Good Morning from Melbourne
City skylines are commonly seen from the ground, but are truly appreciated when seen from the air. Planes are good, helicopters are even better – but there is nothing quite like a balloon ride over Melbourne on a crisp autumn morning. Pictured above is the skyline of Melbourne, with the streets of Parkville, North Melbourne [...]
Spiegel season is here
An annual occurrence every summer in Melbourne, the Spiegeltent is back for one more year, outside the Arts Centre. I’ve never attended any of the performances, but I am told that it is something that is very, very symbolic of the spirit of Melbourne. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook + this on Google+ [...]
The Last Day of Christmas
Tradition states that one should take their Christmas decorations down by the 6th of January to avoid ill luck. It is with this little bit of knowledge that I set out yesterday with my camera for a brief walk around the Melbourne CBD to catch the last glimpse of any remaining decorations. This is one set [...]
Dome of opulence
As Melbourne’s commercial and premier shopping centre, Collins Street posses some of the finest examples of Victorian era architecture in Australia. PIctured above is the Old Commonwealth Bank of Australia banking domed chamber within the post modern 333 Collins Street tower built in 1891 which is by far, the prettiest building in the city. It [...]
Degraves on a Friday night
Degraves Street runs between Flinders Street and Flinders Lane. As part of my route to work every morning, I get to enjoy the smells of all the coffees brewing as I walk in on a winter morning. The atmosphere changes on a Friday evening as the restaurants open their tables and doors for patrons who [...]
Melbourne’s GPO
Built in 1859, The Melbourne General Post Office is a landmark building the stands on the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke street in the heart of Melbourne’s central business district. It houses a clock tower and sports a Second Empire styled mansard roofline. The plans for this building never were quite finished as authorities continued [...]
View from the West
The Western Suburbs of Melbourne offer quite a different feel to the South Eastern Suburbs, and along with that, a somewhat different perspective at sunset, and nightfall. The image above was shot from the shorefront of Williamstown at 10pm on a very overcast night. The 4 minute exposure was necessary to pick up the foreground [...]
The Royal Arcade
Ashton Kutcher was in town last week, and he Twittered that Melbourne was basically closed and a bit boring… Melbourne is a little unique when it comes to cities of its size. Its best parts are not out there in the open. They are hidden away among its myriad of laneways and arcades. One of [...]
Corridors of power
Yet another image from my extended weekend during the Queen’s Birthday in the corridors of 333 Collins Street. The very “Italian” architecture of this building has always appealed to me. This building is home to the offices of several recruitment firms that fill the needs of Melbourne’s professional services market. This shot was taken during [...]
The Block
Melbourne’s arcades and laneways are full of surpises. One of the most opulent of these arcades is the Block Arcade that runs between Collins and Little Collins streets, between Swanston and Elizabeth streets, and is home to the Hopetoun Tea Rooms, and Australia’s very own Haigh’s Chocolates (complete with their “Tapping man” in their display [...]
333 Collins
Photographing architecture is not one of the strong points of my repoitoire, but given that I had taken a day off from work today to take advantaged of the sun after a few weeks of gloomy clouds, I took a stroll down to 333 Collins Street, one of the grandest and most opulent looking office [...]
