another trip down Bourke St, Melbourne

After my journey down Smith St, I took the tram from Gertrude and Brunswick Streets just a couple of stops, then hopped off after Victoria Parade and wandered down Bourke St to Swanston. This is what I found worth capturing:

Smith St, Collingwood and surrounds

seeing the plenty in this window made me want to relive my teenage years again…

I went around the back of the building to see if I could somehow get a view in, but no dice

I went to Copacabana once. Not a highlight of my life in Melbourne…

I like the oOh! logo from the outdoor billboard company

Tomorrow I hope to complete the journey, with the dozen photos I took down Bourke St… watch this space!

morning light and shadows, high UV afternoon day 2

I packed my slr and made sure I caught the early tram yesterday, so I could walk about and capture some more CBD scenes in the beautiful morning light and shadows.

After work I made a beeline for one of my favourite locations, the former Lonsdale St power station redevelopment site, and I also caught an image of Southern Cross that evokes some of the dynamism and abstraction I feel there.

I hope you enjoy the gallery – please click on the thumbnails to enjoy all the detail.

Oh, and have a Happy New Year!

a Monday morning in Melbourne CBD

Here’s my pick of the photos I captured on Monday morning, when I made it to the City, after my exploration around Brunswick St. The Southern Cross station pictures I had planned to capture never made the cut.

I hope you enjoy this essay as much as I loved making it!

Brunswick St, Fitzroy – a visual tribute

It was my rostered day off today, and I had planned to shoot a photo essay on Southern Cross station. I took tram 112 at the usual time – as if I was going to work – and got off at Edinburgh Gardens, then walked to Gertrude St. It was great to get up close to the sights I observe on a daily basis, as well as dig around to discover details I can’t usually see from the tram.

Here’s the pick of what I saw along the way:

And last but not least, here’s one of Melbourne’s top 100 influential people

here’s what I did on Sunday morning…

I set off early, through Thornbury to Brunswick East, and down Nicholson St to capture what was left of the former Oilily building on the corner of Brunswick St and Victoria Parade. I plan to do a full tribute post in time. I’m surprised the facade was demolished as well – I thought that might have been heritage-listed. But no. Please click through the photos – I hope you enjoy the trip!

ambiguous Myer poster

Sunday’s bonus miscellany

Here is a gallery of images I captured last week:

I like the contrast between the vacant site and the multi-storey car park

Shot via iPhone as I went through the roundabout… I like the way the morning sun burns out the glass building.

seems so exotic, alluring – evokes something New York even

Bourke St, Melbourne (details)

We took the girls into the City this morning, to see the Myer Christmas windows. I made sure to pack the SLR for some detail shots that the iPhone just wouldn’t have delivered.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them!

I remember when I first saw video of Melbourne CBD and Bourke St Mall, and I was amazed that the trams passed right through the pedestrian mall. Back then, Swanston St was a thoroughfare too.

Elliot Lane, off Little Lonsdale

And as I was capturing it, who should drive in? None other than the google maps guy, with his rooftop-mounted cameras. Ha! Talk about synchronicity. I want his job…