Victoria – The Place to be’ is what you will read in the registration plates of many vehicles while you are in Melbourne and in the other regions of Victoria. At first, I thought it’s their way of promoting the region, although as days passed by and I got an opportunity to explore more of Victoria, I understood that it wasn’t their way of promoting but their pride when they say ‘Victoria-the place to be’ as it truly is. From snowy mountains to the wild woods, from quick outback to the sunny beaches, you have it all when you are in Victoria. I have spent my maximum time in Melbourne, which can be rightfully called as the ‘cosmopolitan hub of the world’. The city has so much to offer that one cannot necessarily wrap everything in one’s memory in one stay, one needs to come back and take more from it. Being a literature student, I had a wonderful opportunity to visit the ‘State Library’ situated at Swanston Street, which is always buzzling with people and many forms of entertainment. At the state library, I was more than delighted to have come across such variety of books on literature that have been preserved extremely well. A few landmark locations that I was lucky to visit were ‘The Great Ocean Road, ‘The Apostles’, ‘Philip Island’, ‘Lake Mountain’ and ‘Healesville Sanctuary’. Also, a Melbourne Trip is incomplete without trying out various eating options from across the globe.
Victor Norman.