Canadian astronaut in Melbourne, Australia

[Dave, Melbourne,Australia]

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/chris-hadfield-and-the-lessons-from-outer-space-20140820-106d8x.html

Chris Hadfield presented a keynote address at the Melbourne Writers Festival on Aug21. This article from local newspaper The Age describes his fear at seeing a big meteorite pass close by as he orbited over Melbourne.

I wonder how he would feel about Melbourne having just won the World's Most Liveable City award for the 4th consecutive year. Here's a more balanced view, which was also in The Age today:
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/melbourne-is-only-the-most-liveable-city-if-you-move-in-the-right-circle-20140820-1066md.html

[charlene]

and 3 canadian cites are in top 5! ... vancouver-3,Toronto-4,Calgary-5.. so many ways to list stuff like this tho...

apparently there is a sitcom in the works based on our Canuck astronaut - http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2014/08/20/chris_hadfield_memoir_to_become_abc_sitcom.html

[joveski]

he was on denis walter's program yesterday at 2.30pm. he said he's flew over melbourne thousands of times, but never set foot on it till now!. i liked the interview