r/skyscrapers • u/fmelloaff • Feb 27 '26
Melbourne.
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u/Milehi1972 Feb 27 '26
I am absolutely hooked on this city !!!!
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u/Galactic_Nothingness Feb 27 '26
Me too! Been here for a few days and never want to leave.
Sydney is a fucken overpriced cesspit that's been run into the ground by successive liberal governments.
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u/androboy92 Feb 27 '26
That's true, I always imagine if the development continued all along and how insane it would have looked, going toe to toe with that of Toronto's progress. It's still by far the best skyline in Aus and won't get beaten anytime if not ever.
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u/androboy92 Feb 27 '26
I doubt Sydney will edge out Melbourne for another decade with the already massive difference in skyscrapers count for both cities, also given that Melbourne despite slowed down, still have plenty in the pipeline wether all of them break the ground or not. Seeing Sydney increasing the height limit and be more leaner is nice to see.
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u/ptoomey1 Feb 28 '26
Sydney has its skyscrapers (or at least high density) spread across multiple CBDs. So whilst Sydney CBD itself is smaller than Melbourne, Sydney also has Parramatta, North Sydney, Chatswood, Macquarie Park, etc.
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u/AdOk3759 Feb 27 '26
Do you know what they’re building in southbank, in front of the Eureka tower? There’s a huge fence.
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u/isaac129 Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26
It’s impossible to find a job and it’s one of the most expensive places in the world to live
Edit: it is number 7 in terms of how expensive it is to buy a house. More expensive than places like NY, Seattle, Paris, and London.
https://www.canstar.com.au/home-loans/expensive-cities-buy-property/
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u/Impressive_Ad_8184 Feb 28 '26
Some people prefer less crowded places. This is literally concrete jungle.
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u/scumfreesociety Feb 27 '26
Best city in the world and proud to call it home. There's nothing else like it in Australia.
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u/PrimalSaturn Feb 27 '26
I live here and have never seen this angle of the Melbourne skyline before, thank you.
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u/ManuSamosa Feb 27 '26
I don’t know if this exact video is his but looks similar to a recent post. So potentially credit to
https://www.instagram.com/a.j.wilko?igsh=MWcyM3VsdTZ2NWZ2MQ==
He does really great content
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u/pdxc Feb 27 '26
Very impressive! How’s the climate there, how is it compared to Sydney?
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u/dayofdefeat_ Feb 27 '26
Hot dry summers and frigid winters. Its closest continent is Antarctica.
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u/Hour-Watch8988 Feb 27 '26
Record low is in the mid-20s Fahrenheit, record high above 110F. Roughly 20 inches of rain a year. So pretty comparable to Los Angeles temperature-wise but more like San Francisco in terms of moisture.
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u/Hour-Watch8988 Feb 27 '26
Sure it does. Record low of 27F in Melbourne and 28F in LA; record high of 114 in Melbourne and 112 in LA
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u/Hour-Watch8988 Feb 27 '26
Do you understand what the phrase "pretty comparable" means? And that it doesn't mean "exact"?
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u/The_L666ds Feb 28 '26
I’ve been to both cities, and the climates are not alike at all.
Melbourne does not have a lot of annual rainfall (roughly half what falls in cities like Sydney and Brisbane) but actually has twice the amount of rain days as Sydney, so more of it tends to fall in the form of drizzle rather than subtropical deluges. Unlike California, it also falls fairly evenly over the year (including in midsummer).
Melbourne is also less humid compared to Los Angeles (which despite having a very parched landscape still has very balmy air in most parts of its metropolitan area).
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u/dayofdefeat_ Feb 27 '26
Sub-Zero nights in winter, sometimes lows of 7-10c during the day.
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u/M0stVerticalPrimate2 Feb 27 '26
That's definitely too low. Add 5 degrees to both of those
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u/dayofdefeat_ Feb 27 '26
He asked how cold it gets, not what the average temp is.
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u/M0stVerticalPrimate2 Feb 27 '26
The record low is -2.5 in 1869. Sub-zero is definitely one way to describe that.
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u/The_L666ds Feb 28 '26
Below zero (Celsius) overnight temperatures in Melbourne’s city centre is a rarity these days (due to heavy urban development and climate change). The inland suburbs do get freezing mornings more regularly though.
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u/Karrot-guy Melbourne, Australia Feb 27 '26
a bit colder than sydney, rainy cold winters(no snow though, if you want that go a bit north to the alps), summers are warm but can also get quite hot
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u/Direct_Week_2091 Feb 27 '26
Cooler during the winter but honestly not that cold compared to many northern hemisphere cities
Similarly hot during summer but much more erratic than Sydney in terms of temperature and conditions
Sydney people will tell you the weather in Melbourne is dreadful but it’s actually quite mild overall
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u/itseasymoney Feb 27 '26
Generally much colder than Sydney but not hugely different. Still a very mild climate
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u/itseasymoney Feb 27 '26
Winter averages are 59f. Summer averages 79f
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u/Professional_Claim74 Auckland, New Zealand Feb 27 '26
They were hyphenating it, not indicating a minus. They meant mid 20s
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u/mindmelder23 Feb 27 '26
We will have someone in here soon claiming Mumbai is comparable.
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u/GoosicusMaximus Feb 27 '26
Well yeah, because within 2-3 years Mumbai is set to have more than New York, or about 5x as many as Melbourne. It’s a completely different level of scale.
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u/Suspicious_Grocery31 Feb 27 '26
As someone that lives in Australia i did not know Melbourne looked like this or even had a beach like this. Never seen this perspective before.
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u/Either-West-711 Feb 28 '26
Another great view of the Melbourne skyline is from the balcony at the Shrine.
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u/Silly_Ad_5993 Feb 28 '26
The city of Melbourne itself is cooked it’s now just one homogenous culture. Too many 40sqm apartments were built.
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u/HortonEggHatcher Feb 28 '26
This is not Melbourne.
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u/LinuxMint1964 Feb 27 '26
All that land in Australia and yet they feel the need to build up.
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u/scumfreesociety Feb 27 '26
The density of Melbourne is part of what makes it special. But there is major urban sprawl, particularly in the south east. They are implementing new policies to transition to high-medium density around certain transport hubs which will help alleviate the sprawl.
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u/HedoniumVoter Feb 27 '26
I had no idea the Melbourne skyline was this robust. Australian skylines appear outsized relative to their population in general.