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Melbourne a wealth of entertainment plus F1 on the 16th!

The Australian Grand Prix makes a relaxed and popular start to the season on a track in Melbourne's Albert Park.

The circuit often produces a good race, despite a certain lack of overtaking opportunities, but is not particularly challenging for the drivers.

Rather than being locked in motorhomes, drivers and team personnel often sit on garden furniture behind the garages, helping create an informal atmosphere. And cosmopolitan Melbourne provides a wealth of other entertainment.

Metro is a good place to start your exploration of clubland. It's a huge and impressive club with eight bars over three levels. Often featuring notable local and international performers, the Metro also hosts a number of themed nights. 20 Bourke St, Melbourne.

Heat Nightclub and Cocktail Bar,
A total glamour club, Heat is located within the Crown Entertainment Complex and is frequented by Melbourne soapie stars, footballers and music industry figures. The interior tells the story; the sound system rocks and the space-age surrounds are uber chic. Level 3, Crown Entertainment Complex, Southbank

Sitting on the corner of Bourke St and Exhibition St., is a traditional English/Irish pub called the Elephant & Wheelbarrow

Goldfingers
584 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000
Sit back, relax and let the gorgeous Goldfinger Girls get upclose and personal with you. See the most erotic showgirls from Australia and around the World perform live.

Bar 20
46 King Street, Melbourne 3000
Welcome to Melbourne's first established Gentleman's club, where Australia's most glamorous personal and podium dancers perform continuously.

Hamilton fires warning to Ferrari

Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton believes McLaren will match the pace of rivals Ferrari this season.

The 23-year-old, second in the 2007 drivers' championship, will lead the McLaren charge when the new campaign begins in Australia on 16 March.

Ferrari were ahead by maybe three or four 10ths of a second, but now McLaren are in equal cars.

Hamilton is also adamant that his second season in Formula One will be an easier proposition than the first, when he won four races after achieving nine podium finishes in a row.