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Why
The Point?
All the festivities will be held at the Point Restaurant, on Albert
Park Lake. There is pretty much one reason for this: Puns. We dream
of the following conversation:
| Guest:
Hey! Where are you going to get married? And by the way, Brian,
your hair looks quite "thick and lustrous", not "thinning"
like other people say. |
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Brian: Gosh, thanks, I've been using Pantene. Anyway, we are
going to get married at The Point. |
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Guest: What's the point? |
| Kristine:
The point is to get married, duh! Psst, Brian, the guy's clueless
- he's off the invite list. |
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The
Building
Perched on the side
of the lake like the carcass of an exploded-stomached Black Swan, the
Point looks out over Albert Park's famous lake, which that time of year
should be filled with cute little sailboats, and Albert Park's Famous
Black Swans. The swans will be sweating like ducks, whinging to each
other about what a silly colour black is, and couldn't they be in a
nice white suit, or maybe little Speedos.
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Not
Pictured
The
actual room in which we will be having the reception.
If
you follow the upper floor balcony around the lake side
of the building, you'd come to our room.
Since
the balconies aren't connected, you would, however, fall
quite painfully onto the concrete below before arriving
there. We recommend entering from the inside.
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While
Parks Victoria does not encourage it, we definitely encourage
guests climbing the tower and dropping bricks on joggers
and on Albert Park's famous Black Swans.
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But
where is it?
Anyone who has ever
used America's MapQuest should
give Australia's WhereIs a try. I dare you - it is possibly the worst
mapping system. Ever. Here's where WhereIs
thinks The Point is. You can even get driving directions, but plan on
having to catch a cab once you follow them, because who knows where
you'll end up. The oft-used phrase "Where Is a cab, the stupid
website got me lost" is how the site got its name.
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"melways ref" doesn't make sense, you're probably
not from around here. Everyone in this town has the same frigging
map, and they all use map references to say where they live,
where to eat, the nearest chiropodist, etc.
Everyone
except Kristine & Brian, who bought Bob' Big Cheap map,
thereby saving $5, but never able to get anywhere.
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More
context?
Kristine recently won a contest on a local radio station and got
a ride on a helicopter over Port Phillip Bay. In between vomiting, she
took this picture, which shows Albert Park from high over the bay.
 
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In
the foreground is St Kilda Pier. It basically points at
our house - walk about 500 metres and you are there.
The
lake in the middle is the lake above. If you can't figure
out where The Point is, perhaps you should consider a career
in unemployment. Or on the dole.
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Behind
the lake is the city - our beautiful Melbourne. Unfortunately,
The Point faces the wrong way and you won't get to see the city
from the reception, but the view will still be quite nice.
For
those who care, the Australian
Grand Prix circuit runs around the lake - the square shapes
in front of the lake are pit row. The race is the first weekend
of March - contact Brian if you're interested.
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