Travel: Melbourne Vs. the World
By Francis Nicholls-Wunder • Feb 4th, 2009 • Section: Melbourne Talks
Melbourne, Flinders Crt
In almost a year of travel in over one hundred cities, through sixteen countries, by far the most common person to find in a hostel in any continent is an Australian. The most common home town for these Australians is Melbourne. So why do we travel so much?
I have never met someone from Melbourne who doesn’t love the place, even just a little, and yet I have met Melbournites escaping to spots all over the world. Perhaps it is the multicultural setting of Melbourne itself, perhaps it’s because the rest of the world seems so far away, perhaps it’s the great art, music, food and culture that visits Melbourne regularly or maybe it’s simply because Melbourne’s population has such an outgoing and adventurous attitude, but the twenty and thirty-somethings of Melbourne can’t seem to resist the big trip overseas.
Being a Melbourne born and bred traveller, I am always comparing the big cities to my home town. Is there a place out there that is better than Melbourne?! If there is I have to find it. After throwing a lot of time and money into this mission I have found all sorts of strange, exciting and incredibly interesting ideas, customs and settings that Melbourne, and Australia for that matter, seems never to have heard of, let alone partaken in.
Keep an eye out for a whole lot of articles noting all the similarities and differences while comparing Melbourne, in all its glory, with places around the world. And of course some stories of people from Melbourne eating, drinking and partying in faraway places. The world is a big place but there seems to be enough travelling Melbournites to take it on.
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