Melbourne vs Sydney

Melbourne in Australia, the capital city of our beautiful southern state of Victoria, is my Hometown and guess what?

I am proud of it!

To try to compare Melbourne to Sydney or do I need to say Sydney to Melbourne is like trying to compare chalk and cheese.

The two cities run this ongoing city rivalry, been around for years. The rivalry between the cities was the reason that neither Sydney (the oldest city) nor Melbourne (the largest city at the time) was chosen as the capital of Australia when the nation was federated in 1901.

There is an excellent article here at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_regional_rivalries that goes more into detail.

These days it is usually a more social rivalry between the two major Australian cities and most times this is restricted to sporting events such as Rugby and Aussie Rules Football.

Personally, I love Sydney, the Sydney Harbor cruises and the sights and sounds of such an exciting City.

I liken Sydney to a very extroverted teenager with its younger sister, Melbourne, showing considerably more restraint!

What do you think?

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