A look inside the revamped Flinders St Station

YOU might see it everyday on the way to work, but this is Flinders St Station like you’ve never seen it before. More than 100 years of bird poo has been removed as part of an unprecedented facelift of the iconic building. See inside the famous clock tower.

Melbourne’s famous Flinders St Station.

MORE than 100 years of bird poo has been removed from the Flinders St Station roof as part of an unprecedented facelift of the iconic Victorian building.

Workers have been tackling the messy pigeon problem in recent months, along with repainting and waterproofing the facade.

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Mathew Pepper inspects the work at Flinders St station. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Christian Spencer-White inspects the work at Flinders St station. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Development Victoria spokesman Graeme Kaye said the poo was now removed and the $100 million revamp was going well overall.

“It’s been a very painstaking process ... but the bones of the building is very strong,” he said

Inside the Flinders St clock tower renovation #melbourne pic.twitter.com/InR1TK03sz

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Melburnians will get a long-awaited glimpse of the external facelift from tomorrow with the full building to be on display by Christmas.

Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan toured the site today in preparation of the scaffolding being removed.

She said it was an exciting moment in history.

“The scaffolding will start coming down tomorrow, revealing the beautiful facade,” she said.

“We can literally see work underway preparing and restoring our most beautiful icon.”

Scaffolding has covered the front of the station as part of the revamp. Picture: Nicole Garmston

Christian Spencer-White. Picture: Tim Carrafa

The clock tower has also undergone significant restoration including a new internal metal frame.

The glass face is currently being redone and will be on view in the coming weeks.

However, internally there is more work to done in the building including transforming the famous ballroom, which could be transformed into a new space.

The project is on track and will finish up next year.

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