The Melbourne Star is back from the dead – but can it revive Docklands?
When Covid led to the closure of the beleaguered observation wheel in September 2021, I thought it was for good. Five years on, I’m back to take a spin
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I don’t see a single soul as I wander Docklands on a Thursday evening.
The only sounds I hear are my own footsteps as I trudge past dark, empty stores. I clamber around garbage bags, upturned shopping trolleys, wooden pallets strewn across the ground. In the distance a dodgy fluorescent light flickers on and off. Then a horde of the undead break through a window and try to eat my brains.
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