Melbourne The living city part 1 HD (late 90's early norties )

[@mytramplady]

@SkyhookHKG YOU ARE SO CORRECT I LIVE IN SCOTLAND AND WOULD DO ANYTHING TO BE BACK IN MELBOURNE.I LEFT TO RETURN HOME IN 1969. BIGGEST MISTAKE IN MY LIFE.MY LOVE FOR MELBOURNE WILL NEVER DIE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING, GOD BLESS

[@SkyhookHKG]

Can I just say that it would be nice if we could keep the comments civil ? I don't think there is any need for any racially biased vitriol. I grew up in Melbourne's western suburbs, when it was predominantly Italians, Greeks, Yugoslavs, Polish and obviously Anglo Saxon. I also grew up with the first Vietnamese immigrants which arrived in 1976, and proud of Melbs multicultural diversity. It's what makes the city interesting, the food so wonderful and ethnically diverse. No need to argue people!

[@Mokey117]

Melbourne takes a long time to get to know. Sydney is very pretty, it's true Melbourne has nothing like the harbour, bridge, opera house etc. Once you get to know Melbourne, you discover all these things under the surface. I think anyone visiting needs to hang out with locals to understand why it's an awesome place. We don't have big monuments, we have huge events, nightlife, bars, clubs, restaurants and the best coffee. That's why it's liveable. You don't live in a city for its monuments.

[@italia8647]

Melbourne doesn’t need it. We have culture, food and sport. We shit on Sydney. A harbour, or monuments can’t help Sydney as its a shallow boring place.

[@Jasonluxford]

Been looking for this for ages. I remember watching this before i went up the Eureka Tower

[@manosb68]

Thanks for this video.I was born in Melbourne in 1968 and now live in Greece.

[@robau4149]

no worries brother

[@dwainphillis6272]

god that music doing my head like a Neighbours set ws waiting for jason and kylie

[@gersonadr2]

I've been in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Cairns.. My favorite regard living is Melbourne. Why? It's charming, enjoyable to be (much more than Sydney, in my opinion). Sydney is beautifull at the harbour, and the beaches. The city itself is noisy, crowded and dirty. Melb has tons of restaurants, pubs, cultural and sport activities. You can bike anywhere, great nightlife, parks, and I got a feeling about the people there. Will definetely live there someday.

[@ajmalshahtravelling7088]

spectacular city view ,beautiful

[@emgee65]

LOL! .... I've been to both and Melbourne absolutely trounces Sydney. The last time I visited Sydney I thought I was somewhere in the middle east.

[@italia8647]

Haha so true, Melbourne is the best!

[@corrado]

I visited the Melbourne tower around 2003, and saw a screening of this film... Saw all the places I visited while in Melbourne... So I had to have the DVD, and I do! Great memories.

[@samuell4640]

And what I'm saying is that to a tourist, who has a whole spectrum of places to visit for different reasons, they'd definitely have a reason to visit Sydney, as the city has very much that unique "outdoor" Australian feel, with what may be the most beautiful harbour setting for a major city.

[@DestinyDragonGirl]

Melbourne: Most Livable City in the World as of 2011. I love living here-just a short train ride into the city to shop with my friends!

[@SkyhookHKG]

I think people tend to forget that Melbourne ( like Australia ) is a very young city, having been founded in 1835, so it has done alright for itself. I agree with Mokey, like any city anywhere in the world, it helps greatly to hang out with the locals, then you will enjoy things from a better, or at the very least, a different perspective. If you enjoy the outdoors, large parks, gardens, café culture, a vibrant live music scene and many sporting events, then Melbourne will appeal.

[@huyaha]

many years later from your comment and unfortunatley melbourne has gone to shit ! a mere shadow of itself. i came to look at this video as a glimpse when the world was a better place. tried to find footage of lygon street from the 80s and 90s

[@neoskyflyer]

I really miss this city!

[@kkrzzzzmm1]

People seen to think Sydney has more but actually, people forget Melbourne has some truly beautiful historic architecture.

[@italia8647]

We definitely have more to offer than Sydney, better food, culture, best coffee and just a more relaxing city. Melbourne is beautiful, Sydney only has the harbour, nothing else.

[@edgewayround]

The soundtrack done my head in ...

[@retrothingz]

The Phillips actually grew up in Spokane. But they probably worked at the old amusement park in Seattle and, also around the cinema business in the Pacific Northwest. Certainly they came to Australia from Seattle. In fact, the Phillips family were German Americans. Brothers Leon and Herman were born in Germany and came to the US when they were children. Only Harold, the youngest brother, was actually born in Spokane.

[@SugarLoris]

@Nekoramen92 I'm a Brit and my parents moved to Melbourne last March. Amazing city, clean, safe, efficient. Everything costs a little more in Australia but jobs pay so much better it makes up for it. Put it this way, I hate cities, HATE them. But I love Melbourne. It's so diverse and cultured meaning there's incredible food, an amazing arts scene and lots of interesting people. And I feel really safe. Melbourne's great, you'll be luck if you get to live there

[@SkyhookHKG]

Ha Ha me too, I miss Melbourne coffee, having a chat with Sesto at Pellegrinis over a ristretto or espresso, and their "special" fruit punch that only regulars get lol Loved hanging out in the CBD, the many lane cafes for a chicken, cheese and avocado focaccia and an ice cold chinotto.... Ah I cant get any of that here at local eateries, lucky for me, I can cook...

[@MaVeRiCk77]

Rip Sisto

[@SkyhookHKG]

It's also owned by Lindsay Fox who owns a few of the landmarks that neighbour it, with big plans to tastefully develop that end of St Kilda. Good on people like him that respect our heritage buildings.

[@Techno-Universal]

6:34 Those glass lifts apparently were removed in the 2005 renovation of the centre and replaced with escalators so they were only there for 14 years! :)

[@SkyhookHKG]

There were originally 4 Luna Parks in Australia, 2 remain ( Syd Harbour / Melb St Kilda ). They were started by 3 Americans, the Phillips brothers, who were coincidently from Seattle, USA. Personally I love Luna Park, it proudly displays a bygone era, a gentle reminder of how things used to be, and to be quite honest, a St Kilda water front minus Luna Park and the palm trees that neighbour it, just wouldn't be the same. Thankfully it is a heritage listed site, in the care of Fox family trust.

[@FLT111]

Great video, this must be from 1998 - 2000 around their.

[@NuGanjaTron]

I'll second that! Golden times, golden place...

[@johnmccabejhon702]

Can't wait to go back

[@SkyhookHKG]

Melbourne has one of the most vibrant live music cities around. There is always something going on, but helps if you get out of the house, hey ;). Nothing dead about it, especially the el fresco cafe culture and many outdoor sporting events that are staged during there year. If Melbourne is dead to you, then it is more to do with you, than the city itself.

[@savaspetrakis]

I'd say the mid to late 1990s. Amazing footage!

[@jaa93997]

The thing that i miss the most in Melbourne: The Daily Planet!

[@tvjoshmancaf]

no docklands, south wharf, new quay and eureka? 1990s

[@S3ATA911]

I MISS MELBOURNE !!

[@SkyhookHKG]

Very close Kath, as Richmond is right on the South Eastern inner fringe of the CBD. 10 minutes by train, 15 mins by car...

[@cmyer20]

The AFL footage looks really old, just the uniforms of the Magpies, and the surrounding area of the MCG, its interesting looking back.

[@grant2082]

This is Melbourne, the Indian City, Melbourne a great place to breed.

[@MrDedetrindade]

@SkyhookHKG Thanks for the tips, it's very valuable for us. It's to sad to know that this people goes to Australia and they have the oportunity to do everything different, but they choose to do the same, with the same problems whom made them leave their country. Sad history about the Somali and Sudanese. Your tips are very helpfull and I will remember that and looking for a small and cheap car for my wife. I don't want to live worried when she goes and comeback from Chisholm Institute. Cheers!

[@MrDedetrindade]

@channelrsl Thanks for the information. Actually, the Tafe is in Dandenong, but me and my wife will try to find some place to live in the middle of the way, I mean, between Dandenong and CBD, it's around 20 km or less, I believe. But, thank you anyway.

[@ashdog236]

@Max5941 That's not true for all of Melbourne, outer suburbs, yes! The inner suburbs of Melbourne hold alot of history and have Victorian era terrace houses with amazing detail and class. Suburbs such as Windsor, Camberwell, Surry Hills, Malvern and Kew (to name a few) are very diverse and classy subrubs with amazing architecture. I don't know where you went in Melbourne, you obviously didn't see much.

[@NuGanjaTron]

I can't help looking at this and wondering why Melbourne's once proud skyline now reminds me of Disneyland or an Aussie Vegas...

[@leisureguyx]

Hey guys, this is a beautiful video, and i especially loved the song that starts at about 1:00 and finishes at about 2:05! Can anyone tell me what's the name of this incredible song?

[@khagemann7462]

melbourne the living city

[@matan35141]

What is the name of the song that initially the first

[@Magpie_Mark92]

I remember this at the rialto skydeck

[@SkyhookHKG]

Todays job market the way it is, if I were you I would do one of the 2 things. A/. Study in the UK at either Oxford or Cambridge, which will set you up for life. or B/. Learn to fly, work toward getting your commercial pilots licence in either jet turbine helicopters ( there is a huge demand for ) or, specialising in business jets, which at the moment out here in the Orient, is booming. The fringe benefits of a professional aviation career are, hard to beat :).

[@Northern85Star]

@SkyhookHKG That's a good way to put it! Putting monocultural ingredients into a multicultural cake might tear it apart. Hope to end my education with 6 months of studying down under, currently looks like Melbourne but im hoping to go a bit more north :) Cheers!

[@trudeau514qc]

There's nothing like Australia !

[@SkyhookHKG]

@mytramplady Thanks for dropping by, don't feel bad, Scotland is going through a bit of a renaissance, and hopefully will gain it's independence from the United Kingdom, this decade.... :)

[@DatKidJohnny]

Good old days.

[@1101millie97]

They need a new amusement park in Luna -that place looks about as dated as the Fun Forest in the Seattle Center.

[@SeanCLewis]

Hi SkyhookHKG, do you own this footage and have the original material? I am working on a drama series and we're interested in using one of the aerial shots of Melbourne from this compilation.

[@dmsghostt]

@Boelcke1919 you gotta see melbourne :D Gold coast is like a smaller Honolulu hehe,

[@SkyhookHKG]

@brfellis That's cool man, water under the bridge, mate. I think it's your shout for a beer with Kentuckys and my name on them... lol

[@SkyhookHKG]

@MrDedetrindade Personally I wouldnt want to be using public transport from Dandenong, it is a bit of a known hot bed for trouble. I would seriously consider getting a small car, and living in Caulfield South, Chadstone, Burwood South, Wheelers Hill just to name a few sensible middle class suburbs which are around 15 - 25 minutes, easy drive from Dandenong, well worth the extra expense in rent for peace of mind. IMHO.

[@BobSaysWhat22]

I have been living in city for 20 years and unfortunately CBD is dead since Covid.

[@mzz26]

@SkyhookHKG Now mate i have lived in dandenong for a long time nothing happens here its just night time

[@SkyhookHKG]

@Nekoramen92 Melbourne is nice,but very few people actually live in the city, like most Americans, Aussies tend to live in suburbs. I can list some suburbs that are close to the city, which you might find appealing if you do a little research after. In order of of my own prefs: Williamstown ( my home town ), St Kilda, Port Melbourne, Parkville, Carlton, Fitztroy, South Melbourne, Moonee Ponds, Toorak, South Yarra, Prahan, Studley Park Kew, Upper Richmond, Armadale, Malvern, Hawthorn, kew.

[@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520]

we're all friends in this city

[@Stewf85]

I'd take Vancouver over Sydney any day, with its snow capped mountains over a harbour. As for an outdoor Australian feel, I'd be telling tourist to hit up the coast outside of any capital city including Sydney.

[@KentuckyChicken2]

@brfellis I wasn't really serious, but oh well... And behind the word rugby was also a question mark, FYI!

[@BendeHoedt]

Hi, any info about who produced this and whom owns the rights? I'm working on a doco which is about the 90's here in Oz... can't see any contact details for you, so would be great to get a reply here... thanks!

[@TheAxelay]

Melbourne used to be great about 30 years ago.

[@mzz26]

@SkyhookHKG but ur right for people moving. dandenong wont be 4 them

[@MrTimmyCahill]

check out melbourne university, monash university or RMIT University...I think they're all ranked top 100 in the world ..and they're all in Melbourne. I think the best ranked uni in australia is in canberra, the capital, but Canberra as a city is much smaller and very much different to Melbourne

[@MrDedetrindade]

@SkyhookHKG, What about Dandenong? Is it a good place to live?

[@Northern85Star]

@SkyhookHKG Somalis and in general muslim immigrants cause problems every where - not just Melbourne. Greetings from Denmark

[@grantoorloff7224]

10 minutes by train? Richmond station is the station before Flingers St and that is a 3 minute journey..

[@jaimzsta]

luna park the scenic railway built in 1911 oldest continually operating rollercoaster in the world

[@adamsayash]

I feel that this video was from 90s !

[@Rickyyspano]

This documentary is actually from 2002. That is when the lion and magpies had the grand final.

[@Davez621]

Ricky Spano It's a mixture of old and new footage. Some of the footage is very old such as the aerial shots of the MCG (with the old "AFL" logo shown on the ground - only used up until 1999). But in the MCG itself, the footage appears to be from 2002 as you mentioned. We see Renault ads (the brand only went on sale here in 2001), and new "direct injection diesel Pajero" ads (this model was released in mid-2002). We see Crown Casino at the start (opened in early 1997), but the roller coaster at Luna Park seems to be old footage since the cars in the background look very old - lots of XF Falcons, old Holden panel vans, etc. which were pretty much all gone by the 2000s.

[@murphydoesgaming]

Boo the lions go magpies, woo

[@katehutton7858]

Ricky Spano I actually own this exact video purchased by myself at the Rialto Towers. I was there from 1998 to 2000 so it was definitely made before 1998. I will have to dig out a video player and check but I am sure it's content is identical to this.

[@Freshbott2]

The unis in Perth are good, but for an American Perth is probably a bit small and wouldn't compare with what you're probably used to. Otherwise, I'd stick with Melbourne.

[@AntonioAzz]

@2paacalipse 2 of your points are wrong. Melbourne does not have 5 million people, and Melbourne is not dead.How can a city who just came 2nd in the worlds most liveable cities be a dead city?I understand coming from a country like Croatia, full of war, anger and fighting,Melbourne might not be on that same level of excitement for you.But Melbourne is vibrant, multicultural and very alive. Your the 1st person ever to say something like that about Melbourne. Number 2 city is not dead its a leader

[@kingmanusa64]

im an American who is looking to study abroad.... melbourne so far is my first choice, any suggesting on either good colleges their or other cities to go to besides Sydney? lol

[@dididisun]

Agree :)

[@samuell4640]

Yes. But I think what you're saying is slightly off... I'm sure Melbourne does have nice (waterfront? if that's what you were indicating) suburbs and neighbourhoods, but Sydney, without a doubt, has the better of the two in terms of views, waterfronts and general geographical beauty. I believe the two cities are the same in terms of the more blue collar areas being further inland (west, predominantly).

[@Davez621]

This isn't HD. It's just upscaled.

[@NickSamon]

The title is right but the goofs are the 2002 AFL Grand Final. When you see the view from the helicopter, You could see the MCG in the late 90s not 2002.

[@AusTVUploader]

It says late 90's to early 'norties' in the title

[@NickSamon]

@@AusTVUploader ok... Now people can see the sight of melbourne in HD back in the late 90s to early 2000s!

[@bluebull2006]

THUMBS UP FOR AUSTRALIA !!!!!

[@SkyhookHKG]

Most normal people will go out of their mind with boredom if they have to endure living in Canberra for any length of time. Also if Kingman is planning to work back in the states, who cares if Australian universities are ranked in the top 100. The universities that count if you want to work in the best jobs globally are listed in the top 20. I like Australia etc but I wont false advertise it's insular faults. You get one chance in life, don't waste the opportunity. Oxbridge, MIT, Harvard, HKU...

[@2paacalipse]

melbourne is one of the deadest cities int he world ! Sad but true... How can a Friday night be dead in a city of 5 million people ?

[@2paacalipse]

@micktrainor92 name a few where you go?

[@abhisek2091]

are there any ghost places near melbourne 🌷

[@ballackhamilton]

2:00 please give me the name of song :)

[@SkyhookHKG]

@Northern85Star Greetings Danish ! Yeah we have had a few teething problems, which need to be addressed with a bit of honesty by the Australian authorities, unfortunately one of Australia's biggest problems is that it suffers UK levels of Political Correctness which, in my opinion, causes more problems. Mainstream multi-cultural communities are a bit like baking a cake, sometimes the wrong choice of ingredients can spoil how the cake turns out, or something new ie improved.

[@elementzz1504]

Before life on this planet was ruined by iPhones & fwits

[@melbournepure]

where's Rialto in this video...? u missed that...lol

[@FultonSeele]

Just let people know this video is very outdated Melbourne looks completely different in 2012 give or take 20 new skyscrapers.

[@snells-window]

Not much happening besides coffee, food and football.....sad but for some people that's a rich life!

[@cathead94]

@Nekoramen92 business district ya cant live in mate lmao get to the outer eastern suburbs wantirna south or farther out

[@SkyhookHKG]

@MrDedetrindade I wouldnt live there, it's not a nice place to live and well known to police for ethnic violence, usually caused by Somali and Sudanese immigrants who have brought old cultural fights to Australian shores. Not a great situation and its unfortunate when some recent immigrant groups refuse to enjoy a better life in Australia, to just recreate the same problems they escaped from there, in Australia. It's going to take a generation or two to fix that, maybe.....

[@ashdog236]

@ashdog236 And I'm sorry but don't get me started on the bland, continuous "Edward Scissor hands" style neighbourhoods of The USA and the crime.

[@Bluemagna91]

Actually it is from 1992 :-)

[@SkyhookHKG]

Excuse me ? I am a 4th generation Williamstown born resident actually, which even pre dates the City of Melbourne and was the main seaport before Port Melbourne was constructed....Stooge..

[@scottclark1634]

Melbourne is not Australia im not sure whar it is maybe a province of south asia

[@jaa93997]

That is balls statement sir, what makes you speak like that?

[@kmfw72]

At least it's not Perth...

[@TheFykle]

Gotta kill the sound though, it's pretty dorky. should be replaced with more dramatic music/songs.

[@josephzouzoukurban]

more like 1 minutes from flinders if your saying that is the central area f Melbourne

[@deleted.6743]

NAUGHTIES wtf is Norties lol

[@SkyhookHKG]

@brfellis Nice one ! round of applause with that vitriolic remark, which makes you look even worse ! Why so angry today, B ? What happened ? People weren't like this 20 years ago, why are you ? A decent human being would have just responded to Kentucky explaining that the game played in the video clip was Aussie Rules Footy ( AFL ) and have been done with it, but no, you had to be nasty.... Not good bloke, real Aussies give everybody a fair go, even people we don't like ;).

[@KentuckyChicken2]

I'm sorry, but the sport (rugby?) that is shown in 4:00 looks prety gay, especially because of those super short shorts! :-D

[@2paacalipse]

How many caffes do you have a long side of the bay? So you accpect me to go to the beach without sufficiant shade in an ozone situation as it is and get cancer? I acspect a line of caffes where I can properly buy my self a drink! Instead instead you butter your self like an idiot with sunscream dehydrating in burning sun and you dont even have a sufficiant place to park. I am not trying to be disrespectful ! Coming from croatia as you have mentioned from a war, I am greatful to be here... BUT

[@TheAxelay]

Melbourne is a DUMP of a city....I should know as I've been here for 30 years....It used to be so good....About 30+ years ago.....

[@samuell4640]

Melbournes ok. the "liveable" pride melbournians get is stupid. Bref, it's a bland, uninteresting city that really isn't worth the visit. If you go to Aus, go to sydney or Queensland. Sydney is just... gorgeous