details of an extraordinary children’s playground reimagined as a temporary sculptural agglomeration of rocks and various bits

details of an extraordinary children’s playground reimagined as a temporary sculptural agglomeration of rocks and various bits

details of an extraordinary children’s playground reimagined as a temporary sculptural agglomeration of rocks and various bits

details of an extraordinary children’s playground reimagined as a temporary sculptural agglomeration of rocks and various bits

#melbournelife wander 3/3: Rocks On Wheels, 2022 by Mike Hewson, a children’s playground that masquerades as a permanent junk yard full of clever tricks and surprises: hard/soft, balanced/toppling, permanent/temporary, broken/whole, real/fake, useful/rubbish. A joy.

two views of a low key modernist building painted green and with murals

view of skyscrapers across a river, and two men writing on public surfaces

a tall blue building with gold sections pointing out near the top

the bottom of a tall building with planting on what look like balconies, and a red tiered urban object

#melbournelife 2/3: Stella Maris Seafarers’ Centre, c1960; #Southbank skyline across the #Yarra & graffiti ‘artists’ tagging with textas; the silly/splendid Australia 108 Tower, 2020 Fender Katsalidis; 108’s car park planters, & the ‘red stairs’, 2006 Marcus O’Reilly & Nadim Karam, to be replaced.

a very tall building with a newer podium along the street

a facetted low glass roof

a high narrow atrium with long glass roof and historic balconies each side

the rear of an old brick building with metal cubicles at the end of the five levels of balconies

#melbournelife 1/3: Rialto Tower, 1986, & podium, Woods Bagot 2017; the glass facetted skirt in it (a shower-curtain-around-ankles version of McAslan’s 2012 King’s Cross); Intercontinental Hotel atrium behind Rialto (lane enclosed 1986, refreshed 2023); the famous heritage loos, 1891 William Pitt.

four temperature predictions over several days and two temperature graphs each of one day

Officially leaving #melbournelife summer it’s worth being reminded about how crazy it can be, let alone the typical pattern of a stinking hot day ending with an extreme change and almost instantaneous temperature drop of maybe 15°C.

a view down onto a street completely covered by tree canopy

Well done to the #Postcode3000 policy (1992) which increased the city centre residential population (from 2,000!) and undertook huge public realm improvements - look at those tree canopies in what was a open traffic sewer (and horrifying to cycle along!). #melbournelife

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Just reward for a brisk morning ride. On the Darebin Creek Trail, the water was calm and there was just enough light to have a glassy pool of water with perfect reflection of the bush. #foodie #melbournelife

Just reward for a brisk morning ride. On the Darebin Creek Trail, the water was calm and there was just enough light to have a glassy pool of water with perfect reflection of the bush. #foodie #melbournelife

two photographs of the outside of an old photobooth with fake timber panelling, and two photographs of the interior

a large chessboard on a public plaza surrounded by trees, with a chess game in progress and people watching

Fun in the city: selfies in the antique 1970 photobooth at #RMIT, and/or watching giant chess games at the #StateLibrary Forecourt. #melbournelife

two photographs of an old classical building with a silhouetted lamp

an old theatre lit up in red at night

an old decorated brick wall and gatehouse to a mansion

part of a fairly new apartment block and an old shop painted in soft green as a house

#melbournelife architecture: #ParliamentHouse (1855-91, Peter Kerr); #PrincessTheatre (1886, William Pitt); Dodgshun House gatehouse #Fitzroy, St Mary Mackillop’s birthplace; CF Row apartments #Fitzroy (2017, Woods Bagot) in the 1929 CF Rojo furniture factory; c.1863 shop now painted like an artwork

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Zucchini fritrers with a poached egg and haloumi

The most scrumptious Saturday brunch at an old fave in Southbank 🤤

Thanks for the divine zucchini fritters and cold brew Gordon 🥰

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a graph of the temperature over a day showing it climb to a maximum in the mid-30s°C then drop ~15° in a few minutes

Oh how #melbournelife!

paintings of a hedgehog and a big cat, and a framed photo of Mount Fuji rising above a Japanese convenience store

a wall painting in a garage and paintings on two garage doors

a painting on the side of a building at the end of a laneway

two photographs, one of stairs with the risers welcomingly showing the pride progress flag, the other showing ledges at sitting height on the edge of a building filled in with sharp angled edges

#streetart roundup #melbournelife, including welcoming steps at #RMIT and the replacement of #BrunswickSt ledges suitable for sitting with steep slopes & sharp projections #HostileArchitecture

a domed building is partially reflected in a pond with a fountain

Touristy shot of the glorious #RoyalExhibitionBuilding across one of the #CarltonGardens ponds on a glorious day. #melbournelife

A street performer, a few beats, and suddenly everyone’s dancing 💃🕺

Moments like these make Melbourne feel alive ❤️

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two night photographs of civic Christmas decorations in a city: a decorated footbridge over a dark reflective river, and a large metallic Christmas tree being erected in a public space

#melbournelife Christmas decorations going up

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a steel inspection plate in a park with a white labyrinthine pattern

two photos of a very strange video playing in a city shop window with a sign saying SISSY and CCAA

a sculpture of the corner of a submerged classical building, covered in coloured chalk graffiti

a mural of opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland; a Bananas in Pajamas coat hanger with quilt; a slash mural of two hens and cocktails

#streetart roundup #melbournelife

detail of a glossy building

detail of a textured building

a facetted glass building facade

#melbournelife buildings: a #PoMo glimpse in Daryl Jackson’s 1991 120 #CollinsSt; Angelo Candalepas’ 2016 Neo-#Brutalist QT Hotel #RussellSt, with its Scarpa-like brooch; Fender Katsalidis’ 2014 crinkle-facade 108 #FlindersSt.

white flowers on a plant

yellow daffodils in a park

pink flowers on a tree

#melbournelife signs of spring: flowers on the balcony zombie plant; daffodils in the #FitzroyGardens; flowering tree in the #TreasuryGardens.

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three photos of a recent twin tower building with a swirled god bridge connecting the blue towers

a new base building that will have a new tower built on it, and a tower by the same architects behind it, also containing student housing

artwork windows showing Aboriginal women in the new State Library Station

ceiling inserts in an older hall

#melbournelife views: the bridge of #SapphireByTheGardens (designers Cox & Fender Katsalidis); the base prepared for a tall tower over the new #StateLibraryStation, and some of its artwork; inserts in #RMIT #StoreyHall (designed by ARM).

The Yarra at Templestowe, one of our stops on our ride this morning. The background voices being to my cycling group #MelbourneLife

Time for live music - mainly dance tonight #MelbourneLife

Another night of music and dance #Melbournelife

Sunshine, freshly made Cinnamon scrolls, coffee - #melbournelife #foodie.
By the way, it was scrumptious

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three paintings in a cafe showing cafe life

daffodils in a planter and a bike outside a cafe

Spring #melbournelife cafes: paintings at #GroceryBar; daffodils at #SoJo