Compared to beautiful Adelaide, Melbourne and some of it's surounding suburbs is a toxic waste dump, with a climate that would make you think the end of the world is near.
A little while ago, a couple of dolphins were spotted having a little swim through the yarra, which made front page news since it's so unbelievable that a dolphin would ever be seen swiming in the sludge of Melbourne's Yarra - they GTFO of there ASAP, and they ARE NOT COMING BACK, EVER. There were many photos of the dolphins jumping - they were jumping not because they were happy, but to stay out of the disgusting water as much as possible. Same goes for much of Melbourne's beaches, most of it stinks, and is filthy. Someone here on somersoft was claiming that Altona beach has been cleaned up and is nice now!
Whatever, I drove past recently, and it's not as bad as it used to be since I didn't feel like instantly throwing up, but it's still a slimy and rotten smelling corner of the world.
We've got to go out about ~20 km east, or about ~60+kms west before things start to look as nice as Adelaide.
Adelaide is less developed/less spoiled - which i think means it has alot more potential/room to grow, but i'm no expert, the 40+c heat here in Melbourne the last couple of days might have got to me? It's about to get cold now and start raining aswell - typical conditions for this annoying part of our country.