m a big fan of Melbourne — indeed, I have friends there and I often advise people planning a trip to Australia to include it on their itinerary.
But I can’t say that I’m convinced that it is the world’s “most liveable city”, as it has been declared by The Economist for six years running. (Will it make seven? Wait until August to find out.)
What’s wrong with Australia? That was the question posted recently on Quora.com, and it attracted some interesting replies.
As an Aussie myself, I guess I’m expected to say that there is nothing wrong with Australia. But that would be untrue. It’s just that the faults I find are not necessarily the ones others find.
