Jo ..a hard question..I first visited Melbourne 20 years ago..I didnt compare to anywhere back here..
To me it was a totally different experience...some of it ahead of us..and some of it days gone by...a mixture.
Of course I mainly only see the touristy bits...
I loved you still have the trams going..these ended ijn Liverpool in the early fifties...
Sydney was very busy ,which did remind me of London...but again of course looking at it through tourist eyes..
We have in the past hired a car ,and travelled around Tasmania...a weird place....some of the scenery is beautiful..but the people are weird.
We found in the middle of nowhere a puppet museum ...it was a horror scene..of dead puppets all sitting around a table...
I tell you.we couldn't get out of there quick enough.just in case they placed some extra sests for us..it was scarey...
The sign just said museum this way.!!!
Just want to add..I love Melbourne...and looking forward to going back some day..