macca22au Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 First, I have to say that Melbourne Central is of Cityscape standard, a brilliant piece of work or is it a MARVEL? My first two shots are taken turning over Melbourne central. The first features Melbourne Port and Fishermans Wharf, the container terminal. Beyond them Brighton Beach and the beaches of Port Philip. The next is more of a closeup. Australians and Melburnians are sports mad and in this shot under the right wing is of Dockland Stadium, the home of Australian Rules Football, allegedly invented to keep cricketers fit in the off season. Now it is more like American Football without protection. Also above the right wing and to the right is another stadium with big lights. This is the famous "G" the Melbourne Cricket Ground the home of test cricket and international matches. It is an English game, and baseball is a poor substitute. The third is a closeup of Dockland Stadium. I cannot relate the advertising to anything football or Orbx. Why Marvel, come on Melbourne team 'fess up. It's there for a reason, so cough up. But what a high standard of work that I can zoom in to this scale. You have treated Melbourne city extremely skilfully. Moving into NW Victoria with more open farmlands the LC becomes a little more evident. And then into the dry and saline lakes of northern South Australia. Lovely from a height, hard hard country in which to operate. Moving into Woomera, archly known as an experimental weapons testing area, but it is where perfidious Albion tested atomic weapons after the second world war. Much of the area is still sanitised. One for the road. And lastly, Broome in NW Australia, on a coast that claimed more than a few 18th and 19th century Dutch explorers. Broome is one of the northernmost resort towns on the west coast of Australia, the Kimberley Region as it is known. It is well served by airlines, and should be on all your bucket lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickel Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Marvel Stadium = old Etihad Stadium = Docklands stadium. Simply a naming rights thing. Funny you should equate AFL to NFL. A colleague and I are on opposite sides - he loves AFL because of the lack of apparent structure, that it's a bit of a free for all - just get the ball to the other end between the sticks and we'll even give you a point if you can't manage that but are close (really?!?). I watch the NFL for hours because of the structure.. that a wide receiver can sprint forty yards, turn unsighted and find the ball on his chest (when it goes right). They could hardly be more different. Agree on the cricket though... slug it out for five days, end in a draw and everyone goes home (un)happy. As I used to say to an old boss who didn't get it: 'Subtleties and nuances Gary, subtleties and nuances.' I knew a chap who worked out in Woomera. In his line of work one day found himself standing on a hard surface in the desert. Scratched beneath to find ground as smooth as glass. Left the area sharpish... so the story goes anyway. The panorama shot is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Excellent shots and again, a brilliantly narrated tour Ian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Great shots and post Ian , I love the local knowledge that you and Mickel were sharing . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Nickel, thanks for that correction, but you ruined my conspiracy theory. However we surely have had over-lapping experiences. We lived in LA for a time, anda few years later in Victoria BC. I was a UCLA Bruins tragic, and got hooked on the game properly, and still watch the pro football finals. Boy was the TexasA & M marching band fantastic. But I am also with you that a 5 day cricket test fought to a draw is the noblest of them all. I lived in Adelaide for years and followed Norwood...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Great tour of the area with super screenshots!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Great low & slow tour to show off Qantas´ and Orbx´s newest products, Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lars Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Super explanations and great screenshots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Great set of shots. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 A wonderful tour of Oz, Ian. So much to see in our diverse country. I loved going to the cricket in the early 80s when I first came over here, both tests and one day games. Later, when the lights were erected, I used to finish work in Northcote and dash down to the MCG to watch the day night internationals. I was a member of Fitzroy for many years but in my opinion the game(AFL) is now totally sterile and fans are today even being banned for shouting at the umpires. I liked the game when I first saw it. Plenty of scoring, tough and simple rules. I don't even bother watching the Grand Final now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 So true: I remember watching Rules on small fields in Adelaide, and after a strict NZ rugby upbringing where the officials were treated as sacred, I was astonished by members of the public rushing up to the sideline, yelling insults at the umpires, and then returning to their place. It was quite exciting, if off-putting. The least of the epithets involved the ump getting a white stick.... ps Mickel I do follow the Patriots in a casual sort of way still, but no West Coast teams anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilfly Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Bit more local stuff. I've just flown down from my home airport of Bendigo to Melbourne in a Cessna. I actually drove the same route an hour earlier, coming home from Melbourne (and hoping my Aust V2 had finished downloading - which it had). It will come as no surprise, I followed the Calder Freeway from Bendigo back to Melbourne - simply jaw dropping amazing. Every bend , undulation, interchange - all there. Also live part of time in an apartment in Spring Street Melbourne - and there it is! Never thought the place I live (the actual building) would be accurately replicated in flight sim - oh come so far since the early eighties! Fabulous result team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane280172 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 They need to fix AAMI Park. It is set out with a stupid soccer pitch when it was built for Rugby League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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