Sky Deck:
So today we went to Eureka tower. When you go inside you go in a lift it takes you 88 stories up, really really fast, fast enough to make your ears pop! When we got up there we got ourselves into groups and then waited to go on ‘the edge’, we then got called over with a buzzer we were all really excited yet scared. As we were waiting we got told to put on these sock type things to protect the glass, as we stepped into ‘the edge’ which is like a little box its opaque and then all of a sudden it goes clear, with rattling sounds we all got given a challenge and that was to lie down facing downwards everyone was screaming. Overall it was probably the best and funniest experience I’ve ever had.
So today we went to Eureka tower. When you go inside you go in a lift it takes you 88 stories up, really really fast, fast enough to make your ears pop! When we got up there we got ourselves into groups and then waited to go on ‘the edge’, we then got called over with a buzzer we were all really excited yet scared. As we were waiting we got told to put on these sock type things to protect the glass, as we stepped into ‘the edge’ which is like a little box its opaque and then all of a sudden it goes clear, with rattling sounds we all got given a challenge and that was to lie down facing downwards everyone was screaming. Overall it was probably the best and funniest experience I’ve ever had.
Facts about Eureka Tower:
- Eureka Skydeck 88 is the highest public vantage point in the Southern Hemisphere
- Eureka Tower is the world’s tallest residential building – 975ft / 297.3 metres in height
- The top of the Tower can flex up to 600mm in high winds
- There are two 300,000-litre water tanks on level 90 & 91 prevent any excess swaying
- 3,680 stairs – 92 storeys – 52,000 sq. metres of windows
- The glass on Eureka’s top 10 levels is 24 carat gold plated
- Eureka used 110,000 tonnes of concrete and weighs 200,000 tonnes.