light and bright retail boutique

light and bright retail boutique

staircase up to a retail outlet

sign outside a retail outlet and the outside of the building

#SwopMelbourne #Mane High fashion boutiques (one ‘pre-loved’, one curated) in the old Club 80 building on #PeelSt #Collingwood - so light and bright inside! #IfThoseWallsCouldTalk…

photographs of two men with ice-creams and a crowd under trees hung with streamers

photographs of a stage performance, an inflatable rainbow 🌈, three shop-front performers, and two shops

photographs of street festival tents and umbrellas, and a man in the street

photographs of crowds under trees

#GertrudeSt #SmithSt #PeelSt #Midsumma Pride of Victoria Street Party. Ice-creams and crowds.

a tree at night covered with purple flowers

a sad foyer of a new building, lit at night

a sad foyer of a new building, lit at night

a sad foyer of a new building, lit at night

Night walk home from #Abbotsford past a beautiful magnolia in bloom, and the lift lobby/possible cafe (?) in a new #PeelSt office building.

Collage: street performers in emu suits; people in winged costumes; feathers, flowers and arseless chaps

Collage: streets with some, and later lots, of people

Collage: streets with some, and later lots, of people; also performance stages and a drag performer in a window

#latergram #VictoriasPride Street Party for #Midsumma on #SmithSt, #GertrudeSt & #PeelSt: not too hot (!) so filled up by mid-afternoon, earlier than usual. Lots of activities, lots of people, lots of fun - bonus Carrotman too!

Four men having drinks in a pub

Auslan demonstration in a tent

Collage of colourful umbrellas, street jenga, free Greens ice-cream

#latergram #VictoriasPride Street Party for #Midsumma: wandered up and down #SmithSt, #GertrudeSt & #PeelSt. We had plenty of pitstops (lunch, drinks, intro to Auslan) and retired just after 6pm.

I know my old apartment block is a stunningly ugly building, badly built and poorly maintained, but spray-paint graffiti is not improving things… #PeelSt #Collingwood

Indigenous artwork projections in the #PeelSt Park #Collingwood

#latergram After a quick sleep we got up to find Something was Up: #VictoriasPrideStreetParty in #PeelSt, #SmithSt & #GertrudeSt. We started with brunch at #Archies…

The terrace opposite on #PeelSt has transformed into a club #QQQSt. An airlock entry keeps the noise in. On warm days they keep the double glazed kitchen window open so the music blasts out - eventually I complained and they closed it. Don’t be hesitant about complaining!