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you ever been somewhere so familiar, yet it doesn’t feel quite real?

A place you recognise so much, yet it seems so different?

That was the surreal sensation I had as I stood in the middle of Pin Oak Court in the outer suburbs of Melbourne.

You might not have heard of Pin Oak Court, but you will know its alternative name.

We were in Ramsay Street, described by our tour guide as the most dangerous cul-de-sac in Australia.

Well, when you take into account the number of deaths and horrible accidents and affairs that have taken place there over the past 30-odd years, she does have a point.

Having watched Neighbours since I was at primary school, the official tour was a must-visit while I was in Australia.

It’s a real street, of course, with real residents, so it takes a minute to get used to seeing strangers milling around the houses.

“Wait a minute,” I found myself muttering at one point. “Who’s that walking