Here is a collection of all night-skyline shots of our Australian cities.

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PLEASE AVOID BLURRED IMAGES OR PARTIAL DAYLIGHT IMAGES

ADELAIDE
http://users.tpg.com.au/dnly00/images/Convention%20Centre%2015.jpg
http://www.ama.com.au/web.nsf/doc/WEEN-6HRTWM/$File/Night_-_Skyline.jpg




MELBOURNE
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c73/velco/melb.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/skortum/NightCBD.jpg
http://gc.stud.tue.nl/oz/photos/vic/0785_Melbourne_Skyline_from_Queen_s_Bridge.jpg
http://www.jeremyparsons.com/personal/picture_pages/2005_Melbourne_and_Snowy_Mountains/Night_Skyline@Melbourne.jpg
http://yourdigitaleye.com/albums/CityScape/IMG_0946_Melbourne_Skyline_from_Southbank_1600w.jpg
http://www.girlsnightafloat.com.au/skyline_banner.jpg
http://www.urbanmelbourne.com/night/Dsc02197.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/melbessay38.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/melblites1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/CollinsTwins2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/melessay9.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/melbessay40.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/melbessay33.jpg
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/1755/102491755ml1119344135.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Melbourne/Rialtoview41.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/melbessay41.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/newmelb10.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/melblites2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/melessay4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/melessay8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/melbessay32.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/melbessay39.jpg



BRISBANE
http://www.dsankt.com/photos/ds-0511.jpg
http://www.ourbrisbane.com/aboutbrisbane/photos/albums/userpics/1105165332.jpg
http://www.ourbrisbane.com/aboutbrisbane/photos/albums/userpics/1098186513.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/563/4023brisskyline4.jpg




PERTH
http://nodens.physics.ox.ac.uk/~oi/Album2/Perth/perthfromsouth.jpg
http://image06.webshots.com/6/8/89/12/82488912RpPzTE_ph.jpg
http://www.beilby.com/image.a.nation/images/perth.skyline.01.jpg




GOLD COAST CITY
http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/2393/568543996582cf87591zz.jpg
http://www.cmrdesign.net/towers/q1-night-pink2-231005.jpg




CANBERRA
http://www.southcoast.com.au/canberra/6cbnight.jpg




HOBART
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Lagoon/8157/hobnight.jpg




SYDNEY
http://www.boltdj.com/300d2.jpg
http://www2.hagenhosting.com/~naborswe/australia/sydneynightlights4760.jpg
http://web.usf.edu/iac/studyabroad/australia/aus-sydney-at-night.jpg
http://www.multinet.no/~trojen/australia/images/australia%20-%20Sydney%20By%20Night2.jpg
http://www.rolandwooster.com/Night/slides/Sydney.jpg
http://gc.stud.tue.nl/oz/photos/nsw_act/2275_Sydney_Skyline_at_Night.jpg
http://spectroscopy.chem.usyd.edu.au/acovs6/pics/188_8852.JPG
http://www.sebruiz.net/gallery/d/2154-2/imgp0074.jpg
http://www.spudles.com/travels/Pacific2003Pics/Contiki%20Day%2017%20-%2007%20-%20Sydney%20-%20Night%20Skyline%20(Alex).jpg
http://www.portlandave.com/travel/Australia2002/Display/13-Monday/DSCN1219.JPG




DARWIN
none availble atm.

Melbourne, easy.
Because of the colour changing collinst st spires, Rialtos blue lighting, 120C's lit up facade, the casino's fireballs and of course the arts spire.

Here is a collection of all night-skyline shots of our Australian cities.

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What about overexposed shots - there are plenty of them. Unrealistic.

Sorry - i must have missed why there are now two threads on this topic. :)

http://www.users.muohio.edu/mcconnar/images/sydney-downtown-night.jpeg

http://hoore.com/sydney/nye03/sydney_fireworks_12am_ca_small.jpg


http://www.geocities.com/panuwatsuppakul/Sydney_Night_Alight.JPG

http://www.snoopcards.com/www/21/files/sydney-fireworks.jpg

http://mongabay.com/places/australia/sydney_night.jpg


http://www.remcoverstudio.com/downloads/covers/2005-03-31_Sydney_label.jpg

http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/31046/print_preview/144072.jpg

http://www.world-guides.com/images/sydney/sydney_bridge2.jpg

http://www.world-guides.com/images/sydney/sydney_night4.jpg

http://www.world-guides.com/images/sydney/sydney_harbour_bridge4.jpg

http://www.world-guides.com/images/sydney/sydney_night5.jpg

http://www.australianexplorer.com/desktop/sydney_night_640.jpg

http://studweb.euv-frankfurt-o.de/~euv-2519/Bilder/Skyline.JPG

http://static.flickr.com/8/12718425_2b94f205d3.jpg

http://www.backpacker.dk/images/galleri/sydney_night_operahouse1.jpg

http://www.beluba.com.au/ww3/fotos/sydney_night.jpg

http://www.world-guides.com/images/sydney/sydney_night_home.jpg

http://www.beluba.com.au/ww3/fotos/bridge_night.jpg

http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~yzw01r/australia/sydneynight7.jpg

http://www.flashpacker.com/Australia%20and%20New%20Zealand/Australia/Australia%20Pictures/Harbour_Bridge_at_night.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/30/62653095_298ea04b1d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/31/65842983_36e7e05cc3.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/27/56903028_0ee786e7db.jpg

http://modular.fas.harvard.edu/pics/ascent5_pics/25May01/small_dscf3724.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/27/47116034_7772fd5fe6_b.jpg

http://www.jinx.de/2002.12.Australia/Images/77.jpg

http://www.readysetglow.com.au/images/sydney_nye50k.jpg

i still think syd-en-nee has best night skyline probably due to fact theres light from over 800 skyscrapers and we have a great reflection factor (harbour) plus may seem to have really dif tops and loightiing schemes along with heaps of neons. A;lso Sydney is lucky being made up of multiple skylines which seem to go on forever,.

You know this is probably just going to turn out most people voting for their home city....... Oh well. Lol

Sydney easily

Sydney - North Sydney and the Bridge add to the night scapes. North Sydney has the most neon advertising.

The Bridge, tower and opera house all add value.

You know this is probably just going to turn out most people voting for their home city....... Oh well. Lol

No thats just the parochials on here.

No thats just the parochials on here.
So which one did you vote for? hahaha!

So which one did you vote for? hahaha!

Sydney

Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise) Pic

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/557/blah9kf.th.jpg (http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blah9kf.jpg)

theyve gotta be the worst Perth pictures EVER!

heres a decent pano ( a bit old but as Woodside is stil UC)

http://www.pbase.com/image/23316573/original.jpg

Melbourne

It was really warm here last night, so went out for a drive around with my camera and took some night photos:

Wide shot looking down Anzac Parade to Parliament House:

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9021/parliamenthousefrommtainslie13.th.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=parliamenthousefrommtainslie13.jpg)

Narrower shot, as above:

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6746/parliamenthousefrommtainslie29.th.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=parliamenthousefrommtainslie29.jpg)

Parliament House from Red Hill, with Anzac Parade and the War Memorial in the top right:

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/620/parliamenthousefromredhill6he.th.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=parliamenthousefromredhill6he.jpg)

Civic (CBD) from Mt Ainslie:

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1501/civicfrommtainslie3xy.th.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=civicfrommtainslie3xy.jpg)

Russell Offices (Department of Defence) from Red Hill:

http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/9922/russellofficesfromredhill5xj.th.jpg (http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=russellofficesfromredhill5xj.jpg)

War Memorial and Anzac Parade:

http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/685/warmemorialandanzacparade7tg.th.jpg (http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=warmemorialandanzacparade7tg.jpg)

The Carillon:

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2922/thecarillon7ua.th.jpg (http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thecarillon7ua.jpg)

The Carillon and surrounding park:

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/2095/carillon3gl.th.jpg (http://img356.imageshack.us/my.php?image=carillon3gl.jpg)

Huge panorama of Woden:

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/4593/wodenpanorama6if.th.jpg (http://img356.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wodenpanorama6if.jpg)

I really love inner Canberra, sure there isnt much of a skyline but with all the parks and great layout, its a very beautiful area. Very wierd to think that all this was just a grassy plain only 80 years ago!

Based on the pictures, I'd say MELBOURNE.

i was very tempted to vote GC, but seeing these pics, Melbournes kicks ass

unfortunately - NOT BRISSIE!!!!

Melbourne for sure...

And its skylines just keep changing and getting better and better...

The Big E (Eureka) is just most stunning building in Australia....

Check this forum

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=101303

another similar poll

Go and vote there...

cheers

well as an ex-brisbane person i would love to say brisbane
however when i think of melbourne, brisbane or perth - it could be any city in the world
its just a group of buildings

sydney has the bridge, opera house and the harbour - its all about having something unique
we may all lie in these votes and vote our own city - but for a city to win it needs to be unique some different not such a clutter of buildings

sydney is 1000 times better then any of the other skylines

funny that Melbourne's number of vote is light years ahead of the other cities. Is it 'cause of how brilliant its skyline is at night? or 'cause there's so many of them on here? ;)

^^
Have you ever been to Melbourne at night....

It actually is the most stunning in the evening. The lighting is subtle and delicate, colourful and well placed. The small laneways a lit up, there are lights in the pavement, every building has a different colour scheme. At street level it is the best city in Australia by a long shot.

Sydney is nice also but it is most stunning during the day time when the sun reflects off the harbour. At night it is very asian looking. Yes it has the harbour bridge and the Opera House and they are stunning, but when walking the streets it is very stark, and not very aesthtically pleasing.

MY OPINION....lets not have a fit.

The Gold Coast pic's on here are crap. Here are some nicer ones i took:

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4232/img0066large1nj.jpg

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/432/img0090large7je.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1040/framed2large8sr.jpg

And one from fireflymari (hope you don't mind me posting it but it is too good not too!)

http://cmrdesign.net/media/photographs/night-made-day.jpg

^^
Have you ever been to Melbourne at night....

It actually is the most stunning in the evening. The lighting is subtle and delicate, colourful and well placed. The small laneways a lit up, there are lights in the pavement, every building has a different colour scheme. At street level it is the best city in Australia by a long shot.

Sydney is nice also but it is most stunning during the day time when the sun reflects off the harbour. At night it is very asian looking. Yes it has the harbour bridge and the Opera House and they are stunning, but when walking the streets it is very stark, and not very aesthtically pleasing.

MY OPINION....lets not have a fit.

Yes i've been to Melbourne a handful of times.

The lighting and everything at the streetscape and the skyline is nice, but nothing too spectacular.

I agree Sydney is very Asian-looking, with all those neon lights on both sides of the harbour. Probably the reason i love the night skyline so much?
Whereas Melbourne is more like a US city at night, which also has its own charms.

Sydney as my personal preference.

This is hard to beat:
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2736/syd6tv.png

Thats nice...I just think Melbourne is a hard city to beat at street level..and the colour schemes that match the seasons are great.

I'm from Brisbane and I voted for Sydney as well. I think the only people voting Melbourne are the people from there.

Few too many pics at the start, couldn't we just have had one or 2 classic night views of each city?

yeah true..................just having a clump of buildings doesn’t make a city special - you need something unique and special

yeah true..................just having a clump of buildings doesn’t make a city special - you need something unique and special

That photo from Ncik above shows Sydney is a clump of buildings ?

You should get others to vote for Sydney then...
or this vote is just an imagination ?

That photo from Ncik above shows Sydney is a clump of buildings ?

You should get others to vote for Sydney then...
or this vote is just an imagination ?

well i can see a nice harbour and centrepoint
then if i was on the other side i could see the opera house and bridge and north sydney

A nightshot of the North Ryde/Chatswood/St Leonards/North Sydney/Milsons Point/Sydney Skyline would be awesome!

I voted Melbourne. The buildings are way nicer (IMHO) and have some space between them so you can see the individual buildings. Beautiful!

Both are great but different.....

Melbourne is more detailed and subtle in my own opinion.

http://www.urbanmelbourne.com/night/Dsc02082.jpg

http://www.urbanmelbourne.com/night/Dsc02071.jpg

http://www.urbanmelbourne.com/night/Dsc02102.jpg

http://www.urbanmelbourne.com/night/Dsc02210.jpg

http://www.urbanmelbourne.com/night/Dsc02233.jpg

http://www.urbanmelbourne.com/night/Dsc02244.jpg

well i can see a nice harbour and centrepoint
then if i was on the other side i could see the opera house and bridge and north sydney


These thread is for the Best Night Skylines Poll....so stick to it. :)

Not THE BEST CITY IN AUSTRALIA WITH HARBOUR, BRIDGE AND OPERA HOUSE.
Perhaps you need to create one with Sydney as a sole contender.
And for people who do not vote for Sydney ... then you can disagree and tell them off...


Talking about those three Sydney icons.. they are spectacular of course..
But hey, we all grown up and intelligent enough to think deeper and beyond that...

Just like your citizen PAUL KEATING in his speech last month..published in Newspaper

check this out..
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=89727


Sydney's an 'urban junkyard': Keating
Saturday Mar 4 11:58 AEDT
Sydney is an urban junkyard, relying on the natural beauty of its harbour and its Opera House to make it one of the world's great cities, according to former prime minister Paul Keating.

Mr Keating said his home city was full of "graffiti of modern commercial life" - badly-built buildings, bad colours, different heights, advertising and lights.

And unlike the world's other great cities of Paris, Venice and St Petersburg had very few areas that were pleasing to the eye.

"It's an urban junkyard," Mr Keating told a group of local council mayors and architects in Sydney.

"This is not Melbourne, this is not Paris.

"We have always relied on the physicality and didn't think we had to do much about the rest, and the rest is so god damn ordinary."

Mr Keating said Sydney's CBD was full of buildings that were nothing more than "black glass and steel junk" and that everything except for the Sydney Opera House, the Queen Victoria Building and some court houses were "knock-down jobs".

"This is one of the great pities with architecture, it's really all going that way, most of the buildings are about making money, not about spending money," he said.

This had come about due to years of municipal neglect where everything from "itsy bitsy and sometimes unscrupulous developments" had been carried out by developers, who often used "sleazy appeals" to get what they wanted in the Land and Environment Court, he said.

"We should have design leading development; instead we've got development leading design," Mr Keating said.

"And while ever that's the case, we'll end up with designs which are indifferent to the public space and therefore to the sense of ourselves as individuals."

But Urban Development Institute of Australia executive Director David Poole said Mr Keating's comments were unfair.

Research had shown most people in Sydney liked the city, he said.

"I think this ideal that Sydney could somehow look like Paris or Vienna with seven-storey stone buildings with wide boulevards - that we can turn Sydney into that, Blacktown or even his own home town of Bankstown into that, is pretty unrealistic," Dr Poole said.

lol - paul keating
havent we already discussed this?
he has said the same thing about brisbane and melbourne on numerous occassions - he does it to get attention

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6076/a8um.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8890/b2jl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/2739/c5kf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7008/d7sk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/3030/e8iu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/9569/f7ke.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2047/g4mq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/7571/h3bw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8075/i4yn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/664/j4gj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/7895/k4ub.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/3844/l3jg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/5958/m1xk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^
Although those pictures are nice can you see the differences in Melbourne lighting and Sydney lighting...

I wont say anything and I will leave it up to the others to pick the differeces.

It's funny what nights offices seem to light up more. Wednesday seems to be a popular night in Brisbane. I'm suprised there hasn't been a green push for city offices to cut the lights when not in use as a power saving measure.

^^ Yes, also in winter when the days are shorter and no dayight saving the illumination is better - more people actually in offices when it is dark. And weeknights are better than weekends.

interesting observation

http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g228/AdeMelbourne/?action=view&current=mercer.jpg

test photo

I think Sydney.

A harbour crusie through sydney at night is incredible.

If the poll was conducted with only neutral voters i believe the result would be different.

For me it really isn't even close. Sydney's Skyline night or day is head and shoulders above the rest.

The skyline itself is very unique with a lot of interesting shapes and such. BUT the main reason why i think it is in a league of its own is simply it is probably bigger than all Oz skylines combined! I had a cruise last week and from there i could see from Bondi Junction, Liz Bay, Kings Cross, CBD, North Sydney, St leanards and Chats. One seemingly continuous skyline for 10kms! Then there is the whole reflections, icons and setting.

My second would be the GC. This also seems to stretch for ages and has a great shape to it. Future buildings will def improve it and it may even rival Sydney with all these 300m buildings going up!

we have some fantastic cities down here... :D

I haven't voted, too lazy. lol Sydney is the best though, day or night, nothing in Australia comes close.

It would be Sydney! You can't beat the harbour and lights... :)
but don't count out brissy, we have the only "full" lit up bridge in Australia!
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/soulvisionQ1/1099017559.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/soulvisionQ1/1128644205.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/soulvisionQ1/dest_southbank-unique_lrg.jpg

http://www.boltdj.com/300d2.jpg

http://www.hit.bme.hu/people/pfliegel/sydney/mixed/night.jpg

http://www.shoalhaven.net.au/~mulligrubs/images/galleryimages/suesydlg.jpg

http://www.200ok.com.au/img/photos/DSC03087_sydney_harbour_bridge_night_600x450.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/sirbugalugs/3-4-2006%20night%20tour/yarracolour.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/sirbugalugs/3-4-2006%20night%20tour/artfountain.jpg

The Future of Melbourne below...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Melbourne_Docklands_-_Yarras_Edge_-_marina_panorama.jpg

isn't that melbourne now?

Yes but the future image of Melbourne will be the Docklands, meaning our new postcard photograph will be mainly from the west as Melbourne is a city in metamorphasis.

Unfortunately, the biggest bit of water near the city has been turned into a boat park - it's a bit like turning what is now Birrerung Marr into a car park. That view will be pretty lame with an assortment of boats blocking the view of the water and the reflections from opposite river bank and skyline.

Nothing more needs to be said here. case closed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/auboy/mel62006.jpg

^^
I dont agree that nothing more should be said. Sydney is just as impressive if not more so. Both are very impressive, Sydney has shear size and beauty, but Melbourne has delicacy, intricacy, detail and a more lady like look.

You can't really include pics of the com games, if this thread started during the games... well of course melbourne then.

^^
The lights are still there.

I think Sydney.

A harbour crusie through sydney at night is incredible.

If the poll was conducted with only neutral voters i believe the result would be different.
true. All the Queenslanders and NSW heads are biased toward Sydney and Victorians go for Melbourne. Funny thing is almost all the QLD people on this forum go for Sydney. Any one care to prop up some theories on this phenomenon.

Adelaide and Melbourne seem to closely align as Bris does with Syd.
I think its because these cities are similar in many ways i.e layout ( BRis and Syd hilly, windy streets, densely packed in the inner city, non grid streets) as well as culture ( AFL v ARL/NRL ), weather conditions etc.

^^ maybe its cause of the similar weather or state of origin rivalry???

The Future of Melbourne below...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Melbourne_Docklands_-_Yarras_Edge_-_marina_panorama.jpg

That is a top pic. The sky's the limit with what can happen with all that potential.

A better picture of Adelaide's night skyline.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g157/mash569/Adelaidegoodpicture.jpg

Adelaide and Melbourne seem to closely align as Bris does with Syd.
I think its because these cities are similar in many ways i.e layout ( BRis and Syd hilly, windy streets, densely packed in the inner city, non grid streets) as well as culture ( AFL v ARL/NRL ), weather conditions etc.

And then West Aussies go out on there own to support themselves. Its always felt a bit like that for us isolated ones.

I just think its great that we have these great cities in Oz to debate about what is best. They are all great in there own way but I still give best Skyline to Sydney. Even if it is just because of the Opera House and SHB. They are just true Aussie icons. And Sydney looks great day or night.

Melbourne looks great at night but looks cold and grey during the day for me.

Brisbane never really impressed me but I didn't spend much time there so I won't judge.

Gold Coast is quite spectacular but looks a bit unnatural so close to a beautiful beach.

Haven't been to Adelaide as yet but the last pic posted looks nice.

Perth looks great day or night overlooking the great Swan river. (sigh - homesick)

All the Queenslanders and NSW heads are biased toward Sydney and Victorians go for Melbourne. Funny thing is almost all the QLD people on this forum go for Sydney. Any one care to prop up some theories on this phenomenon.

I've got a theory or two but it would be irresponsible to post them. :D

go on, we want to hear it!

from flickr
sept2005

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9286/brisbanenightsept055kb.jpg

some of syd -en-ney of net

1 oconnel st must have one of the best tops of an aussie scraper at night?

http://www.boltdj.com/300d2.jpg

a 500m steel arch bridge is always a good look for a city at night!

http://www.boltdj.com/300d5.jpg

old but good
http://www.geocities.com/emurillo_62/australia/aus712.jpg

(Fabian pics)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/kakamesh/Sydney_Tower_North_View_small.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/kakamesh/Southern_CBD_small.jpg

Off ze net

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/kakamesh/sydcbdatnight2ju.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/kakamesh/harbwide19kq.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/kakamesh/102660786ml1126879840.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/kakamesh/102587673ml1123225425.jpg

can anyone top this of sydney?
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9648/sydneynightpano6os.jpg

Actually I never considered Melbourne to have a spectacular skyline at night. But after seeing some pics earlier in this thread, my opinion has changed. It is very impressive. But having said that, I still think IMO that Sydney has the better night skyline.

from flickr
sept2005

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9286/brisbanenightsept055kb.jpg

Thats a great image Culwulla! thanks for that!

Even as a born-and-bred die-hard Queenslander, I honestly have to say that Sydney wins by a long shot. No city in Australia comes close :cheers:

1. Melbourne!!!
2. Sydney/ Adelaide
4. Brisbane
5. Perth


btw that Brisbane skyline picture reminds me of Hong Kong!!


Heres a great pano of the Adelaide Skyline!!! - taken by atd

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g299/crawf_231/LightsVision.jpg

Sydney steamrolls everybody with melbourne close behind.

Beautiful

http://andysecker.com/wallpapers/2.jpg

:)

^^
Have you ever been to Melbourne at night....

It actually is the most stunning in the evening. The lighting is subtle and delicate, colourful and well placed. The small laneways a lit up, there are lights in the pavement, every building has a different colour scheme. At street level it is the best city in Australia by a long shot.

Sydney is nice also but it is most stunning during the day time when the sun reflects off the harbour. At night it is very asian looking. Yes it has the harbour bridge and the Opera House and they are stunning, but when walking the streets it is very stark, and not very aesthtically pleasing.

MY OPINION....lets not have a fit.
Couldn't have put it any better. To be honest, only people who "know" Melbourne would vote it. The lighting on top of buildings is constantly changing - from 15 William to Crown to 101 to 120 to VAC spire, etc. The lighting at ground level is far and away the best in Aust and its landmarks are also fairly well lit - Shrine, Flinders St Station, Bolte & West Gate Bridges, Princes Bridge, Fed Square, etc. Frankly, the built environment in Melbourne is the best in Aust as far as I've seen. Sydney's CBD frontage hugging the harbour (as seen from Milson's Point) is better than Melbourne's west end view (featuring Rialto & Bourke Place, as seen from Docklands), but Melbourne's length-wise night skyline - while not as dense as Sydney's as seen from, say, Circular Quay (which is mind blowing, up close & personal!) - is also quite impressive. But if you go further away, Sydney length-wise is not very impressive once the gap between the southern end and northern end CBD towers reveals itself - it's worse than Melbourne's Swanston gap between the west end and "paris end"! Sydney from Centrepoint Tower is not as good as Melbourne from the Rialto at night. All up, close call.

But frankly, I don't understand how Adelaide got more votes than Perth - ever seen Perth from Kings Park?!

1. Melbourne!!!
2. Sydney/ Adelaide
4. Brisbane
5. Perth

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Crawf- not sure if you're being tongue-in-cheek above but with all due respect Adelaide is nowhere near comparable to any city above in terms of skyline night lighting! It would realistically come in 7th behind the Gold Coast.

Crawf- not sure if you're being tongue-in-cheek above but with all due respect Adelaide is nowhere near comparable to any city above in terms of skyline night lighting! It would realistically come in 7th behind the Gold Coast.

We make the best with what we have... The torrens is lit up very well in the cbd, whith some nice water features which are lit up. As for the city scraper lighting, it isn't any worse then Perths and the classical buildings, especially North Terrace, are lit up exceptionally well, and look very classy.

Obviously, Adelaide is a small city and Melbourne and Sydney are medium-large cities. Therefore, Melbourne and Sydney attract more large companies (to establish their Australian/Asia-Pacific headquarters) who require larger skyscrapers than we have in Adelaide. Adelaide does extremely well for a small city (for skyline lighting etc...). Also, Adelaide is financially poorer than Melbourne and Sydney which affects the size of skyscrapers and the amount of expensive lighting which Sydney and Melbourne skyscrapers have. Adelaide's lighting is extremely good for a small city.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g157/mash569/Adelaidegoodpicture.jpg

^^ Is it just me or does this picture seem a bit stretched???

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/9955/103139955ml1145538986.jpg

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9648/sydneynightpano6os.jpg

nice picture there Cul, :) :) :)
Perth 4 me though btw i think we need a few much better pictures of perth!!!

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g157/mash569/Adelaidegoodpicture.jpg[/QUOTE]

This pic is soooooooo s t r e t c h e d !!!! :eek2:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g157/mash569/Adelaidegoodpicture.jpg[/QUOTE]

This pic is soooooooo s t r e t c h e d !!!!
Adelaide has suddenly got 4-5 500 footers !!! :eek2:

^^ Is it just me or does this picture seem a bit stretched???


i was thinking the same, so it can't be just you...

can some one please put some good photos of perth in here. the one that perth4life3 put in was good but that is only one. please i beg someone to put more of perth in here to make it a more of a fair vote.

clearly it has to be Melbourne....I do think that Sydney has some indivudual structures which stand out beautifully but as a whole Melbourne is streaks ahead in regards to night skyline. Sydney second with Perth not far behind.....I love Perths skyline...minimalist but a couple of really striking talls.

it would have been interesting if we could view who voted for what
because i can guarantee that a few new accounts were set up to push a city in the lead
reminds me of how toronto people play these games

some how i find it difficult to be clearly melbourne tigermike?

if it were - then melbourne would be recongised internationaly for its skyline

I'm not sure how this is even a contest, Sydney wins hands down.

Tend to agree with Zach on this one, most intl forumers prefer Sydney over Melbourne day or night, though people do know of Melbourne's skyline ;)

I am over Melburnians...OH BOO HOO..

Lets be more like Jeft Kennet was...if you believe your city is great then it will be great...get that into ya.

He would think of Melbourne as being on the same level as New York..we need to get that motivation back into us.

http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nye/ImageGallery/2004/images/harbour.jpg
noice

g macgregor
http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_challenge/82/16176.jpg
and Melbourne is always great thanks. :)

Ok here is some Perth ones. This one is an old favourite of mine. No Woodside tower in it though.
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/1874/perthnightwallpaper5sf.jpg
some others
http://transit-port.net/Galleries/Australian.Coastlines/images/Perth-Skyline.jpg
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/8940/per3kh.jpg
http://www.mickhouse.com/images/Perth_Skyline_2.jpg

Woodside there Rocstar, it's there right next to QV. Lovely shots by the way.

Sorry, Rocstar, forget that comment. My bad as they say!

It's sad to see Perth being so underrated. :|

Okay... most people know that it does not have the density of Sydney or Melbourne. But clearly it is so photogenic with the beauty of the Swan river being only just behind that of Sydney Harbour's. Melbourne may have a big and dense CBD with massive tallies, but it can only dream of having a beautiful natural asset such as the Swan river or Sydney Harbour.

^^
But the city it's self is beautiful..you can have natural setting and still be an ugly city.

I'm not saying either Perth or Sydney are ugly, cityscape and natural setting are great in both..they're stunning, but at the end of the day if your cityscape is shit, no mass of water is going to fix/hide that.

very true! thats why so many people are afraid to develop the foreshore in perth. but if the development is good it can enhance perths looks at night or day from boths side of the river.

^^ much agreed there docker mate, but i reckon within the next 10-20 years, our skyline will change very much (for better of course:))

some goldie pix
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1016/1436708989b59f260dao19uk.jpg
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/9374/103092635hl114360020510yr.jpg

it would have been interesting if we could view who voted for what
because i can guarantee that a few new accounts were set up to push a city in the lead
reminds me of how toronto people play these games

some how i find it difficult to be clearly melbourne tigermike?

if it were - then melbourne would be recongised internationaly for its skyline
like I said in my last post....obviously Sydney has some certain structures that stand out and are clearly more internationally recogniseable...but isn't this poll about which city each of us 'believes' to be the best night? skyline....and I beleive Melbs looks incredible at night....Sydney's by day is much better. No bias here....just opinions remember...Sheeesh!

Crawf- not sure if you're being tongue-in-cheek above but with all due respect Adelaide is nowhere near comparable to any city above in terms of skyline night lighting! It would realistically come in 7th behind the Gold Coast.

LOL I think Parramatta and Chatswood almost give Adelaide a run for its money too. ;)

LOL I think Parramatta and Chatswood almost give Adelaide a run for its money too. ;)

chatswood... thats pretty funny, Adelaide is far classier the either of those skylines and looks great at night... if you had seen it in person you might realise that.....

I think North Syd is better than Adel at night and Chatswood is not far off Adelaide ! Parra still has a long way to go. :)

Chatswood has the Zenith Centre twins, I think that beats all of Adelaide. OMG yes I forgot about North Sydney too, it slams many Adelaide for sure. North Sydney seems to have more neons than all of Australia though, so it's bound to be good.

nioce
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/5863/103075863ml1143613211.jpg

Sydney has done really well in this poll considering most of the forumers are from Melbourne and Brisbane :cool:

Melbourne is f**king gorgeous its got the best lighting and just looks stunning in all those pics :). Actually not just lights, in the day its the best too :D

Sydney is very nice too, the sheer size and massive skyline makes it have the best "NIGHT SKYLINE" in AUS but i still Melbs is prettier :D

I am appauled at the Gold Coast pictures in here, they are pathetic and its supposed to be a SKYLINE the OP has 2 pics with about 3 bloody buildings, if there was some DECENT GC pics posted i would say it comes very close to the 2 above, but doesn't win :D

Melbourne Their skyline is AWESOME when you can see the mountains in the distance, the bay with the skyline too... I wish I lived in VIC so I could see it everyday.

Originally Posted by Avatar
LOL I think Parramatta and Chatswood almost give Adelaide a run for its money too.

Obviously, you haven't been to Adelaide and walked around the streets of Adelaide's city.

Chatswood has the Zenith Centre twins, I think that beats all of Adelaide. OMG yes I forgot about North Sydney too, it slams many Adelaide for sure. North Sydney seems to have more neons than all of Australia though, so it's bound to be good.

:toilet:

Can you stop trying to start a fucked up state vs state war

Perth looks good @ night to

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/9445/dagh9nh.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/9455/b8ad.png

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5775/a0uc.png

^^ brilliant shots mate :)!!

Perth looks good @ night to

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/9445/dagh9nh.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/9455/b8ad.png

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5775/a0uc.png

Nice one bruvva.

Easily second best skyline, just loses out to Sydeny for its density and world famous opera house and bridge.

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/174/jan065pa.jpg

Those pics of Perth are living proof that density isn't everything.....Perth at night is spectacular and easily OZ's second best skyline after Melbourne....

it seems a lot of people are saying perth is there second favourite after melb or syd maybe from bias but it seems perth is still popular. maybe there should be a vote for which is the second best in aus.

What about the GC!

You all be knowing Q1 is lit up like a christmas tree, but plenty of others to join it's ranks soon.

The Circle on Cavills are also going to have some pretty radical blue lighting running up the back of them, and no doubt some stuff on top as well as it has a bit of fin up top, as will Soul, and ANA is meant to have a killer lighting system, so it will look pretty shit hot at night soon:

How it looks now, none to shabby for a regional!!:P (off flickr):
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/8444/circ9ov.jpg

Nice photos of Perth .... !

it seems a lot of people are saying perth is there second favourite after melb or syd maybe from bias but it seems perth is still popular. maybe there should be a vote for which is the second best in aus.

I think its because Perth skyline is pure elegance. It doesn't try and impose its skyline by building bigger and bigger towers or dressing it up like a xmas tree. It just simply is.

Great photo of the GC Locke! Can't wait for Soul!! :)

or maybe it has a lot of luck with the positioning, ie the swan river and kings park being in perfect places.

here is a couple of perth i found, they are a bit old

shows one of perth's wonderful glow:)
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8761/491520city20at20night20swan20r.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/4005/cityatnightvbsfhbzf4qc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I don't doubt that GC has a decent skyline it's just that I think a skyline still needs quality buildings to look good and the GC really only has one 'quality' building (at the moment)....but hey bring on COC and Soul...
As for Perth it's simplicity is the key...quality buidlings on a beautiful setting...love it!

Surfers Paradise
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8281/img1638large5wr.jpg

Surprised Melbourne pulled more votes than Sydney really, or for that matter Perth. Nothing on Melbourne but as a skyline I don't think it is that great.

^^ tall popper syndrome and I think melbourne has more members than sydney

How is it Tall Poppy syndrome when I think Sydney is better. I am fairly impartial and can critique my own city. But the more forum members would probably account for it. Shame we can't get impartial opinions.

I'm originally from Sydney, live in Brisbane, and think Melbourne's is the best. Sydney's is ok, I just think that Melbourne's skyline has a much nicer "feel" to it. The view from Rialto's observation deck is, in my opinion, far superior than that from Sydney tower. How's that for impartial? ;o)

^ ive been up Rialto and its no where near as good as sydney towers or its location. Rialtos is at one end of town instead of being in centre like sydney towers is.Eurekas location is much better the Rialtos.the former state bank on bourke st would be a great location for an ob deck.

^^ tall popper syndrome and I think melbourne has more members than sydney
yes if you go to ozscraper census, melb has nearly twice as many members then sydney. so maybe half vic night poll?lol in the end who really cares. im over comparing cities.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=289485&page=3

thats a good photo of surfers

here is a couple of perth i found, they are a bit old

shows one of perth's wonderful glow:)
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8761/491520city20at20night20swan20r.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/4005/cityatnightvbsfhbzf4qc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

lol the first one still has RNI signage on bankwest

yes if you go to ozscraper census, melb has nearly twice as many members then sydney. so maybe half vic night poll?lol in the end who really cares. im over comparing cities.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=289485&page=3

Maybe we should be asking to vote for a city other than the one we live in to get a better and more fairer result. I will not vote for Melbourne becuase if I did I am bias although Melbourne does look fantastic at night and yes I would vote it as first.

Other than Melbourne, I havn't voted becuase I could not deceide between Surfers Paradise and Sydney! Equal First for me. Brisbane can look Magic so I would put it second then Perth because those photos look awsome!

Why do you loathe Melbourne zach24? Your comments on anything Melbourne-related are consistently, invariably negative. I'm sorry but Melbourne is not dying/sliding into obscurity. Our stunning skyline is just one indication of this! Perhaps you should seek counselling!

lol the first one still has RNI signage on bankwest

yeah told ppl that is was a pretty old shot :)

here is a resent pic of perth at night thanks to Vibes :)

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/1153/perthbynight4lv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Melbourne's buildings are probably the best in Australia, but the CBD is in such a boring and uninspired location, which detracts a lot from it.

Whereas Sydney's location, the SHB and SOH put it miles in front, even if the actual CBD streets are pretty awful.

Oh, and gotta love Perth, THAT's a location

^ ive been up Rialto and its no where near as good as sydney towers or its location. Rialtos is at one end of town instead of being in centre like sydney towers is.Eurekas location is much better the Rialtos.the former state bank on bourke st would be a great location for an ob deck.


yes if you go to ozscraper census, melb has nearly twice as many members then sydney. so maybe half vic night poll?lol in the end who really cares. im over comparing cities.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=289485&page=3

Perhaps next time I'll go to Rialto and/or Eureka and then make judgement again. I have spent plenty of time in Melbourne though, and don't get me wrong it looks fantastic, all our cities do. Guess thats why its always a difficult choice.

It's absurd to even debate this: compared to coming over the Harbour Bridge at night every other city in Australia is a charity case winning sympathy points.

lol the first one still has RNI signage on bankwest

I think I have seen only 1 photo of BankWest with both the orange R&I logo and the blue Bond logo on at the same time - but it wasn't a nighttime shot.

Why do you loathe Melbourne zach24? Your comments on anything Melbourne-related are consistently, invariably negative. I'm sorry but Melbourne is not dying/sliding into obscurity. Our stunning skyline is just one indication of this! Perhaps you should seek counselling!

Lol don't worry every city has one of those people lol.

I am really stuck between Perth, Sydney and Melbourne.

Perth looks more dense at night than at day, and it just gives me a sense of warmth seeing it as I cross the Swan River, its a beautiful city, and I am going to have to give it my vote because its just magnificent: the river, kings park lit up and the city.

Sydney has to be my second vote, with all its lights, its just magnificent, especially those laser lights off the bridge, brilliant!! Unfortunately I have not visited sydney yet...

Melbroune would have to be third, sorry to the victorians, but what I love about Melbourne is Eureka, its just stunning the way it shines through the fog on sunset and sunrise, and possibly throughout the day, I don't know, either way, it is pure aussie genious.

Overall we australians must be proud of our skylines, they may not be internationally big, but hell they are beautiful. :cheers:

It's absurd to even debate this: compared to coming over the Harbour Bridge at night every other city in Australia is a charity case winning sympathy points.

I would rate coming over the Narrows bridge in Perth a similar experience.

i think that pertyh should deserve more votes, because it is a well calculated skyline, and fits in well with the river and the surroundings (buts that just me talking) and should also look even better with the current boom that we are in atm :)

this would have to be 1 of my favourite pics of perth, even thought it is quite a bit old, it shows the cool lighting before the convention centre was built:)
srry about the blur:(

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/1135/perthcity2jk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

it would be nice to see us get something out of this boom :cheers: a nice 300m tower?!! Its all in my dreams.... :bash:

it would be nice to see us get something out of this boom :cheers: a nice 300m tower?!! Its all in my dreams.... :bash:

yeah that would be cool, but the city limit is 300m(dont know why) but the future emu berury site could easly produce a 200m-250m tower or even towers:)

I'd like to see something bright and big added to the skylne. The convention centre is so dull and so much could have been done at ground level to prep it up. Its a monster of a building but is very dull at night.

This was posted in the Brisbane thread. Thought it deserved a place here.
Took this earlier tonight over at New Farm...

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_9325-IMG_9328.jpg

I'm from Melb but I voted Sydney - no bias from me. ;)

I'd like to see something bright and big added to the skylne. The convention centre is so dull and so much could have been done at ground level to prep it up. Its a monster of a building but is very dull at night.

yes i really agree, but i can remember a while back of the city council wanting to put a tower on top of it, but, yeah i do agree with you in which that it is a really dull convention centre, could really do with a makeover:)