Melbourne voted the best city in Australia

[icyfroth]

MELBOURNE has taken the crown from Sydney in Australian Traveller magazine's 2013 Readers' Choice Awards. It's been voted the country's best city, as well as the best winter holiday destination and the most romantic city.

More than 1100 Aussie travellers were surveyed for the annual awards, which were announced today.

Although Sydney lost its 2012 "best city" status, it did win the best bar category for Opera Bar and best restaurant for Quay

.

"Considering that Melbourne has always been our culinary capital, that's a big shift," Australian Traveller editor Georgia Rickard said.

Another big winner was the Kimberley in remote WA. It was voted the ultimate dream destination, best adventure holiday destination and best cruise experience.

The award for best town went to Daylesford in Victoria, which Rickard said was a surprise given the tradition for travellers to vote for a beachside destination.

"It says a lot about our changing tastes and how much we're interested in food tourism these days," Rickard told guests at the lunch.

The classic Queensland beach holiday was voted as Australia's best overall travel experience.

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Yeah, right...

[bright.ton42]

debra from what I remember of Perth it has heaps going for it.  I like the warmer weather and the beaches are wonderful.  

Also the city itself isn't as congested as Melbourne.  

[icyfroth]

I didn't mind Melbourne when I was living there, but I love Sydney and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

[nicnacs_4u]

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@daydream**believer wrote:

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@debra9275 wrote:

oh really??

what did you hate about it?? its just a nice old country town, very pretty place

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Too busy.

Too messy.

Roads were too confusing.

Ive travelled around Australia and, IMO, there are many cities better than Melbourne

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lucky for us Melbournites is that you don`t live here then

[lakeland27]

Hommous where the heart is.

[debra9275]

Lol, well the good news is that everyone is where they want to be 🙂

I think, lol

[acacia_pycnantha]

I want to see the vote a year or so after they build that east-west expressway.

[joz*garage]

most of the melbournites who were born and breed there - visited perth who i met, i thought were smart arrrsses, had an attitude problem as if that they were better then us.  

[debra9275]

I'm not sure on whether that's going to be a good thing or a bad thing yet, but I sure feel sorry for the people who are going to lose their homes

[debra9275]

Well I guess that most melbournites who were born here and live here, breed here as well lol

[joz*garage]

i think my post got misunderstood

and laughs at what had to be quoted in the chuckle store LOL