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

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.

Check out the set pictures here.