Only in Yarraville...

[Eastdog]

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Watching The Front Bar on Channel 7 and while it was on the ad break I noticed the AGL ad had Yarraville Village in the background. Noticed the Sun theatre sign straight away and the Canterbury st sign

[comrade]

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Watching The Front Bar on Channel 7 and while it was on the ad break I noticed the AGL ad had Yarraville Village in the background. Noticed the Sun theatre sign straight away and the Canterbury st sign

One of my favourite places. If Yarraville housing wasn't so damn expensive, I'd move there in a heartbeat.

[Greystache]

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It's a random ad. There's no mention of Yarraville in the ad, they just use the scenery.

[Eastdog]

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It's a random ad. There's no mention of Yarraville in the ad, they just use the scenery.

Yeah I think it was just random. Don’t think it comes up all the time.

[Ghost Dog]

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Laws and other people's rights are irrelevant when you know you're morally right!

Like how I can vandalise someone's car because in my opinion it isn't fuel efficient enough. I'm not a criminal, I'm saving the planet!

Likey Like. No shortage of those sort of folk in Melbourne.

[Eastdog]

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One of my favourite places. If Yarraville housing wasn't so damn expensive, I'd move there in a heartbeat.

Certainly expensive to buy there now. Average house price now in Yarraville is $1mil.

[Eastdog]

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https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/news/yarraville-has-been-named-one-of-the-coolest-neighbourhoods-in-the-world-100620

Yarraville has been named one of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world
Move over Footscray – this westside suburb reigns supreme in 2020
By Rebecca RussoPosted: Tuesday 6 October 2020, 5:16 pm

Yes, it’s true. The quiet westside suburb of Yarraville has been named the fifth coolest neighbourhood in the world right now. The list, which was compiled with the help of Time Out editors and experts, ranks 40 of the planet’s cultural and culinary hotspots. Yarraville was the only Melbourne suburb to make the list.

Every year, our shortlist of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world is based on the opinions of locals: the 38,000-plus city-dwellers who answered our annual Time Out Index survey, telling us which bits of their city they loved. And once again, we’ve consulted our global network of Time Out editors and experts to weigh up the candidates and make the call on their city’s number one hotspot.

But this year’s list isn’t just about what we deem “cool” – over the past months, billions of people have found themselves spending way more time close to home. Lockdowns and safety measures have hollowed out the CBD, but local neighbourhoods have thrived. Neighbours have stepped up to help each other and banded together to keep everyone safe (and to share some joy among the uncertainty).

Right now, more than ever, it's cool to be kind. So 2020's coolest neighbourhoods are still the ones with a fascinating mixture of people, innovative and inclusive food, drink, arts and culture, but this year, they are also areas where people, community and businesses have helped each other through shared tribulations. Right now, for us, the Melbourne neighbourhood that's representing the best of what our wonderful city has to offer is Yarraville.

Two lockdown stories sum it up. Firstly, Yarraville local Lee Smith-Moir started adding adorable ‘happy signs’ on walking tracks in the area to cheer up locals during our second lockdown. Then there was skater Belle Hadiwidjaja, who has been roller-skating through the streets in rotating costumes to keep families entertained on their daily walks.

Not only that, but for a relatively small suburb, the cross-section of food, drink and things to do here is pretty remarkable, ranging from landmark Art Deco cinema Sun Theatre to restaurants like the Indigenous-owned restaurant Mabu Mabu and tiny, contemporary Australian fine diner Navi. With an epicurean edge and a perfect balance of residential and recreational, right now there’s no place like Yarraville.

If you’re curious about the remainder of the list, Esquerra de l’Eixample in Barcelona took out the top spot, followed by Downtown in Los Angeles and Sham Shui Po in Hong Kong. And as a reminder – Footscray was our pick of coolest neighbourhood last year, have a read why we chose it.

[jeemak]

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Well it's official, Yarraville is no longer cool.

I mean 2015 could have told you that.....but I guess we are where we are.

[Eastdog]

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Went for a drive today to the inner west Yarraville today. Had some lunch there then went to the Coles in Yarraville Square to buy some things. Who knows might have driven past Twodogs and Happy Days I’ll have to check out Yarraville village next time and Willy as well. Good to get to know the inner west area a bit. The Railway Hotel would have been rocking on 2016 Prelim final night.

[Twodogs]

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Went for a drive today to the inner west Yarraville today. Had some lunch there then went to the Coles in Yarraville Square to buy some things. Who knows might have driven past Twodogs and Happy Days I’ll have to check out Yarraville village next time and Willy as well. Good to get to know the inner west area a bit. The Railway Hotel would have been rocking on 2016 Prelim final night.

I go to the Coles in Yarraville square everyday. Except today. I had to start an early shift so couldn't make it.

[Eastdog]

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I go to the Coles in Yarraville square everyday. Except today. I had to start an early shift so couldn't make it.

I missed you again Twodogs maybe next time I'm in the area. Was nice to stop by your local Coles. Was plenty of parking so was good it wasn't too busy as I thought it might have been on Saturday.

[jeemak]

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Eastie did you see a bit of a line of folks waiting around at the Yarraville Oval nets?

[Eastdog]

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Eastie did you see a bit of a line of folks waiting around at the Yarraville Oval nets?

Didn't notice. I know though I have missed Twodogs once again. Missed him at a Whitten Oval family day 2-3 years back and at Coles in Yarraville today

[jeemak]

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Didn't notice. I know though I have missed Twodogs once again. Missed him at a Whitten Oval family day 2-3 years back and at Coles in Yarraville today

Next time you do a drive by (probably best to turn down the Slipknot you're playing at eleven out of ten) keep an eye out for one particular WOOFER named after a show from the 70's who's running some sort of Chuck Palahniuk inspired boot camp down there on an ad-hoc basis.

[Twodogs]

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Next time you do a drive by (probably best to turn down the Slipknot you're playing at eleven out of ten) keep an eye out for one particular WOOFER named after a show from the 70's who's running some sort of Chuck Palahniuk inspired boot camp down there on an ad-hoc basis.

The ex administrator of the AFL Adrian Anderson once invited me behind the EJ Whitten stand for much the same reason during a 'non contact' touch footy game. I told him that I hated to disappoint him but he wasn't the first person to say that to me. Probably not even that month!

If anything it just seemed to make him even more upset which was the plan.