Sunday, May 31, 2009

Skydeck

The lift took us up 88 floors in 37 seconds! And we were atop the tallest artificial structure of Southern Hemisphere, the Eureka tower or Skydeck.







The MCG.









The view was ‘maast-o’ in Jai’s words. It was all through tinted glass though that we saw the city of Melbourne spreading in every direction. The building sways upto 60cms in the winds. And there is a place called the Terrace, where you are allowed to feel the ‘air force’ through nets.

There were a lot of extras which were supposed to be attractive, but not to me. There was something called the Edge where you are gradually taken 3 metres outside the building in an enclosure. You will be standing on glass, and the street below will be some 900 feet below. You are expected to be frightened but do not worry if you aren’t,…….because it wasn’t scary at all. We got free tickets anyway from yesterday’s trip. And here they didn’t allow cameras so that they would take your photograph (whether you like it or not) and charge 25 dollars for that.

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