Southern Star Observation Wheel
inmelbourne | Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »
Melburnians finally have the chance to perch 120 metres in the air and take a good, hard look at their city.
As the cabins climb higher, at a sedate pace of 11 metres a minute, and you look towards the city you can peer at the mid levels of the steel-and-glass skyscrapers that make up the CBD and are still higher than the top of the wheel’s arc.
www.theage.com.au
Southern Star
Its owners claim the 21 capsules offer views of up to 40 kilometres on a fine day.
The wheel is 120 metres tall, equal to a 40-storey building.
An adult ticket will cost $29, children $17.
More than 3.7 kilometres of cables containing LED lights will illuminate the wheel at night.
The structure weighs more than 150 tonnes.