St James’ Old Cathedral — Attraction in Melbourne

Not even God wants to hear to bells this much.

There’s absolutelty no need to play them for 4 hours for one service on a Sunday morning. Just be like a normal church and play them once, that would be tasteful and not give me anxiety thinking that I will always be disturbed by them.

Please make the practicing bell ringers go elsewhere for practice or mute the bells during practice so that the hundreds of people in the neighbouring apartments can rest in peace.

That’s not very...

St James’ Old Cathedral, West Melbourne, Victoria. Melbourne’s Oldest Church. The foundation stone for St James’ Church of England was laid on 9 November 1839 by Charles La Trobe, the superintendent of the Port Phillip District (now the state of Victoria), in what was then still part of New South Wales. Melbourne was then only four years old and the house of prayer was one of the first substantial buildings to be built in the town. Photo by Dan Hoang, check out...

okay i read the reviews, i understand the bells have been rung since 1853 but oh my gosh do they really need to be rung for two hours at a time? i feel like 30 minutes maximum is tolerable and maybe even then enjoyable. but as someone who lives right next to the church and cant fall asleep on fridays and is abruptly woken up on sundays, its really getting to me.

also like if its going to go for two hours, at least play a little tune like why is it always the same three...