Adelaide is the largest city in South Australia and the capital of this state. It is however smaller than other southeastern Australian big cities, such as Melbourne or Sydney, where demographic expansion was bigger in the last decades. The fifth largest city in Australia, Adelaide has a population of more than 1 million people.

Situated on the Adelaide Plains, on eastern side of Gulf St Vincent, Adelaide is a coastal city, at about 20 km from the coast, rising in the low-lying Mount Lofty Ranges. Continue reading »

Melbourne is the second most largest city in Australia, after Sydney. Its metropolitan area has a population of almost 4 million people, from a large number of cultures and with a rare diversity. Until Federal Parliament moved to the capital of Australia at Canberra, Melbourne served for a while as the federal seat of government.

Melbourne is a melting pot with endless options. The city sweeps you up into laneways and libraries, art galleries, parks, shops, theatres and a vibrant waterfront atmosphere. Continue reading »

In the state of Western Australia, Perth is the largest city and its capital, fourth Australian city by the number of its population, which consistently grows at a rate above the national average. It is known as one of the most isolated big cities in the world.

When American astronaut John Glenn passed overhead while orbiting the earth in 1962 and in the Space Shuttle in 1998, city residents lit their houselights and streetlights, and Perth became since known worldwide as the “City of Light”. Continue reading »

Sydney is today the largest and most dynamic city of Australia. Its metropolitan area is over 4 million people and still growing. Sydney is also the state capital of New South Wales. It was the first British colony in Australia, established in 1788 at Sydney Cove.

A major destination for immigrants to Australia, Sydney is also one of the most multicultural cities in the world. The city is known as Australia’s most expensive city and one of the most expensive cities in the world. Continue reading »