Postcode 3051: North Melbourne

tayser · November 28th, 2009, 03:21 AM

Woke up at 7am randomly this morning and started walking down to the pool to do some laps and remembered the North Melbourne pool doesn't open til 9am on a saturday (c*nts), so took a long walk to kill some time.

Students, medical Professionals, ex-convicts, Lithuanians, vagrants, actors, housing commission types and everything else in between.

North Melbourne's problem? There should be 10x the amount of people living in the same postcode.

Alphaville · November 28th, 2009, 06:37 AM

ignore. ssc giving me grief.

Alphaville · November 28th, 2009, 06:44 AM

FYI-- You could sneak into the North Melb pools quite easily.

Great pics, love North Melbourne. I really love the northern end of NM, the corner between Flemington Rd and CityLink. The backstreets are full of amazing unused warehouse spaces and public housing towers. I love the East Berlin inspired paint job on one of those buildings. I would love it if they converted one of those warehouses into a seedy Berghain/Panorama style nightclub like in Berlin.

L2 · November 28th, 2009, 07:28 AM

Hmm, I went through up that way late last night. Those high-rise towers look awesome lit up late at night, and so does Citylink

Nice photos tayser. I agree about not enough people there but there's still plenty of old warehouse spaces etc with potential in that corner Alphie has mentioned

I noticed the other day there's a new little light-industrial estate east of South Kensington station (yes, I know, another suburb). I suppose it's better than the land sitting there disused but it would be nice to use that kind of site for high density residential use, not one-level concrete warehouses.

And people must get such a flawed view of what North Melbourne is like when they just see the view from the train near the station with that name, which isn't even in Nth Melb.

city_thing · November 28th, 2009, 08:26 AM

I've been meaning to do a North Melbourne thread for so long, I live in a terrace right in the heart of the suburb.

Thanks for beating me to it, now I don't have to bother

Great photos of an area that I love.

Dockside · November 28th, 2009, 04:17 PM

Anouther great thread Tayser

and to think how much more there is for you and your camera to capture in Nth Melbourne, this could be the start of something beautiful

jpsolarized · November 28th, 2009, 04:44 PM

WOW that would make a great place to live. beautiful, hope they keep the terraces up for many many years to come

gappa · November 28th, 2009, 04:50 PM

purrrty

Home of Melbourne's most vibant stop sign.....................apparently!

lol @ city_thing. Where are you moving next?

matt.perth · November 29th, 2009, 01:45 AM

Nice shots. North Melbourne looks like it's got a lot of character.

city_thing · November 29th, 2009, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gappa

purrrty

Home of Melbourne's most vibant stop sign.....................apparently!

lol @ city_thing. Where are you moving next?

I want to stay in North Melbourne... but I'm tempted by Collingwood.

I'll miss North melbs!

I'll PM you and go into further details

acc521 · November 29th, 2009, 03:30 PM

Brilliant thread Tayser. Simply brilliant. Another suburb to add to my list of potential places to move to next year.

auslankan · November 29th, 2009, 09:42 PM

North Melbourne(originally Hotham) is an upmarket Footscray.
I used to live in West Melbourne ( really part of North Melbourne) and it was a great place to live close to everything - wqlking distance to Vic market.the CBD,the very interesting NM shopping strip and with great PT..

Try getting one of the tiny terrace houses for under $1 million now.

L2 · November 30th, 2009, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by city_thing

I want to stay in North Melbourne... but I'm tempted by Collingwood.

Have you looked at Abbotsford, which is actually home to the Collingwood Town Hall? That's an interesting inner-city enclave.

Jardoga · November 30th, 2009, 11:33 PM

Excellent collection of photos, North Melb is difinetaly a trendy and unique area.

Alphaville · December 1st, 2009, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by auslankan

North Melbourne(originally Hotham) is an upmarket Footscray.
I used to live in West Melbourne ( really part of North Melbourne) and it was a great place to live close to everything - wqlking distance to Vic market.the CBD,the very interesting NM shopping strip and with great PT..

Try getting one of the tiny terrace houses for under $1 million now.

Done.

A quick domain.com.au search showed a 3 bedroom terrace on Villiers St for $690-740,000.

Unaffordable? Yes. THAT unaffordable? No.

Alphaville · December 1st, 2009, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by L2

Have you look at Abbortsford, which is actually home to the Collingwood Town Hall? That's an interesting inner-city enclave.

I second this notion/ Abbotsford is amazing. Some awesome things will happen there over the next 10 years.

cjb287 · December 1st, 2009, 11:48 AM

Abbotsford is a favorite of mine as well. You really get a good view of it from the train towards/from Clifton Hill. Such charming little houses and streets. What also makes it fantastic is the proximity of the Yarra River and the parklands. I'm not sure if its exactly within the boundaries of Abbotsford but I would absolutely love to own a terrace facing that little park opposite Collingwood Station.

BearCave · December 2nd, 2009, 04:06 AM

Looks just like Paddington in Sydney!

Max Patterson · December 6th, 2009, 12:34 PM

Abbotsford smells like beer too....

williampitt · December 6th, 2009, 01:56 PM

Always liked North Melbourne, but its a hard market to crack into. People hang on to their homes for dear life. One of the biggest reasons why there are still so many great terraced homes left. I love the industrial areas close to the Vic Market. Some great warehouses that would make excellent movie locations.

November 28th, 2009, 03:21 AM	#1
tayser Champagne Socialist Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 8,687	Postcode 3051: North Melbourne Woke up at 7am randomly this morning and started walking down to the pool to do some laps and remembered the North Melbourne pool doesn't open til 9am on a saturday (cnts), so took a long walk to kill some time. Students, medical Professionals, ex-convicts, Lithuanians, vagrants, actors, housing commission types and everything else in between. North Melbourne's problem? There should be 10x the amount of people living in the same postcode. __________________ "America gave the world George Bush, France gave the world the ménage à trois... Game Over*."

November 28th, 2009, 06:37 AM	#2
Alphaville Who killed Laura Palmer? Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Melbourne. Posts: 2,134	ignore. ssc giving me grief. __________________ ... so I toast you with this shitty wine. Last edited by Alphaville; November 28th, 2009 at 06:45 AM.

November 28th, 2009, 06:44 AM	#3
Alphaville Who killed Laura Palmer? Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Melbourne. Posts: 2,134	FYI-- You could sneak into the North Melb pools quite easily. Great pics, love North Melbourne. I really love the northern end of NM, the corner between Flemington Rd and CityLink. The backstreets are full of amazing unused warehouse spaces and public housing towers. I love the East Berlin inspired paint job on one of those buildings. I would love it if they converted one of those warehouses into a seedy Berghain/Panorama style nightclub like in Berlin. __________________ ... so I toast you with this shitty wine.

November 28th, 2009, 07:28 AM	#4
L2 L2 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melb Posts: 2,407	Hmm, I went through up that way late last night. Those high-rise towers look awesome lit up late at night, and so does Citylink Nice photos tayser. I agree about not enough people there but there's still plenty of old warehouse spaces etc with potential in that corner Alphie has mentioned I noticed the other day there's a new little light-industrial estate east of South Kensington station (yes, I know, another suburb). I suppose it's better than the land sitting there disused but it would be nice to use that kind of site for high density residential use, not one-level concrete warehouses. And people must get such a flawed view of what North Melbourne is like when they just see the view from the train near the station with that name, which isn't even in Nth Melb. __________________ "when I was 10 years old and my sister had a Maccas birthday party. When Ronald McDonald made and appearance he was boozey and stinking of cheap smokes." - mx5star ""City of Maroondah" sounds so exotic..." - city_thing [Closet fan of the name]

November 28th, 2009, 08:26 AM	#5
city_thing Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Melbourne & London Posts: 5,421	I've been meaning to do a North Melbourne thread for so long, I live in a terrace right in the heart of the suburb. Thanks for beating me to it, now I don't have to bother Great photos of an area that I love. __________________ Justice for the Camp One!

November 28th, 2009, 04:17 PM	#6
Dockside Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Inner Melbourne Posts: 1,560	Anouther great thread Tayser and to think how much more there is for you and your camera to capture in Nth Melbourne, this could be the start of something beautiful

November 28th, 2009, 04:44 PM	#7
jpsolarized Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 181	WOW that would make a great place to live. beautiful, hope they keep the terraces up for many many years to come

November 28th, 2009, 04:50 PM	#8
gappa Registered Abuser Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Foster Posts: 2,661	purrrty Home of Melbourne's most vibant stop sign.....................apparently! lol @ city_thing. Where are you moving next? __________________ Seventy smiling Sinbads praise America and wish for some shoes

November 29th, 2009, 01:45 AM	#9
matt.perth Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bangkok / Perth / Vancouver Posts: 434	Nice shots. North Melbourne looks like it's got a lot of character. __________________ flickr กรุงเทพมหานครอมรรัตนโกสินทร์มหินทรายุธยามหาดิลกภพนพรัตน์ราชธานีบุรีรมย์อุดมราชนิเวศมหาสถานอมรพิมานอวตารสถิตสักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์

November 29th, 2009, 03:30 PM	#11
acc521 Is down with O.P.P. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Perth (Aus) / London Posts: 5,097	Brilliant thread Tayser. Simply brilliant. Another suburb to add to my list of potential places to move to next year. __________________ City Lane: Great Cities Of The World, Through The Eyes Of An Australian Traveller Living In London.

November 29th, 2009, 09:42 PM	#12
auslankan Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,692	North Melbourne(originally Hotham) is an upmarket Footscray. I used to live in West Melbourne ( really part of North Melbourne) and it was a great place to live close to everything - wqlking distance to Vic market.the CBD,the very interesting NM shopping strip and with great PT.. Try getting one of the tiny terrace houses for under $1 million now. __________________ Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire

November 30th, 2009, 11:33 PM	#14
Jardoga Maltez/Turkish/Australian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne! Posts: 902	Excellent collection of photos, North Melb is difinetaly a trendy and unique area. __________________ If you can read this then you have very good eyesight and you are a hoe too

December 1st, 2009, 11:48 AM	#17
cjb287 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 279	Abbotsford is a favorite of mine as well. You really get a good view of it from the train towards/from Clifton Hill. Such charming little houses and streets. What also makes it fantastic is the proximity of the Yarra River and the parklands. I'm not sure if its exactly within the boundaries of Abbotsford but I would absolutely love to own a terrace facing that little park opposite Collingwood Station.

December 2nd, 2009, 04:06 AM	#18
BearCave Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 306	Looks just like Paddington in Sydney!

December 6th, 2009, 12:34 PM	#19
Max Patterson Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 244	Abbotsford smells like beer too....

December 6th, 2009, 01:56 PM	#20
williampitt Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ballarat Baby ! Posts: 355	Always liked North Melbourne, but its a hard market to crack into. People hang on to their homes for dear life. One of the biggest reasons why there are still so many great terraced homes left. I love the industrial areas close to the Vic Market. Some great warehouses that would make excellent movie locations. __________________ Australian Terrace Houses - bringing you a terrace a day from around Australia

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