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he Eureka opened on October 11th 2006. It is located on Southbank. They started building it in 2002 and the exterior was completed on June 1st 2006. Eureka is the second tallest building ( 297.3 m ) in Australia and the tallest residential building in the Southern Hemisphere. The Gold at the top of the building is 24 carat gold. The gold represents the Gold Rush, and the Red stripe represents the blood spilt during the Eureka Stockade rebellion during the Gold Rush.

Eureka is famous for the The Edge on the 88th floor. This allows the people of Melbourne to see down 286 m. There is a glass box which moves out three meters and the sound effect is glass shattering and when that happens you can see around you and all the way down.

The CH2 Building opened in August 2006. It is rated 6 green stars by The Green Building Council. CH2 has been designed to conserve energy and water. CH2 has 10 stories, 8 bike spaces, showers for cyclists, 20 car spaces plus one disabled parking which can be converted into a office spaces or other uses. The whole building costed $51 million, $29 million for the base building, 11.3 million for a portion of the building cost of purge windows, light harvesting devices, precast ceilings, timber shutters, precast exhaust ducts, solar hot water collectors, photovoltaic cells, chilled water cooling system, shading screens, co-generation plant, air conditioning and beams and slabs. $2.8 million on education and demonstration including a portion of the cost of shower towers, multi-use water treatment plant, PCM modules, roof landscaping, and chilled ceiling panels/beams. $7.1 million on requirements specific to Council use including a portion of the cost of vertical landscape, balconies, access floors, lift finishes, communication cabling, stand-by generator, security system and building automation system.



This isn't your ordinary bar this bar is made out of complete ice. The original IceBar started in Stockholm and expanded further into Melbourne. The IceBar has been running since 1990 and now celebrating the 20 years of ice bars around the world you. Ice Bars can now be found in London, Milano, Helsinki, Chicago, Tokyo, Singapore, Bangalore and Queensland.Only the interior including furniture, sculptures and glasses is made of ice.
 * The temperature is kept at a constant -5°C or -10°C.
 * There is an entry fee which included your first drink/cocktail.
 * Each group admitted is limited to approximately 30 to 60 people per session.
 * Each ice bar session is timed and restricted to 30 to 40 minutes.
 * The ice bar provides ski jackets, gloves and warm boots.
 * Ice sculptures are often themed and changed seasonally.

By Ben

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