Any from Totse been to Melbourne?
Well I'm absolutely bored shitless so I am going to make a thread just for little old Melbourne ... you never know, it may make you want to visit.
Melbourne
Melbourne (pronounced "
Melbun", not "
Mel-born"), with a population of just over 4 million, makes it it is the largest city in the state of Victoria, and second largest city in Australia. Melbourne was founded in 1835 by settlers from Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). It was named by governor Richard Bourke in 1837, in honour of William Lamb — the 2nd Viscount Melbourne. Melbourne was officially declared a city by Queen Victoria of England in 1847.
The discovery of gold in Victoria in 1851 led to the Victorian gold rush, and Melbourne, which provided most service industries and served as the major port for the region, experienced rapid growth. The economic boom that came with the Victorian gold rush peaked during the 1880s and Melbourne had become the richest city in the world and the second largest city in the British Empire, after London.
Nowadays Melbourne is a centre for the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, sport and tourism. It is the birthplace of cultural institutions such as Australian film (as well as the world's first feature film), Australian television, Australian rules football, the Australian impressionist art movement (known as the Heidelberg School) and Australian dance styles (such as "New Vogue" and the "Melbourne Shuffle"). It is also a major centre for contemporary and traditional Australian music and fashion. Melbourne is often referred to as the "cultural capital of Australia" and "sporting capital of the World".
I won't bore you too much with my words, so here's a few pictures and videos.
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Thanks. Learn something new every day :thumbsup:
And those pictures are amazing. Some of them look almost dreamlike.
What's the attitude towards non-whiteys?
The attitude toward non-whiteys... I guess it depends where you are in Melbourne. The city is extremely liberal, but some some suburbs are best avoided - even though it's ethnic minorities who cause most of the trouble.
Lately there's been a bit of a media beat up about Indian students being the targets of 'racially motivated crime' (even though it appears to quite obviously be opportunistic crime or the result of stupidity - i.e. the Indian who walked through a seedy park alone at night and got killed). As long as you have your wits about you and don't do anything you wouldn't do in your own city, you'll be fine.
I plan on moving there after I get myself a bit of experience for my line of work in NZ. I've heard the art scene is great, especially the street art. Would you say Melbourne is the best place for a graphic designer/artist in Australia?
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The next person from &T who goes to Melbourne has to take a better picture.
My tripod is busted so I have to use one of those mini walmart ones. It's good enough though since I typically balance it on tree branches etc. Lugging a huge tripod in the wood isn't exactly fun too.
What aperture do you use? I rarely go over f/8 for two reasons.
A: It doesn't make much of a difference past 20 feet, and when I want longer exposures a ND filter is where it's at.
2: Dust on the sensor. No matter how many times you clean it a new piece of dust finds it's way on there within 10 shots.
Edit: needed its own thread. http://totse.info/bbs/showthread.php?p=80516
C/O
Rolf agrees, Rio is a beautiful city, provided one ignores the numerous favelas.
This one will have to do:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35260967@N03/4959676801/sizes/l/in/photostream/
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Northern Suburbs (Carlton, Fitzroy, Collingwood, Brunswick, Flemington, Northcote etc)
East/South-East Suburbs (St. Kilda, Prahran, Toorak, Middle Park etc) and Albert Park - where the Australian F1 Grand Prix is held annually. The MCG and Melbourne Olympic Park.
Western Suburbs (Footscray, Yarraville, Tottenham, Brooklyn, Newport, Docklands etc) and Etihad Stadium
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/markgoodwin/5025341708/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Great Altind, I have read all the information of Melbourne that is given by you. I am very happy because I learn many things from your post. I have only some knowledge of Melbourne. Really you give the introduction of Melbourne in an excellent way with photograph and video. Thanks
IMO people from Melbourne tend to get a little worked up over the limelight Sydney gets, it's funny because we hardly think about them.
I agree with you. Sydney and Melbourne both are big cities of Australia. But they are famous for different reasons. Melbourne is most famous for martial arts schools. And Sydney is famous for their restaurants.
Actually alice springs is our cultural centre.
CELEBERATE INDIGENOUS HERITAGE.
Wow!! very nice Melbourne street art photos. There are various interesting things to do in Melbourne for kids, for the adventurous and for shoppers.If you are interested in art, there are also plenty of things that you can enjoy in Melbourne.Nice sharing!!
Everything about the city is old except the Batman area(no joke, it's called Batman) and some other bits I haven't been to yet. The city would have looked better in the 1800's without all the tacky touristy shit, the cheap neon lights, the high density of immigrants...you get the idea. Perth is a much better city, cleaner, newer, smaller, doesn't have as much tacky tourist shit or the cheap neon, etc. Except there is nothing to do there.
There was a stronger "99%ers" movement in Melbourne than anywhere else in Australia I think.
The thing I like most about Melbourne is the road(or train) out of it. I've never been so glad to leave a city. I live in country Vic now(moved from Perth), and the country.
I guess I'm just not hipster enough to appreciate the city. The weather is totally shithouse, rain sun rain sun all in the same day...usually in summer.