View Full Version : Melbourne: Tall Ship Festival
Joachim_I
02-23-2010, 05:55 PM
For those of you in Melbourne: there is a Tall Ship Festival in the harbour of Williamstown ("Seaworks") until Friday. You can see four tall ships including the "Stad Amsterdam." Good opportunity to shoot some pictures. I went there yesterday at 7:00am and 7:00pm (before and after work). It is better to come in the morning because there won't be any other visitors at that time. I expect quite some visitors in the evening for the remaining days.
Poisson Du Jour
02-23-2010, 06:04 PM
Toity and drat!
Pity the boats are only here until Friday. If it were extended over the weekend, the APUGgers walk-talk-and-gawk could have shuffled down to Willy's Town on Saturday to roleplay Pirates of the Carribean! :p The Stad Amsterdam was on telly last night and looks mightily impressive, but I'm unsure if it is a replica or an original?
Joachim_I
02-23-2010, 06:26 PM
Neither a replica nor an original (= old) tall ship. I think it was built in 2000 using modern material. It certainly is very impressive. I shot three films (120).
Ditto. I can't afford to come up to Melbourne twice in a couple of days. But wouldn't it have been nice?
Mke