Hi,
I am looking to find the Emerald City of Oz as described in "The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz." I think it is in Australia and I would like
more specific directions.
Thanks!

Do you have a hot air balloon or some ruby slippers with which to get there?

Why would you want to go there? There's no place like home.

Pink! I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore...

RUN Toto RUN!!

Pink!  No, no, no!  The ruby slippers are for returning from Oz.  If
you want to go to Oz, you need to find a house in Kansas in the path
of a tornado.  Yikes!  :)

By golly, you're right, Ansel. I just looked at my ruby slippers
closely, and there's a little label inside that says "ONE WAY PASS."
The darned things are all used up. Since I live in an area of Oklahoma
that is known as "Tornado Alley," I'll just have to wait for the next
twister to come by.

I dunno, Pink, but Oklahoma twisters are different from Kansas
twisters. You might find yourself not in Oz but rather some sort of
weird universe where republicans overspend and democrats are tongue
tied!

http://www.eskimo.com/~tiktok/faq04.html#12
4.12. Is the Emerald City based on a real place? 

It all depends on how you're asking the question. If you mean are the
various illustrations in books, movies, and so forth based on real
places, then that depends on who illustrated or designed it. In The
Movie, the Emerald City was based on a pre-World War I sketch found in
a German book in the MGM art Department. But the idea of the Emerald
City may have been inspired by the White City, the setting on the
shores of Lake Michigan for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in
Chicago. Baum moved to Chicago at about that time, and in the original
novel, W. W. Denslow shows a somewhat Moorish walled city that
resembles part of the fair. The White City was principally all one
color, visible from many parts of Chicago, had a lot of fantasy in it
and humbuggery behind it, and after the fair ended, it quickly
disappeared and Chicago was back to its normal self again

Emerald, Victoria, Australia is a gorgeous place,just a short drive
through the Dandenong Ranges, nto far from Belgrave, Kallista,
Gembrook. Puffing Billy stops there. Lovely spot. Should visit. Here,
have a look...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald,_Victoria
http://www.travelmate.com.au/Places/Places.asp?TownName=Emerald_%5C_VIC
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/emerald.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Victoria/Emerald/2005/02/17/1108500206443.html


Other Emeralds in Oz can be found at
http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/index.asp?Locality=emerald&sub=1&State=&Postcode=&submit1=Search


Anything else I can tell you about Emerald, Oz? (3782?)

Head to the biggest rock you can find, stand around and wait for
hundreds of little people, and they will tell you to follow the yellow
brick road. However, drive it instead of walking, or it will take
ages.