looking over the trades hall building at the bottom end of lygon street. the clouds are orangey-pink.

pink, pink carlton #MelbourneMornings

up #MelbourneMornings

looking east, towards the victoria hotel and 121 collins st (and nauru house)next to the town hall and what now is one of the brunetti bros establishments

the 'hero' building (old telephone exchange) and 121 collins

little collins st #MelbourneMornings

that minute where the sun is just starting to wake up but they haven't turned the lanterns off yet #MelbourneMornings

trades hall, corner victoria and lygon streets on an epic sky morning

on the other side of the street

daylight savings is dragging on but on the plus side, it was quite the morning sky when it did arrive
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one of the light shade lamps that hang along little bourke street between russell and swanston street. on a good light morning i couldn't get enough focus on the fish - so finally got there. canon r50v with the efs 18-55 and adaptor

how much is the fish? little bourke street china town no light morning #MelbourneMornings

Morning perches lightly on the desk — paper dreaming of ink, the mac humming its gentle hello, and a coffee mug exhaling courage into the quiet air.

#melbourneviews
#classicmono
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#photographersofbluesky
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the current floral display out the front of the town hall is really vibrant. the trams heading east down swanston and west down collins was good timing too.

peak melbourne #MelbourneMornings

a cut out of ned kelly from a sidney nolan painting positioned in front of a bollard with glowing red lights. i'd like to think both sidney and ned would get a little chuckle from this bollard at the old melbourne jail. i made this cut out a week ago but the courtyard was in use for a function and the bollard was down all week. Ned would of course eventually be hanged here. The representation i've nicked from Sidney's "The Trial" (1947).

such is life #MelbourneMornings

palm on lygon. always been a cute spot

corner victoria and lygon street opposite trades hall

the old russell st police station (with the big radio tower) and the "go home you're drunk" designed abode skyscraper

a big grey pole, a little of the sandstone old magistrates court and the MELBOURNE lights recently installed on Melbourne Central

the walk to work today #MelbourneMornings

bollards to that (at the old melbourne gaol)
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I want to make it some little ned kelly armour out of a cornflake box. future misson..

some street chalked advertising for a piano bar at the Exford hotel

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the window of a shop that sells locally themed stuff with a poster about the 'long way to the top' iconic film clip and it's upcoming anniversary

a hot tip from the melbourne shop #MelbourneMornings

The flinders street railway station dome in the midground, some of melbourne's iconic building's in thr background and a comeng train in the foreground. today i was mostly shooting f11 took the sony out today, it's becoming my day camera and putting the time into it finally is rewarding.

flinders street platform 6 #MelbourneMornings

they only put this up just recently or i've walked past it 100 times and never noticed before. that slight change in routine really does deliver new discoveries #MelbourneMornings

corn, sunflowers and other fun crops being grown in these big pallet raised gardens in front of the Town Hall in melbourne. they do this each year, very much a highlight.

corn envy on swanston street #MelbourneMornings

The Eight Hour Day was a campaign that brought about one of the most important changes to the rights of workers. There were two major campaigns that took place, both in Sydney and Melbourne, but it’s the Melbourne movement that is widely known for successfully changing the general rights of workers for the better. In 1856 on April 21st, Victorian Stonemasons staged a well-organised and executed protest. The Stonemasons had been working on the construction of the Old Quadrangle Building, the original site of Melbourne University, when they all downed their tools and proceeded to march on to Parliament House along with other members of the building trade. During the march held in Melbourne, those attending the protest carried banners that held the symbol of three figure 8’s. The intertwined numbers '888' represented the ideal that the workers were fighting for – “8 Hours Work, 8 Hours Recreation, 8 Hours Rest”. Coined as early as 1817 by Robert Owen, an English Socialist, the significant motif of this slogan would later adorn many of Australia’s union buildings. Following the success of the Eight Hour Day protest, the Stonemasons celebrated that year with a holiday and procession held on Monday 12th of May, known as the Whit-Monday holiday. Inspiring all that benefited from the new law, the parade saw almost 700 people take part in the march, with patrons of the parade holding backgrounds in as many as 19 trades. source: https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/culture/social/display/32235-eight-hour-day-monument

last full working day of the year, adjusted my walk to take in the monument to the 8 hour day. corner victoria and russell streets. #MelbourneMornings

funny how when you start looking for something you realise how often you just didn't see it. plus yesterday i got come comp tickets to the heide gallery so will be making a few trips over there in january #MelbourneMornings

this is the middle near where i work, and half my family is at one end of the line and half the family is at the other. cannot stress how much this new rail tunnel is going to really simplify my getting around without needing a car. so close now. #MelbourneMornings

cockatoo in the city. little lonsdale street #MelbourneMornings

the intersection of swanston and grattan streets, carlton. a car, a bus, a pedestrian and traffic light poles. it's pretty quiet, i'm reflecting upon the changes in the area and in the self since i last stood here.

nostalgia hit and i did my pre 2020 walk this morning #MelbourneMornings

The Friday morning line-up is looking irresistible 😏☀️
Jess, Kitty, Zoey & Page are all in, bringing charm, energy, and smiles to start your day right 💋
Who’s catching your Friday vibe? 👀
#AMRoster #FridayFeels #MelbourneMornings #WeekendEnergy #GoodVibesOnly

looks like spring, felt like the antarctic #MelbourneMornings

a tribute to chrissie this morning on amphlett lane
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springing it, just a little bit #MelbourneMornings

a menu offering a few unusual dishes. up until last year this was the greek cake shop - as we all used to call it - "International Cakes" but now it's a bar. was sad to see a legend of old melbourne shut up shop, there aren't many shops left now that aren't chains or food (and/or booze)

i'm not sure this place will last as long as the 50+ year 'international cakes' that previously occupied this spot did but i'm happy to be proven wrong #MelbourneMornings

one of the the controversial bike lanes of exhibition street*
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(the usual people having the usual gripes about cyclists taking up precious room for cars. i'm personally a big fan of moving away from car based urban planning)

and my shoes are like slicks :/ #MelbourneMornings

looking east up little collins street, zoomed in to get old the old city of melbourne building, an ornate late 1800s building with many windows, columns, spires and triangles. the 2000 era 120 collins st building in the background just emphasises how special this building is.

a zoomed in look at the best building in town #MelbourneMornings

looking east up collins from the corner of lizzie street. it's very bright, sun is almost right over the middle of the street between the buildings on either side

blinder of a morning, great to see the sun again #MelbourneMornings