MELBOURNE, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The city of Melbourne is set to feature on a new edition of the iconic board game Monopoly, Melbourne's lord mayor Robert Doyle announced on Tuesday.
Melbourne will join Sydney, Perth and Adelaide as Australian cities that have had local streets and attractions swapped for the well-known London-based ones.
Doyle was "delighted" to make the announcement along the banks of the Yarra River, a potential square for the board, and said the game will hit the shelves in time for Christmas.
Locals will be given the chance to vote on which landmarks will make the final cut, but Doyle has indicated that the top spot, usually reserved for Mayfair on the traditional board, will most likely go to the high-end shopping strip Collins Street.
Melbourne landmarks such as Federation Square, Flinders Street Station, the Great Ocean Road and St Kilda beach are all hotly tipped to feature on the board.
The city has featured on a Monopoly board once before, back in 2007, when an edition of the game was released in conjunction with the Peter MacCullum Cancer Centre and all proceeds from the game went to the charity.
The voting is open for a month before the game goes into production later this year.
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