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Melbourne street art: plus « Previous | |Next »
February 15, 2008

I'm in Melbourne for a couple of days, staying at the Hilton on the Park. I had some time to do some photography in the latter part of the afternoon. My aim was to explore the city along, and around, Flinders Lane in Melbourne's CBD.

so I wandered from the hotel through the ever so green Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens. It was like returning home, as I had once lived in East Melbourne and I'd spent a lot of time in these Gardens. Melbourne looked so green compared to Adelaide. I took some shots of begonias in the Conservatory in the Fitzroy Gardens, then moved on to look at Ian Macrae's exhibition of Italian photos at the always interesting fortyfivedownstairs gallery in Flinders Lane.

Melbourneartsoup.jpg Gary Sauer-Thompson, street art near Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 2008

This image was in a laneway just east of AC/DC Lane. I wanted to explore Flinders Lane more thoroughly this time, as it had only been a cursory glance of AC/DC last time.

I even managed to do a bit of the old style documentary street photography:

MelbourneFlinderslane.jpg Gary Sauer-Thompson, busking, Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 2008

This was near Campbell Arcade/ Degraves Lane, where I had a quick bite to eat. I then explored more of the city before making my way back to the hotel.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 11:27 PM | | Comments (3)
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Ah, buskers. That's one thing I really miss about Sydney. Generally they were pretty terrible, but I miss them anyway.

Lyn,
this guy's music wasn't terrible. It was enjoyable. There was a good public mood on Friday night in the CBD.It was warm, people were happy. Some were making their way home; others were off to have an evening of fun, or they were enjoying themselves having a drink with friends.

Music good or bad, for mine, speaking from the perspective of a Melbournian now living in La Paz, Bolivia, having people on the street expressing themselves, as in the violinist and the graffiti behind him, is where it's at!