Melbourne
Christmas Decorations Around Melbourne
Over the last weeks Christmas decorations have been appearing around the city. The city is rolling out new decorations in many parts of the city centre. There appears to be a trend towards a nature based theme using living pine trees, with a move away from large metal structures of previous years.
Dragon Boat Racing
At the Docklands, we found a series of Dragon Boat races taking place. Below are a few photos from the event and a short film.
Aporia - Dripping Toffee and Salt Encrusted Bedsteads
We stumbled upon Aporia, a fun sculpture exhibition by RMIT students. The exhibit caught our eye as we walked passed the university buildings on Swanston Street.
Melbourne Sunset
As we were walking back from the supermarket this evening, Graham captured these amazing photos of the sunset. Yesterday we had thunderstorms; today we had this beautiful orange sky.
Melbourne at Night
A few recent photos from around central Melbourne. The season is changing and the weather is again turbulent.
Occupy Wall Street in Melbourne
I suspect the organisers of Melbourne Festival’s giant sculptures did not imagine this. In the last week, an “Occupy Melbourne” camp site has appeared around one of the monstrous angels on Melbourne’s City Square where Swanston Street meets Flinders Lane.
Angels-Demons. Parade
As part of Melbourne Festival 2011 large sculptures have appeared around the city. The sculptures of “mischievous monstrosities” are by AES+F (Russia).
Melbourne's events
One of the things I enjoy about Melbourne is that there is always something to see or a free event to visit. The last few weeks have been particularly good.
Photogenic Melbourne
Melbourne is frequently used for filming. On the weekend we moved here, a feature film had half of Flinders Street covered in a 1940s era facade and the other half in black cloth to hide modern lighting and fittings.
Royal Exhibition Building - Melbourne Open House 2011
With 2011’s Open House weekend we finally got our chance to see inside this incredible building. The building itself is World Heritage listed and continues to be actively used for events.