eureka

yesterday we went up the eureka tower, the largest residential tower in the southern hemisphere, or something like that. the observation deck is on the 88th floor, and the lift takes 40 seconds, travelling faster than a sprinting athlete and making my ears go funny.

the views are good, we could just about see our house, but the internal corridors are dark narrow and gloomy, and i felt a bit freaked when i overheard someone else talking saying that the twin towers were 110 storeys - i started looking around for the emergency stairs and couldnt see any, eek. in a way i was relieved to get back down to earth.

see http://www.eurekatower.com.au/main.cfm to see the offical website (and maybe buy an apartment at the top for $8 million!)