If you saw a picture of something you’d immediately recognize as Melbourne, what would you expect the picture to be of?
If you asked this question for other cities, the responses would be fairly quick and unsurprising. When you ask Melbourians this same question, it yields a whole spectrum of answers, including:
- The skyline
- The pointy-shaped thing
- Lanes and alleyways
- Trams
- Flinders Street (Train) Station
It is unfortunate that Melbourne does not have any incredibly unique architectural or internationally recognizable landmarks. Even the downtown skyline doesn’t have any recognizable towers or structures. Options for night photography were limited to the Giant Sky Wheel, Flinders Street Station and also Victorian Arts Centre (the pointy thing). I ran into another night photographer, Ben, who even mentioned that he’d have a lot more suggestions if we were in Sydney. While Melbourne has a lot of unique food and cultural experiences, the architectural eye-candy is a bit lacking.
The Australian government also just changed its slogan to There’s nothing like Australia. What was wrong with the previous Where the Bloody Hell Are You slogan?
haha love the joke about the slogns.
Nice pics. Too bad there wasn’t more for you to take.