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The article presents an interview with primary school teacher Regan Ruddell, who offers a guide to Melbourne (Australia). Ruddell likes to spend the weekends on Chapel and Brunswick Street. She drives down the Great Ocean Road to the coast when she has vacation time. She recommends restaurants and nightclubs.

Features the sights in Port Douglas in Australia. Attitude of the people; Description of the Great Barrier Reef; Regulations in diving.

The article focuses on the employment of immigrant teachers in Victoria in Australia. A person who qualify for state government sponsorship in Victoria will get visa from the Australian Department of Immigration much easily. Eligible age for teachers is 45 or younger. Subjects whose secondary teachers are in demand are French, German, Italian, Indonesian, information technology, mathematics and French. The educational curriculum in Victoria is unstructured. A skilled migrant unit is set up in the state to help teachers deal with the bureaucracy. Britisher David Thompson compares the quality of life in Great Britain with Australia and finds that the cost of living is much lower in Victoria.