It doesn’t matter if your next step is big or small if you are a resident of one of the many towers in Southbank.
It might mean squeezing into a lift at Southbank Central with three others when you’re used to a limit of two.
Or it might mean splashing out with $25 million for a penthouse that has just become available at Australia 108.

What’s important, say residents of Australia’s most densely populated suburb, is to make intelligent decisions that don’t hem you in.
The penthouse has 360-degree views which are unlikely to be built out, given that Australia 108 is the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere.
But it’s not just the view that counts in the suburb. Southbankers think of their culture as “intellectually rich and socially diverse.”
Anne Fairhall, a resident of Southbank Central next to Boyd Park, has been a prime mover in the organisation of film, book and coffee groups over Zoom during lockdown. “I’m naturally a connecting person,” she said.