1940-08-24 — Page 13

AUSTRALIA :

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

YOUR

FAMILIES

August 24, 1940.

WILL

LIKE IT

MELBOURNE-And Its Cup

Melbourne, like Sydney, is a larger city than Hongkong. Its wide-tree- lined streets are a feature. Australia's most famous horse race, the Melbourne Cup, run early in November, is almost a national holiday, is attended by anything between 100,000 and 120,000 people.

SYDNEY HARBOUR

Around the shores of the famous harbour standı a city of 1,250,- 000 people—after London, the largest white city in the Empire. Beaches, mountains and coastal scenery are handy to the city.

FROM THIS-

Australia's surfing beaches there are a dazen around Sydney, within tram distance. scores more along the castern coast--will be appreciated by

evacuees.

There arc often 100,000 people on the Sydney beaches at week-ends during summer, which is just beginning,

By contrast, the Blue moun- tains, always 20 degrees cooler, are within a two-hour car drive from Sydney.

A little further south, evacuces can go ski-ing at Mr. Kosciusko. The season is now finished, but there'is snow an the higher peaks most of the yoar.

The picture at the left, Burragorang Valley, is typical of the resort areas near tho cities. Evacucos who do not care for the cities can live i thero in guest houses, fill in days playing tennis, golf, rid- ing, river swimming, hiking.

TO THIS

BRISBANE

Many cvacuees may pro- fer to live in the smaller citios. Brisbane, Adelaldo, Perth, Hobart, or in the pro- vincial towns, They have a charm of their own and arc considerably cheaper than Melbourne and Sydney. This picture shows Brisbane, seen from across the river, It has not Sydney's theatres and beaches but Queens- landers and West Austra- lians aro noted for their friendliness and hospitality,