The Gold Coast has a lot of talls (Q1 especially, plus more talls planned) but its too, I don't know how to say it.. its a collection of tall buildings, most of which don't relate to each other, its a bit like Dubai.. they just sit amongst each other, but don't really gel into a skyline.. I think maybe thats due to (like Dubai (I imagine, never been so correct me if I'm wrong)) has a low-density centre with then vast high rises and very little space fillers in between to balance it out (like Sydney, NYC, etc etc)..
Brisbane, when I was there I only saw the waterfront at night (on Storey Bridge) so was hard to make out how good it was, it had some nice buildings mind (I did however see it from the airport runway and it looked really dense.. suprised me actually as it didn't seem that dense when I was in the middle of it!!!)
Unfortunately I haven't (yet!!) been to Melbourne, but it looks fab... as for Sydney, well.. what can you say.. absolutely stunning, and therefore, my fave
Sydney is more familiar to most people, but objectively speaking, Melbourne's trumps it. It has the height, and better looking buildings. No opera house, but opera houses have zero effect on a skyline. A skyline is the line that buildings form against the sky.
I love Australian skylines! I think either Melbourne or gold coast is my favorite, and strange enough, Sydney is my third fav, but it's STUNNING no doubt!
This is a toughie! Sydney is beautiful with the habour and all but I'll have to go with Melbourne. I guess Melbs reminded me more of my city, Montréal with it's similar vibe. I have to throw one in for WA too and mention beautiful Perth! I spent most of my time in Melbourne and Perth so I may be biased. I never made it to BrisVegas but it looks awesome.
Melbourne is good, and in future may be better than Sydney, partially because the city centre will be able to expand more. I agree with the Gold Coast/Dubai comparison too.
Melbourne All the Way!!!
i live there (close to the city) and I can tell you, no arguement, that Melbourne has the best skyline in Australia and is definetly, by far, one of the most beautiful and well-planned cities of the world
In an attempt to stop this turning into a Melbourne vs Sydney thing which happen all too often in Australia, here are some pics of Perth and Brisbane's skylines (As far as I'm concerned Brisbane gets the most improved award, Perth on the other hand hasn't really changed in 16 years).
In an attempt to stop this turning into a Melbourne vs Sydney thing which happen all too often in Australia, here are some pics of Perth and Brisbane's skylines (As far as I'm concerned Brisbane gets the most improved award, Perth on the other hand hasn't really changed in 16 years).
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