Let Us Observe (Melbourne)

Manda writes:

We walked around the centre of Melbourne doing adminy stuff today. The only touristy type thing we did was go up the Rialto Tower Observation Deck. From the 55th floor we could see a clear panorama of Melbourne.

We could see the freeways clearly as they are not concealed by high-rise buildings. As well as cars, we spotted other modes of transport making their way around the busy metropolis including trains, trams, boats and a helicopter. All these were clustered together, south of the Observation Deck. Normally, from such high vantage points, everything appears still, but the moving traffic gave life to the scene below.

With clear blue skies, we could see as far out as Geelong and St Kilda (a seaside suburb). A nice view? I'll let the photos do the talking.

View from Rialto Towers' observation deck. Here we're overlooking the Yarra River, the Melbourne Exhibition Centre is on the right (long shiny roof) and in the distance, the coastline, including St Kilda.

Looking east towards the heart of Melbourne's CBD.

As you can see, Melbourne is wonderful to look at. It's a good job that neither of us are afraid of heights, otherwise we'd miss out on some great views!