Invasion Of The Location Snatchers

Steven Spielberg’s megabucks HBO miniseries The Pacific has been filming down around the You Yangs in Victoria for some time now, but it’s only recently started to impinge on the lives of suburban Melbournians - and how!

In addition to filming at Melbourne High School and along the banks of the Yarra in the last few days, just yesterday Rathdowne Street in Carlton North was closed off as trucks, crew, a bunch of 1940s cars and a few false shop-fronts descended on the busy shopping strip.

Our spies noted with glee that the production team had chosen the grodiest share-house terrace to tizz up for a scene of what is sure to be heartrending dialogue between a young GI and - presumably - his sweetheart, who were shot sitting on the steps of said share-house, which has never looked tidier.

And then, just like that - i.e. about two and a half hours later - they were all gone. Hop over the jump for our “exclusive” spy shots, captured with Mata Hari-esque sleuthiness by Defamer spies carrying camera phones.