About the Country , Austria celebrates world’s best music festivals like the Salzburg Festival, Haydn Festival in Vienna, and the International Chamber Music Festival. Vienna is the capital of Austria as well as the musical capital of Europe. Music and art are in full flare here after centuries of hardship and innovation. That explains Vienna [...]

No. 10: Austria Population: 8,205,533 Life Expectancy: 79 GDP Per Capita: $38,400 With a high standard of living, first-rate schools, and some of the best alpine real estate in Europe, this home of musical talents ranging from Mozart to the Von Trapp Family ranks happily at No. 10 in the world. Once the seat of [...]

Australia is a land of contrasts – topographical, cultural, physical, meterological and visual. About 40,000 years ago, the Aborigines were the first to settle. They lived as hunters and gatherers for this entire time, living with a close link to nature, although backburning and other poor agricultural techniques have since been realised to have caused [...]

Chinatown in Melbourne is also a very visited place, the history of Chinese settlers can be viewed here, in the streets, people and traditions. The Museum of Chinese Australian History is located in this area. Flinders Street Station Flinders Street Station in addition of being the hub of Melbourne’s transport system, is one of Melbourne’s [...]

Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia, and is the capital city of Victoria region, always in competition with Sydney in different areas such as sport and economy. Melbourne is located near the Yarra River and sometime was the main city in Australia. Is called the Marvelous Melbourne for its unique environment, it has [...]

Melbourne is known as the ’sporting and cultural capital’, it’s a major centre of industry, commerce and cultural activity, has as one of its characteristics the sophistication, the interest of its citizens about the music, theater, fashion and sports making of Melbourne a cosmopolitan and cultural city where the restaurants, shopping and nightlife are at [...]

Adelaide is the capital of South Australia, has a population of over 1.5 million, is a small city but very elegant, located between the Adelaide Hills and the Gulf of St Vincent, has a colonial architecture and is well known as the city of food and wine, a quiet place that offers the tranquillity that [...]

Albany is located in Western Australia 400 km southeast of Perth, and was founded in 1826, with a population of more than 25 000 inhabitants. The city centre of Albany is located between the hills of Mount Melville and Mount Clarence. Until 1897 Albany was the only deepwater port in Western Australia, has a Mediterranean [...]

Broome is located at the Southern gateway to the Kimberley region, founded in 1883, 2,389km (1,481 miles) north of Perth; 1,859km (1,152 miles) southwest of Darwin. Broome has a cosmopolitan atmosphere, sandy beaches and turquoise sea, is one of the most visited destinations in Australia. Broome has an important historical heritage with the beauty of [...]

Brisbane is Australia’s third largest city and Queensland’s vibrant capital city, it is bounded on the east by the sea and on the west by the Great Dividing Range, the climate here is excellent, is a kind of subtropical climate, with hot summers and mild, dry winters. The city is named like that because of [...]