Melbourne... (not dial-up friendly)

Pearly · 06-06-2005, 11:44 PM

...from 35 storeys high.

I spent the weekend on the 35th floor at City Tower in Melbourne,
and I thought I'd share some of the views with you all.

Pearly · 06-06-2005, 11:47 PM

Cont...

Pearly · 06-06-2005, 11:48 PM

and a couple more...

paul7v7 · 06-06-2005, 11:50 PM

fantastic piccies there thanks mate. shows what a beautiful city we live in, espcially that last pic...

carratt · 06-06-2005, 11:50 PM

That very last pic is by far my favourite. Just looks awesome!!!

Steffo · 06-06-2005, 11:55 PM

Melbourne looks so boring compared to Sydney in those pictures. They give me this dull feeling.

*Puts flame-proof suit on*

PS: Nice photo taking. The night pics are cool.

RED_EL_XR8 · 07-06-2005, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steffo

Melbourne looks so boring compared to Sydney in those pictures. They give me this dull feeling.

*Puts flame-proof suit on*

PS: Nice photo taking. The night pics are cool.

Once again Steffo you show how little of life you understand. Its not till you've lived in a city likeMelbourne you understand the richness of the lifestyle.

Hell in Melbourne of a Friday night you can even shop late for a potato, OR go see a game of VFL.

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DOC · 07-06-2005, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steffo

Melbourne looks so boring compared to Sydney in those pictures. They give me this dull feeling.
*Puts flame-proof suit on*
PS: Nice photo taking. The night pics are cool.

Without ingniting a war i would agree with steffo, but common sense would say if your from Vic you would be in favour of melbourne, and for good reason.

Quote:

RED_EL_XR8 Quote:
Once again Steffo you show how little of life you understand. Its not till you've lived in a city likeMelbourne you understand the richness of the lifestyle.
Hell in Melbourne of a Friday night you can even shop late for a potato, OR go see a game of VFL.

ELXR8,
I have worked and lived in most australian cities with the only ones not worked in or visited being the northern territory. so far the list is

Adelaide
Melbourne
Sydney
Perth
Hobart
Brisbane

Plus smaller locations, My first thoughts on sydney before spending time there was, well i just did not even want to visit as it appeared terrible recently i spent some 18 months there ( admittedly i was living rather well while there either overlooking the harbour bridge at Mcmahns Point or in a 5 star accomodation pack ), but after the experiance of being there one can not help see why sydney is a great location, it has great beaches, good shopping, a great climate and good people ( good people in all cities anyway ) and the views at night are simply stunning, along with the vibrant nightlife.

To square the ledger i have also lived in melbourne ( about 2.5 years ) and yes also a nice city with a cooler tempreture that i never really got used to, but the real treasure in victoria has to be outside of melbourne itself your country side is absolutley incredible and you could cruise around in the country for days and be inspired by the scenery at every turn.

Hobart, sorry guys to darn cold.
Perth Like a modern adelaide, very nice.
Brisbane, kept getting lost dont know who designed the streets up there ?
Adelaide, Out of all cities this is my favorite city it is a very clean city with good temprature most of the time. Sydney would be the next choice if i wanted to move.

The photo's are brilliant and i remember crossing that bridge hundreds of times ( thanks for the memories )

DOC

deankdx · 07-06-2005, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by DOC

Brisbane, kept getting lost dont know who designed the streets up there ?

DOC

yeah i did not like Brissy's streets either

great pics i reckon too, inn the last pic you can see the chain of headlights on the Freeway so around 6pm it must of been LOL

InitialD · 07-06-2005, 01:32 AM

Those views rock! the last one is my desktop now ;)

Mike Gayner · 07-06-2005, 05:25 AM

Wow, that's a really good looking city. Don't have those sorts of cities in NZ.

**Full Noise** · 07-06-2005, 05:49 AM

Love the pics, especially the night-time ones.

Cheers, Danny

ferris01 · 07-06-2005, 07:00 AM

Love the night photo's. I have not been to Melbourne and really wanted to go there at the end of the year. But fortunatley or unfortunately we are going to Sydney.

LTDHO · 07-06-2005, 08:10 AM

Pearly, I love those night shots

sfr rob · 07-06-2005, 08:31 AM

I LOVE MY CITY!!

After touring in a band for 2 years... went to every state except N.T

Melbourne shits all over over states cities!! :sm_headba

Twisted · 07-06-2005, 08:37 AM

Ive been top every state capital atleast once and lived for awhile in a few and I have to say Melbourne is my favorite. Couldnt stand the driving in Adelaide (whats with the no freeway thing?), Sydney just got on my nerves around the suburbs, Darwin: Well I spent 4 years there and will never move back. I might go back for a holiday but thats it. The only other I could see myself living in is Perth, havent got anything negative at all to say about the place, absolutely loved it!

Pearly · 07-06-2005, 08:58 AM

Unfortunately I only had a 180 degree view of Melbourne, from the NW to the SE. They wouldn't let me climb to the roof (next floor) to get some shots of the other side, wich shows majority of the Melbourne CBD, but oh well.. next time I'll stay on the other side of the building!

Thanks for the comments. I'm still learning how to use my camera.

Spaniard · 07-06-2005, 09:01 AM

I can see my work in that last pic!

I was born in SA but I love Melbourne also. I've been to ADL & SYD before. I can tell you that MEL is very different!

BJ · 07-06-2005, 09:32 AM

This is my city at its best. You have a wasted talent there Warren. I all so have been to most of out major citys and the only veiw i like is when you fly in over Melbourne. Perth To clean. Queensland to much of the same thing. Sydney to gay. Adelaide To many churchs. Tassie to bloody cold. NT To bloody hot most of the time. But one thing they all have in commen is the people. It dose not matter where you go in this great brown land they welcome you with open arms.

AdzT3-146 · 07-06-2005, 10:10 AM

great shots pearly, the night shots and the shot with the sunset in it are rippers.

Angry Beaver · 07-06-2005, 11:54 AM

Very good shots pearly, and to the person who commented on brisbanes streets. I would take brisbanes streets over melbournes anyday of the week, atleast you can find your way around a hell of lot easier than down here. That is the only thing i dont like about melbourne city the streets are way to confusing and you definatley cannot go by land marks.

EFFalcon · 07-06-2005, 11:58 AM

stunning photos..
but in all honesty they do make melbourne look dull, but as Warren said, the CBD is on the opposite side of where those photos were taken, thus you don't even really get to see melbourne!

still nice to see the docklands all lit up

Casper · 07-06-2005, 12:06 PM

I've lived in both Brisbane and Melbourne. I'd take the strets in Brisbane over Melbourne any day. Apart from Eagle St I could memorise almost every area of Brisbane from Nambour to Southport. In the end I hardly ever needed to look at a map more than once. All I needed to do was see where the street was and I was good to go.
After spending the same time in Melbourne I STILL cant do that. It is simply a bigger and older city. Some of the inner city suburbs are a rat run in a big way and the East side of Melbourne is so big I doubt I'll ever remember more than th basic turns off the Monash (thank god for that Freeway, without it I wouldnt even bother heading East).

As for livability, Melbourne stomps Brisbane hands down. I wont go back to Qld again.

loxxr6 · 07-06-2005, 12:13 PM

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Hell in Melbourne of a Friday night you can even shop late for a potato, OR go see a game of VFL

haha Sounds riveting. Next time I'm in Melbourne I'll remember to add potato shopping to my list... :nutsycuck

I couldn't handle the Melbourne CBD. Horrible. Stupid trams and backwards ways of driving round a corner with weird *** right of way lanes and stuff. Plus the shopping was no different to Sydney. That bit really ****ed me off as I was hanging to blow money while I was down there.

The nighlife I've yet to experience but so far I've heard good stuff. There's one club in particular where DJ Hellraiser plays...the pharmacy gigs. I so wanna go there.

Maybe outside the city is better. I'll have to do a road trip.

Leah · 07-06-2005, 12:16 PM

WOW, those night time pics are awesome! Nice piccie taking there! I luv Melbourne!!

MITCHAY · 07-06-2005, 12:22 PM

Canberra is pretty good at night. My no means spectacular but still is pretty nice. If you want to see skyline pictures of a city at night then get a hold on some pictures of Hong Kong. I work in a photolab and say its bloody impressive when pictures of hong kong come in.

lukey · 07-06-2005, 12:34 PM

nice work dude pics look great

tickford2001 · 07-06-2005, 12:48 PM

nice pics waz! i actually have some similar ones taken from the top of the lift core for the new eureka tower that look very similar!

gtfpv · 07-06-2005, 12:53 PM

very nice i went to melbourne 17 years ago and it still looks the same.but i wouldn't know where to go if i went for a holiday there now .adelaide and perth were my favourites though . makes you wonder sometimes when your stuck into a good job , nice mortgage, family nice house . why we're stuck for so long . i envy people who commit themselves to nowhere and just live somewhere untill they get bored and move on every few years .but it doesn't seem possible or real with a family .

Pilch · 07-06-2005, 01:02 PM

Love the night time shots Pearly, bloody spectacular!!! But the day time ones remind me how great my lifestyle is out in the sticks, won't be changing that in a hurry!!!

Adelaide is a great city btw, although damn the water is crap over there

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