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    The Victorian Arts Centre and Spire from above. The Spire sits atop the new State Theatre, opened in 1984, which has one of the largest stages in the world. The entire complex comprises numerous theatres and concert halls, mostly in the three buildings facing the park. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Theatre Company, Opera Australia and the Australian Ballet are all based here.: by flyted, Views[1316]
         		 Federation Square from above, showing a temporary maze built in the middle courtyard during Comedy Fest. : by flyted, Views[946]
         		 The east side of the CBD from above, showing St. Paul's Cathedral and Federation Square at the bottom, and some of the big buildings of Melbourne. Fitzroy Gardens is the nice big park with the trees in behind.: by flyted, Views[799]
         		 From the observation deck on the Eureka Tower, 88 floors above the street. This is the highest observation deck in the Southern Hemisphere, 285 metres or 935 feet above ground. In this picture you can see the shadow of the Tower, pointing out to the Dandenong Ranges east of the city. The Yarra River is below, with the Royal Botanic Gardens on the right side and the sporting precinct on the left bank. The Sports Precinct features seven stadiums and arenas, plus another 8 tennis courts. From the left are: the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Rod Laver Arena (Australian Open Tennis), Hisense Arena (multiple sports & events) and AAMI Park on the right (rugby & soccer).: by flyted, Views[916]
         		 The golden Bee Colony climbing up the base of the Eureka Tower. The Queen Bee is sitting on top of the box.: by flyted, Views[675]
     
    Bourke Street Mall, the pedestrian section of Bourke Street, which cuts across the middle of the CBD. Trams run down the middle but are easy to avoid when crossing the street; Swanston St. may look like this in the near future.: by flyted, Views[889]
         		 Trams humming along Swanston Street, in the middle of the CBD. Melbourne has the world's largest tram network, at 245 km long, with 500 trams and 28 routes. They say 178 million trips are made on the system every year. : by flyted, Views[573]
         		 This was the world's largest reinforced concrete dome when it was built in 1913.: by flyted, Views[1370]
         		 Looking down on the Reading Room from above, near the base of the giant dome.: by flyted, Views[336]
         		 Inside La Trobe Reading Room at the State Library, an inspiring and impressive space.: by flyted, Views[423]
     
    Looking north from the roof, with the edge of the Dandenong Ranges way off in the distance.: by flyted, Views[378]
         		 North Melbourne Town Hall, from the roof of the YHA.: by flyted, Views[361]
         		 Back in North Melbourne, home of the YHA Metro Hostel, one of the finest in Australia, if not the world. Clean, nice beds, good facilities, but the highlight is the rooftop patio & barbecue, which has this panorama view of Melbourne. The red brick building is an old school, and just above its pointed roof you can see the Eureka Tower sticking up.: by flyted, Views[418]
         		 I had to take this picture of a display showing what Melbourne used to look like, 40 years ago... Virtually all the industrial buildings along side the river have been replaced. The Arts Centre now is where the taller buildings are at back-right, on the right side of the river.: by flyted, Views[493]
         		 Eureka Tower, all 91 floors. Floors 82 to 87 featured one suite on each, and sold for $7 million (plus furnishings & fixtures) when it opened in 2006. This place reminds me of the Top of the Reactor building from SCTV (check YouTube).: by flyted, Views[800]
     
    The Footbridge has a neat little restaurant tucked in underneath its south pier, sitting in the river (check the previous photo). Flinders St. Station clock tower is behind, through the eye of the bridge.: by flyted, Views[442]
         		 Southgate Footbridge over the Yarra River, with the Rialto Tower behind, once the tallest in Australia.: by flyted, Views[513]
         		 Wonderful shot of Melbourne from the Yarra Southbank, next to the Arts Centre, with Princes Bridge in the foreground. The green dome of Flinders St. Station is at the extreme left, and then St. Paul's Cathedral, Federation Square, the Forum's dome sticking up in the middle, and the CBD-east group of Melbourne's towers. Note the glass tower on the right which blends in with the sky. : by flyted, Views[420]
         		 The Arts Centre Spire, focal point of the Victorian Arts Centre. I saw pictures of this for years and never understood what it was for. It must be a radio/TV tower, right? Does it have an observation deck somehow? Nope, it's simply one very large piece of art. The spire is for decoration only, and meant to evoke both the Eiffel Tower and a ballerina's tutu. It is one of Melbourne's most recognisable landmarks, and I guess served an obvious purpose for locals all along.: by flyted, Views[1063]
         		 This is Swanston Street, south of the river, looking south. The Shrine of Remembrance war memorial is at the end, and the Arts District on the right hand side.: by flyted, Views[404]
     
    Nice streetscape on Princes Bridge (Swanston St.), built in 1888. Federation Square is in the background and two of Melbourne's tallest buildings in behind. : by flyted, Views[1022]
         		 The Yarra River, Melbourne Cricket Ground in the distance, and a couple rowers for flavour.: by flyted, Views[398]
         		 Melbourne trams lining up at the Swanston/Flinders platform, one of the busiest. This is Swanston St., one of the main drags through central Melbourne to the north and across the river behind me to the south. St. Paul's Cathedral is on the right and Melbourne Town Hall farther down with the clock tower. They are planning to pedestrianise the street in the near future, removing all cars and allowing only trams, thus allowing for more big gathering spaces in Melbourne.: by flyted, Views[698]
         		 A map of Federation Square, with the main entrance and courtyard at bottom-left and Flinders St. Station would be across the street at bottom. : by flyted, Views[433]
         		 And so we had a Canadian representative, doing some kind of clothes-changing challenge behind a convenient flag.: by flyted, Views[390]
     
    Here's a temporary sign in Federation Square, pointing the way to Montréal, home of the largest comedy festival in the world. : by flyted, Views[433]
         		 The guy on the left kept throwing hula hoops on the girl until she was spinning about 20 of them. And having an awesome time.: by flyted, Views[537]
         		 The Melbourne International Comedy Festival was in town, the third-largest in the world and the largest cultural event in Australia. It just goes on and on, everything is BIG in Melbourne. Here are some street performers putting on a free show on the stage in Federation Square.: by flyted, Views[433]
         		 Flagstaff Park, on the north-west side of Melbourne CBD, near the Queen Victoria Market. A great example of another really nice little park tucked away in the city; soft grass, nice trees, probably a playground, lots of fountains, benches, statues & plaques, and of course a public toilet. They think of everything in Australia.: by flyted, Views[1076]
         		 Errol Street next to the Town Hall, the commercial strip of North Melbourne. Notice the tram making a turn onto the street.: by flyted, Views[507]
     
    This is the Town Hall of North Melbourne, one of the nicest in the city. Built in 1876 and now used as a theatre.: by flyted, Views[422]
         		 The street scene on Swan St., one of the commercial districts of Richmond, a typical inner-city suburb just to the east of the city centre. Melbourne's suburbs, most of which are represented by football teams (such as the Richmond Tigers), are famous for their plethora of interesting commercial areas, with lots of neat shops, restaurants and the obligatory Town Hall.: by flyted, Views[592]
         		 Buskers enjoying the attention outside the Queen Vic Markets.: by flyted, Views[499]
         		 Over to a small part of the Queen Victoria Market, 17 acres in size, the largest open-air market in the Southern Hemisphere. They have everything here from all sorts of food to crafts, jewellery, music, electronics, both tacky and handmade souvenirs, shoes, clothes, hats and so much more.: by flyted, Views[1029]
         		 After the match, down at field level. This stadium has hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics, 2006 Commonwealth Games, numerous Ashes and other international Cricket Test matches, Australian national soccer team matches, and virtually every AFL Grand Final since 1902. Its light standards are the tallest in the world, it is the largest cricket stadium in the world, the 10th-largest stadium of any kind in the world, and one of the “seven wonders” of the sporting world. Needless to say, it is a powerfully impressive place. And it fills up with fans twice every weekend for AFL games, like there's nothing to it (tickets were cheap, $20 for an upper-level seat).: by flyted, Views[697]
     
    Mixing it up with some Carlton supporters mainly, in the standing-room section. There are no nets behind the goals so after a score the ball goes flying into the crowd, and they politely throw it back to be used again. Some matches are ridiculous blow-outs, but many are close and come down to the last second, and occasionally there are ties. This time: Collingwood won easily, 102 to 74. : by flyted, Views[605]
         		 So this is it, just over 88,000 people in one place, the largest crowd I've ever seen. It was fairly evenly split between Carlton and Collingwood fans, although Collingwood is known for having the largest fan support in the league. The essence of the game is to kick a rugby/football-type ball through the opposing team's goal posts: a kick through the middle is a goal, worth 6 points, and to kick the ball through either of the shorter posts is known as a “behind,” worth 1 point. Players try to catch the ball within the opponents' 50 metre line, which is where you see the dramatic leaping into the air to bring it down. If successful they get a free kick at the goal.: by flyted, Views[819]
         		 Before each AFL match, a banner is made with a club slogan or some kind of motivational speech to the players, who then run onto the field and smash through the banner. It is a classic Aussie Rules tradition. : by flyted, Views[1234]
         		 I was keen to see this game for three reasons: it featured Collingwood vs. Carlton, one of the bitterest rivalries in the league, Collingwood were the defending league champions and were raising their championship flag before the match, and it was expected to be a sell-out: what would a stadium full of 90,000 people be like? Here are Collingwood members lining up as the championship pennant is brought on to the pitch. They last won the title in 1990.: by flyted, Views[521]
         		 My first sweeping view inside the immortal Melbourne Cricket Ground, one of the world's most iconic stadiums. The first grandstand on the site was built way back in 1854.: by flyted, Views[585]
     
    On the way to the MCG for a big football game; looking back at the Eureka Tower and the Arts Centre spire on the right, and the Rod Laver Arena on the left, where the Australian Open tennis tournament is held.: by flyted, Views[424]
         		 The smiling face on the Luna Park poster is in marked contrast to the real thing; they entice the kids in and then eat them.: by flyted, Views[692]
         		 Acland Street, the hub of St. Kilda, and full of great cafes, bookstores, chocolate shops, ice cream, outdoor patios and an international beer import store that had St. Ambroise on their shelf.: by flyted, Views[724]
         		 Melbourne's Luna Park, even more extreme than the one in Sydney, that's two cities' children who've had nightmares for generations.: by flyted, Views[1036]
         		 Looking back past the beach and the pier to the industrial areas in the background, along the shore of Port Phillip Bay.: by flyted, Views[408]
     
    St. Kilda beach, very popular on hot summer days, but still pretty nice in early April to a pasty Canadian.: by flyted, Views[539]
         		 Nice view of Melbourne from the pier at St. Kilda. The Eureka Tower is in the middle: 975 feet high and the 4th tallest residential building in the world (tallest when completed in 2006). 5 of the 6 tallest buildings in Australia (but not the tallest) are in Melbourne, and are grouped in either the east or west side of the CBD, except the Eureka which is in the middle and on the southbank, technically outside the CBD.: by flyted, Views[1167]
         		 The pier at St. Kilda, looking back to shore. The man-made earth jetty was built for the 1956 Summer Olympics to create a safe harbour on the left for sail boats in the sailing events. The St. Kilda Pier is famous for the Pavilion, basically just a small kiosk with enough room for a little cafe. It was first built in 1904, and just as they were getting ready for the 100th anniversary, it burned down thanks to arsonists in 2003. They rebuilt it though and the replica here was opened in 2006.: by flyted, Views[931]
         		 Here's the Etihad Stadium, one of the two big stadiums in Melbourne. The 9 AFL teams based in Melbourne split the two stadiums as home grounds: 5 at Etihad and 4 at the amazing MCG. Etihad holds around 55,000 people and was about ¾ full on this day, the Roos' home opener. The roof slides across as well on rainy days. After about 120 minutes of running around the oval, this match ended with a 143-56 thumping of North Melbourne by Collingwood, the defending champs.: by flyted, Views[1458]
         		 Off to my first AFL game (Aussie Rules), Collingwood Magpies vs. North Melbourne Kangaroos. The Roos were the home team, and paraded out their new mascot, “Roo,” or something dumb like that, who proceeded to display some bad-ass hip hop dance moves with his white boys alongside.: by flyted, Views[1236]
     
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