Looking south across the Yarra river from the stately entrance of the old Customs House building (1875), I noticed these modern buildings shimmering in the winter sky.
In the colonial painting below, two men stand on the same spot and look north across the river, as they survey Melbourne.
The Customs House is now the site of the Immigration Museum, a great place to visit.
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What a great pair of photos! It is amazing to see how much growth there has been in quite a short period of time. The debate, of course, is around the nature of that growth….
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Yes indeed. Two hundred years between each, and I wonder what it will look like in 50 years, especially with global warming.
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So true…
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Nice reflection of my birthplace, an event which occurred between these two captured here 😉
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Thankyou Kay- a great place to be born in,
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I agree, but Sydney is special as well. Both our daughters were born in Melbourne too, a quirk of business relocations! Cheers, Ken
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Thanks Ken, sorry about the Kay!
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No problem, you aren’t the only one to fall into my trap. If you say kayrpea you say my initials 😉
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Wow. Don’t you wonder what the forefathers would have thought if they saw things now? I always wonder that. Would they have made different decisions or would they be happy with what they had done? Lovely photo of the shining city buildings.
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I also wonder how long these modern buildings will last and what the city might look like long after I’m gone. What will be the view of my grandchildren.
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Love the contrasts, but then, Melbourne has loads of them! I love our Immigration Museum. A visit should be mandatory to all Aussies, just to remind them they don’t have exclusive right of occupation!
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Too True!
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Great juxtaposition!
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Thanks Mrs Cheery.
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A most amazing contrast – especially as in Italy centre of cities don’t seem to change much for hundredss of years.
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The south of Melbourne’s ‘Centro’ has been dominated by docklands in the past so modernisation tends to occur there.
Yes, indeed Italy’s city centres are intact, but the spread on the surrounding’ periferie ‘ can be a nightmare.
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Wow, how much it has changed! Interesting post and great picture 🙂
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I love the shot across the river. Fantastic!
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Wow .. Such a wonderful city .. I do hope it slows down a bit 😊 am I kidding?
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I’d love to visit the Immigration Museum. It connects us with so much of makes multi-cultural Australia wonderful. I hadn’t known about it but next time we’re in Melbourne we’ll go. Such a difference.
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Lovely city. Been there once and want to go back again! Love it!
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It is a great town- and needs weeks to explore.
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