Talking Footy

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so for you, if you see it as ugly then yes, for you it is. Me, I love the laneways, the little bars and eateries you stumble across, the sense of class the place exudes, I even like Southbank and the casino precinct. You fly into Melbourne, and even at the airport the way people are dressed, it's very cultured. The restaurants as a whole are a class above and don't cost the earth. But I also love the beaches and lay back attitude of Queensland. If I want a feel of Melbourne I thonk toowoomba comes close with its autumn leaves and climate. Or just catch a flight.

Melbourne from September through to march is a great place to be. You have the grand final, then Melbourne cup, then Christmas ... Melbourne does this so well. Then you have the tennis and Grand Prix with all the international visitors. Very cosmopolitan city. And I love the old buildings, the state library is a great visit ... A hidden gem.

Then you have Fitzroy street and Brunswick street ... And all the hip places ... Such a hip city too.

But each to their own. Always said if you could put Sydney harbour and Melbourne together you'd have the ultimate city.

Beauty has it's common traits. Melbs has done ok making a quagmire look semi decent in places but overall it's butt ugly. We all know that.

Has anyone got any history on why the place was bothered to be settled as a city?

As I said, beauty is simply a matter of opinion. That's all yours is ke ... It's neither wrong nor right . It's opinion .

You can't expect this egotistical Sydney centric moron to understand that his opinion carries no weight.He calls himself a King lol Doesn't even realise my username is an insult and a reminder of how vile his preferred sport is.Kind of man who giggles every time he hears innuendo lol Trust me we are dealing with a limited intellect.Stupidity is like madness it never recognises itself

^^ calls himself... Wait for it ... ... ... Hoppasfinger!!!

And the best part? He thinks he's insulting US!!! :_<> :_<> :_<>

Melbs folks, it's darn right fugly. But who knows why it was settled as a city then?

I do :D

Melbourne was founded in 1835. Unlike other Australian capital cities, Melbourne did not originate under official auspices. It owes its birth to the enterprise and foresight of settlers from Tasmania, where the land available for pastoral purposes was becoming overstocked. These settlers formed the Port Phillip Association for the purpose of the pastoral exploration of Port Phillip.

http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/ABOUTME ... oCity.aspx
it came about because Tasmanians, yes that's right, filthy tasfukkingmanians!, wanted a place for their cows to shit on!!!

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Melbs! It's just as I call it. A filthy ugly shithole!!!

KIng-E, bringing together history, truth, and the cold hard facts to rule over AFL's supporters on tf since '04

King-Eliagh wrote:

^^ calls himself... Wait for it ... ... ... Hoppasfinger!!!

And the best part? He thinks he's insulting US!!! :_<> :_<> :_<>

Melbs folks, it's darn right fugly. But who knows why it was settled as a city then?

I do :D

Melbourne was founded in 1835. Unlike other Australian capital cities, Melbourne did not originate under official auspices. It owes its birth to the enterprise and foresight of settlers from Tasmania, where the land available for pastoral purposes was becoming overstocked. These settlers formed the Port Phillip Association for the purpose of the pastoral exploration of Port Phillip.

http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/ABOUTME ... oCity.aspx
it came about because Tasmanians, yes that's right, filthy tasfukkingmanians!, wanted a place for their cows to shit on!!!

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Melbs! It's just as I call it. A filthy ugly shithole!!!

KIng-E, bringing together history, truth, and the cold hard facts to rule over AFL's supporters on tf since '04

KE if you really think that Melb is ugly then I feel real sorry for you - plenty of parks, plenty of beaches which are accessible to all not just those East of the city - plenty of night spots and plenty of events - Sydney has to be the dirtiest, the people the most rude and offensive and the communities the most dangerous to live - you really don't know Melb very well at all!

Jesus swines when will you and the other AFL turkeys get a grip on the meaning of this thread???

I'm not talking about how nice and fwendly the people are, nor am I discussing the fukking nightlife and culture.

I'm discussing, as ive already said, the aesthetic quality of the city of melb i.e. what the cbd and its surrounds looks like. gottit now? Good.

It's fukkin ugly both landscape wise and the general setup i.e. shithouse beaches, flat as a tack, southern cross station and the mammoth industrial dump outside it. It's bloody disgusting and I'm not surprised the reason it was settled as a city was simply because it was the closest place the taswegians could think of to allow their cattle to feed and take dumps on

Butt ugly. That's what it is

Now, lets get some more history. Does anyone know of Aboriginal inhabitation of Melbourne, a translation of what they called the place and whether they saw the place as special or had any significance whatsoever? I guess there woulda been food but very much doubt the place had sacred significance. Anyone?

King-Eliagh wrote:

Jesus swines when will you and the other AFL turkeys get a grip on the meaning of this thread???

I'm not talking about how nice and fwendly the people are, nor am I discussing the fukking nightlife and culture.

I'm discussing, as ive already said, the aesthetic quality of the city of melb i.e. what the cbd and its surrounds looks like. gottit now? Good.

It's fukkin ugly both landscape wise and the general setup i.e. shithouse beaches, flat as a tack, southern cross station and the mammoth industrial dump outside it. It's bloody disgusting and I'm not surprised the reason it was settled as a city was simply because it was the closest place the taswegians could think of to allow their cattle to feed and take dumps on

Butt ugly. That's what it is

Now, lets get some more history. Does anyone know of Aboriginal inhabitation of Melbourne, a translation of what they called the place and whether they saw the place as special or had any significance whatsoever? I guess there woulda been food but very much doubt the place had sacred significance. Anyone?

Looking from the MCG through parkland to the punt rd oval, then on the left is the tennis centre precinct and AAMI park, then the CBD in the background further left. Looks fantastic if you love sport. The bay is meh from the CBD but as you travel down the bay towards Blackrock, Baumauris, Mentone area its fantastic. The eastern suburbs have so much history and are filled with parks. The Northern suburbs filled with rolling hills and gumtrees, the south by the bay. Melbourne isnt the most livable city for nothing

Don't get me wrong, you can make a dump look pretty in patches but overall it's still a dump, just like the taswegians planned it for

King-Eliagh wrote:

Jesus swines when will you and the other AFL turkeys get a grip on the meaning of this thread???

I'm not talking about how nice and fwendly the people are, nor am I discussing the fukking nightlife and culture.

I'm discussing, as ive already said, the aesthetic quality of the city of melb i.e. what the cbd and its surrounds looks like. gottit now? Good.

It's fukkin ugly both landscape wise and the general setup i.e. shithouse beaches, flat as a tack, southern cross station and the mammoth industrial dump outside it. It's bloody disgusting and I'm not surprised the reason it was settled as a city was simply because it was the closest place the taswegians could think of to allow their cattle to feed and take dumps on

Butt ugly. That's what it is

Now, lets get some more history. Does anyone know of Aboriginal inhabitation of Melbourne, a translation of what they called the place and whether they saw the place as special or had any significance whatsoever? I guess there woulda been food but very much doubt the place had sacred significance. Anyone?

CNN has put Melbourne's Southern Cross Station in first spot on their list of the world’s most amazing train stations.

Based on a report from a Hamburg-based architectural data company, Southern Cross is right up there with New York’s Grand Central Station and London’s King’s Cross.

The 11 stations on the list also include the artistic Hundertwasser Bahnhof in Germany and Gare de Liege-Guillemins in Belgium.

A screen grab from the CNN website:
http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/sho ... ng-to-cnn/



and how is sydney any better? take the harbor and water ways out & Sydney is the biggest concrete dump in Australia, no design what so ever. poorly designed full of numphys
it makes brisbane look like a well designed thought out city

Southern cross station is a filthy stinking mess. Damp, dark, drab. That photo has been been photoshopped to the shithouse!

Sydney has beautiful national parks directly at its south, north and west, some of the best beaches in the world, an amazing harbour and is not as flat as a tack. It shits on melbs in terms of appearance Just shits on it. Like the taswegians cows have for 100s of years, as they planned

King-Eliagh wrote:

Southern cross station is a filthy stinking mess. Damp, dark, drab. That photo has been been photoshopped to the shithouse!

Sydney has beautiful national parks directly at its south, north and west, some of the best beaches in the world, an amazing harbour and is not as flat as a tack. It shits on melbs in terms of appearance Just shits on it. Like the taswegians cows have for 100s of years, as they planned

as i keep saying yes NSW has better Natural beauty, but the rest of the place is crap hole.
two lane freeways, lay out of a can of spaghetti, building have no thought or class what so ever, its a bland concrete wasteland. shite public transport, the Eastern suburbs of sydney are ok, but the rest, is just crap, the houses are just fibro shit shacks

leagueiscrap wrote:

as i keep saying yes NRL has better Natural beauty

Ahhh ... > are you on the meth again adumb?

Get help dude.

King-Eliagh wrote:

leagueiscrap wrote:

as i keep saying yes NRL has better Natural beauty

Ahhh ... > are you on the meth again adumb?

Get help dude.

Me dumbo
Me speak goodly.
Me fail English that's un possible.Me tell lies about running a mine .
Me dumbo.

King-Eliagh wrote:

Southern cross station is a filthy stinking mess. Damp, dark, drab. That photo has been been photoshopped to the shithouse!

Sydney has beautiful national parks directly at its south, north and west, some of the best beaches in the world, an amazing harbour and is not as flat as a tack. It shits on melbs in terms of appearance Just shits on it. Like the taswegians cows have for 100s of years, as they planned

yeah get over the beaches, & the harbor what about the rest of the place?
its an utter shithole, designed by idiots for idiots, big nice houses on the beach beyond on that its fibro shit shacks,.

Melbourne has a bay its not a beach, if you want decent beaches take a trip down the great ocean road some of the best surfing beaches in the world

read the article about southern cross station
CNN has put Melbourne's Southern Cross Station in first spot on their list of the world’s most amazing train stations.

Based on a report from a Hamburg-based architectural data company, Southern Cross is right up there with New York’s Grand Central Station and London’s King’s Cross.

The 11 stations on the list also include the artistic Hundertwasser Bahnhof in Germany and Gare de Liege-Guillemins in Belgium.

its a lot more than a photoshopped picture, the decision was based on