Melbourne Agencies and Time Zones.
Melbourne, a city of three and a three quarter million people located on the south-east coastline of Australia, is the capital of the state of Victoria.
It is a sprawling metropolis covering about 2000 square kilometres (half a million acres) with relatively little high-rise living. One-fifth of its area remains in the public domain as parks and gardens.
Its vision impaired community is served by two major charities:
Other organisations supplying services are:
Local manufacturers or retailers of Assistive Technology are:
Melbourne's time zone, A E S T, is 10 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (plus or minus one hour, depending on daylight saving). Office hours are usually 9 a m to 5 p m. In other parts of the World these are equivalent to (Note: daylight saving may alter these by plus or minus an hour):
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