What are these Australian Cities known for?

Question

I'm planning on taking a working holiday to Australia and I was just wondering what; Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth are knowen for. For example Toronto is knowen for being like NY and for business culture (bay st area), for Crime (Scarborough), for art The kensington market and Queen st west. Please, I don't mean to be rude but, no Visa information I've already done hours of reasearch and I know about Visas and stuff. (P.S to any one who tells me to look at statistics, Stats arent from the people there from people looking for the outside.)

Answer 1

Sydney - business, relatively new money.  Started growing again in the late 1950s to early 1960s after a long period of modest growth and hasn't stopped.  Much post 1960 immigration seems to have been to Sydney. Sydney is probably the official corruption capital and has been since 1788.  

King's Cross area is the red light suburb, oodles of prostitution, heroin, other drugs, strip clubs and other more respectable nightlife. Nearby Darlinghurst is the g*y capital of Australia. Cafe culture in that suburb and a few nearby.  Some suburbs are distinctly working class, some are a bit isolated and are problem areas as social services have used them to house single mothers for years.    

Melbourne - A real boom town in the 1860s - 1880s and became bigger than Sydney, and was for a long time. Now it has the relatively older money.  Still is where most of the legal brains of Australia seem to hang out, as it was the capital city from 1901  - 1924 or so until the federal parliament moved to Canberra.  Most government departments followed over the next 40 years but the legal firms didn't.  

Site of the older scientific establishments too, specially in medical research. Said to the third biggest Greek city in the world after Athens and Thessalonika.  Probably still the cultural capital. Still served by electric trams, the city deliberately ignored the pressure to abandon them in the 1960s.  Chapel Street known for shopping.  Site of the most exclusive sporting club, the Melbourne Cricket Club, if you want to join, have your father put your name on the list when you are born.  Has the most exclusive private schools and possibly the best university - Monash University. Entertainment / red light district is beach side St. Kilda.

Adelaide - the "city of churches".  A bit of a backwater, but mostly for geographical reasons rather than innate conservatism.  Known for arts festivals, much English immigration there in the 1950s and 1960s. Car manufacturing has been important.  For some reason Adelaide seems to suffer from sensational s*x crimes every few years ranging from g*y bashing to serial killers.  On the positive side though, Adelaide has produced the youngest ever Nobel Prize winner (Bragg) and Adelaide University is probably still a good one for physics.

Hobart - again a backwater for geographical reasons.  Fantastic location and a very pleasant place.  Known for the colorful Salamanca Market which combines pop culture with small time capitalism.  Relatively low housing prices but rising as folk from Sydney and Melbourne are buying up housing there for retirement or "getting away from the rat race" .  Work can be found if you are looking for it.  

Brisbane - an almost tropical city.  For many years regarded as a big country town and another backwater, a branch-office city. This began to change in the 1960s after development of vast coal deposits in Central Queensland in the period 1964 - to the present.  Population has probably doubled in that time.        

Despite a reputation for police corruption in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the level of corruption pales beside that of Sydney in the same period. Fortitude Valley the entertainment and small red light district.  At present suffering a water shortage caused by population growth and by drought.  

Perth.  Boom town based on iron mining and natural gas fields in the north of Western Australia.  Housing prices are high, can't say more since I've never been there.

Answer 2

Sydney: Australia's largest city, expensive real estate; beautiful harbour, the coat-hanger bridge, the opera house (you know that), Darling Habour; Sydney Tower the highest point in Sydney. Unreliable public transport, though very complex routes. It is very multi-cultural, many places here feel like Hong Kong, there are certain suburbs you see Asian language signs more than English signs. Chinatown is just a little precinct; Hurstville is the real Chinatown. Sydney has lots of Westfields, lots of supermarkets, and there are highrises in the suburbs as well.

Around Sydney there are satellite towns like Wollongong (a college town) and the Blue Mountains. And you have to go to Kiama to see the blow-hole.

Now, Melbourne is the second largest city, not as multi-cultural as Sydney, which gives it a bit more British touch, lots of Victorian architectures, the public transport is better, more value for money, all the skyscrapers are in the CBD, the suburbs are flat. Doesn't have a harbour as beautiful as Sydney, but it is the cultural capital of Australia, it is also famous for its sporting events like the Melbourne Cup, Australia Open (tennis), University of Melbourne is prestigious and the first university in Australia that adopted the US model I think. 4 seasons in a day. Around Melbourne there are also just magnificent places like the Great Ocean Rd. Melbourne, in general is a big city that is more classy.

Adelaide, never been there,but heard it's the city of holidays and churches. Perth is the most remote capital city in the whole world, a big country town with skyscrapers.

Brisbane I think it's not famous for anything, but it is close to the Gold Coast which is famous for its theme parks.

Answer 3

If I was to compare these cities to American ones my choices would be

Sydney - New York with a San Francisco feel and beach culture

Adelaide - Phoenix

Melbourne - Boston with a bit of Chicago

Brisbane - Los Angeles with a bit of Honolulu

Perth - Maybe Houston

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Sydney - Business, high arts, only international city

Adelaide - Wine, arts festival

Melbourne - Night life, 2nd buiness centre

Brisbane - not much

Perth - mining boom

Answer 4

sydney is known for the sydney harbour bridge and the opera house and its northern beaches. its busy for most aussies but nothing like NY more like washington DC.

Melbourne is known for its pop culture its fashion its food.

Canberra is great if you are into politics and history and is definatley worth a visit.

Brisbane- well its hot and the beaches are beautiful its not far from the gorgeous Great Barrier Reef. and it great for a night out.

Perth is great theres plenty to do and is supposed to be great but i have never visited tere myself anlong with adlaide.

NT is great definaltey worth the sweat.

so beautiful with uluru andthe desert.

Answer 5

Sydney known for being the business capital

Melbourne Shopping (Fashion) Artsy, Sport & Food

Adelaide is called the City of churches & known for wine out in the Barossa valley

Brisbane Tropical Laid back , Artsy & being close to the gold coast

Perth for being along way from anywhere  Being laid back & Being close to natural enviroment.

Answer 6

melbourne: is a awsumm city to explore and is great for shopping! chadstone shopping centre is the biggest shopping centre in the southen hemisphere soo make sure you catch there. Make sure you go to the australian rules football matches at MCG cos thats a massive culture &it has trams not buses.

sydney: is gdd for the harbour and is just realli pretty  scenery but it is realli big.

adelaide: nevahh been but sounds pretty boring

perth: has realli nice beaches

brisbane: if you go to qld i wouldnt recommend brisbane cos there are heaps of cities in qld that are better than brisbane(& every1 hates there footy team)