Following yesterday’s article in The Daily Telegraph, I decided to take a drive out to the grounds of Rozelle’s abandoned White Bay power station to see whether I could get a glimpse of Baz Lurhmann’s 1920s New York set and perhaps watch cast and crew at work.
Getting close to the set wasn’t easy. The first location I drove to was bustling with paparazzi activity. The photographer standing next to me had a camera lens big enough to move into and set up home. So, there I stood with my pocket Digital camera snapping away, hoping I’d pointed it in the right direction and caught a piece of the action. Sometimes size does matter, ladies and gents!
Although I didn’t have the necessary equipment to take pictures of Leonardo DiCaprio’s nose hairs, I did manage to get shots of the Long Island train, a handful of vintage cars, authentic-looking billboards advertising ladies products, financial services and top hats, and cast leaving the set for their lunch break. Below are a dozen of the “best” pictures taken this morning… Click on the pictures for a full-size image!
View of the slums of New York set – the heaps of dirt are all fake
The same set from another angle – notice the vintage cars and horse-drawn carriage
The Long Island train
The full set with the abandoned White Bay power station used as a backdrop
Vintage billboard advertising
Close-up of the set buildings – Michael’s Restaurant (on the left)
The train, set and vintage cars from an other angle
The cast and extras on their way to lunch
The cast on a lunch break, piling into shuttle buses
The shuttle buses leaving the set – notice the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background
A catering tent for The Great Gatsby team set up next to the abandoned White Bay power station
A band provided during the lunch break to entertain cast and crew. They were playing retro 20s music, probably to keep the cast in character.
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