Melbourne Chat

Hi!



Im coming from Germany and soon I will be giving a 20 minutes talk about Melbourne at English lesson.

A few of the other students already gave their talk about other cities and, well, it wasnt really interesting. They told a lot of facts and showed a few pictures and thats all.

I wanted to make it a bit more interesting and so i searched for "funny" or interesting facts about Melbourne. I found a few but I wanted to have some more.

So I thought it would be a good idea to ask people from Melbourne. <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' />

Could anyone coming from Melbourne tell me some interesting facts about Melbourne which could catch the interest of people which arent coming from Melbourne?



Thanks a lot in advance!



mindreader

Yes you can quote me



"We don't have kangaroos running in the streets of Melbourne, though we have plenty of possums in the trees at night and running along the electricity powerlines. And if you look up in the sky in the evening you are quite likely to see a fruit bat (or flying fox) flying overhead". <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' />

Ok, thank you very much, glen!

If anyone else wants to tell me something interesting, just write it here.

Thanks again in advance!