Enjoy Marvellous Melbourne!!



A classic pic from one of the Southbank towers
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one of my fave shots of Melbourne from the beach at Port Melbourne
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From over the Botanic Gardens
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From Southbank looking at Eureka's base
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15 Years ago there was nothing here. Now there's 500 footers everywhere.
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perhaps a little bit of a resemblance to Hong Kong here.
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Recently World heritage Listed Royal Exhibition building from 1880
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The inside of the dome is majestic. Guilded gold and beautifully painted
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Beautiful at night from Willamstown
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Historic Williamstown Shops
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Swanston Street looking towards the Shrine
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Flinders Street Station and the famous W class Tram
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The Shrine of Rememberance
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Mighty St Patrick's Cathedral
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The Coops Shot Tower (1890) under the Dome at Melbounre Central
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The Rialto Building 1889
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Busy Bourke St Mall
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Melbourne's fabulaous lanes and arcades - The Causeway
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Centre Place
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Little Collins St is closed off at Lunch time which makes for great scenes
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Collins Street
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St Kilda Beach on a hot day
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Historic Brighton Beach Bathing Boxes. Probably the most expensive Real Estate in the country on a per sq metre basis. most of these arnt much bigger than a regular bathroom and can fetch up to $150,000- 200,000. about $25,000-30,000 per sqm.
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Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

enjoyed your city tour. nice:)

wow...I'm impressed.

Awsome photos, great city.

Melbourne has nice density! Best skyline in Australia!

I didn't think that Melbourne's skyline was as good as Sydney's! Great city!

one word: awesome

what is the shrine of rememberence about?

I´ve never seen a picture of Melbourne! It´s a very beautiful city!! I loved the skyline!

ever since i was a child i've thought melbourne was cool. even the name. lol its a great city! can't wait to vacation there. can't believe vancouver beat melbourne this year for livability...

Beautiful indeed :cheers:

what is the shrine of rememberence about?

It's a memorial to those who fought in WW1.

These photos make me wanna live in Melbourne! Great city&shots!

Greetings from Poland ;)

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Flinders station without doubt the melbourne icon. Time to renovate this station, it is falling apart.

Cheers great pictures fellas. :cheers:

Beautiful!

Nice. The second one was best.

Amazing pictures, Melbourne is a great city. :)

Flinders station without doubt the melbourne icon. Time to renovate this station, it is falling apart.

Cheers great pictures fellas. :cheers:

Well that is the plan i think. Certainly the interior should be turned into a hotel or something like that since its not being used atm. The exterior is still lovely though and that's what people see anyway, that great golden face is always up for a great photo.

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

I love Federation Square ;) Great pics! :okay: It was great living there.

Those trams are fantastic. The old one under the canopy of trees reminds me of the St. Charles streetcar in New Orleans.

really great, by far my fav on Australia, great pics

:okay:

What impresses me most about Melbourne are all those lovely old Victoria and Federation era houses you get in the suburbs or Carlton, Fitzroy, South Yarra, Hawthorn, St.Kilda, Albert Park, South Melbourne etc...

You don't get that anymore around the world.

Thanks for all the compliments about our city!! Melbourne is a great city and I'm proud to call it home. Vancourver in Canada would be my next preference if Melbourne didn't exist and that to deserves it's title as the world's most livable. Melbourne is an awsome place and I never get sick of going downtown, it's skyline is now forever changing. It is a very safe place, very relaxed city yet fast pased during the week. Hope you all get a chance to visit one day. The other cities accross Australia are awsome too. Sydney is so beautiful and deserves it's recognition although, sometimes, maily international tourists don't realise Australia's has many other urban assets also. All great places to live yet so distictively different but the people are the same, happy and welcoming to anyone accross the planet who visits. The quality of life here is great.