Welcome to the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.

So big news in Melbourne yesterday, The Melbourne Star.

No more.

Who on this show has actually been on The Melbourne Star?

Oh, I went in June during our survey break for the first time.

You know what, Patsy, one of the few people I've met since I moved here three years ago,

that's ever been on it?

Oh, it was great.

The view, we went on a really clear sunny day, and it was so much fun.

But what is the view up there?

Because, like, in London, they've got, like, the London eye.

So a bigger version, same thing, right? And there, it's right on the River

Thames. It's right in the middle of London, so you're opposite, Big Bend, the Houses of Parliament,

you know, it's an amazing skyline. You're right in the middle of London. You can see Buckingham

Pannas. I'm pretty sure, you know, whenever I was sort of driven past it, it's always that thing you see going to the airport or going back with Melbourne, before you see like the G and feel proud in up that thing. And it seems to just

mainly be a view of the roof of Costco. And I tell you what it's never doing,

rotating. Yes. I never see it moving. Yeah. No, it goes nice and slow, Jack. But you can,

you can see right out to Rosebud, to the Yu Yang's over in the

west, right out way past your way at Thornbury, Jack. The view was quite good. Can you really

see that? You can.

Hips to build. To me, it was at night, it was at its peak. It looked nice to look at. I always think it looked great in the skyline, okay? But in terms of actually the viewing experience going on it, I always thought it just seemed to be like in a dreary part of Melbourne.

Industrial area. Stick that right outside the G or all that sports precinct is there. That's an amazing beautiful part. To have a view over the G or something like that. I think they built it in a time where they were

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