A glance up the Eureka Tower on our way to the event
Mingling at the bar on the 89th floor - a great venue!
More mingling
View of the city in daylight (Flinders Street Station, Federation Square, and CBD)
Same city view at night
A snapshot of the bubble cube that "breaks through" the building walls
A city view from the skydeck waiting for The Edge
A dorky picture of the picture they tried to sell us
Funky space age toilets disguised behind a curved wood door
Funky space age toilets disguised behind a curved wood door
This flat slate bench slanted only slightly towards the wall with no sink basins whatsoever
The Melbourne URS office hosted a networking event for URS young professionals and our clients and colleagues from potential clients. The event was held at the Eureka Tower, the tallest building in the southern hemisphere and only a few feet from the URS office. The bar is situated on the 89th floor, one level above the observation skydeck. We arrived in time to take in the 360 degree view in daylight before the sun set followed by the city lit up for the evening. The venue was among the best I've seen with a great angular floor plan, warm red walls with great lighting, an oval wrap around bar in the center of the room, and of course floor to ceiling windows. The Eureka Tower offers a ride called The Edge, in which a bubble cube "breaks through" the wall of the building. The cube starts opaque and turns completely transparent in a split second (including the floor of the cube), leaving you hanging 300 meters over the city. All the while, music simulates the break through, followed by creaking and crashing sounds to warn of a drop to your certain death. My description of it was far more entertaining that the ride itself, which was disappointing. It may have been scarier in daylight, but it was rather anti-climatic to everyone in our group who tried it. The evening was great. There were about 130 people (many of whom I talked to - a real shocker I know). A lot of my colleagues had invited their uni friends that worked for potential clients so it was more of a party with friends that serious schmoozing. When the free food and drinks ceased, a bunch of us continued the evening at Blvd, the bar next to the office.
