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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Toby Fehily

The Melbourne Star is back from the dead – but can it revive Docklands?

The Melbourne Star Observation Wheel
Souvenir photo from the Melbourne Star Observation Wheel: ‘I spring for one of two Star Class VIP cabins. It’s just like any other cabin but with fancier furnishings, including a gold-trimmed bar that serves unlimited drinks over the course of our 30-minute journey.’ Photograph: supplied/Toby Fehily

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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