hardware lane, melbourne, australia

AFL grand final morning on hardware lane

san francisco

i found it interesting that san francisco doesn't have a graffiti or other anti social behaviour.  if these newspaper boxes were in melbourne, they would be graffiti all over them and that assumes that they wouldn't be damaged in the first place.  yes, SF has a homeless problem and there are many homeless people with trolleys roaming the streets, but they are harmless and still polite. san franciscans are tolerant and sociable. i think i love this city.

melbourne central

it's interesting how melbourne central has converted the now disused myer walkway into some artist rest stops for the weary shopper.  a true capitalist piece of art made for bored husbands, children and young couples wanting to steal a moment away from the world.  not sure how an old bike gets its debut amongst the faux garden, but there you go.  behind the bike is a "community garden" where shoppers are welcome to take some herbs with the hope that they "take what they need".

Drewery Ln, Melbourne

drewery lane is the front door for baroq house, a lounge/bar/club.  it was originally called brewery lane, but its name was changed in the late 1800s.  nowadays, thanks to banksy, grafitti is becoming more artsy and drewery lane is host to this stencil of a person on a motorbike

Firefighting in Seoul

Either the firefighters are dwarves or someone clearly ignored the fact that there was a fire hydrant there.

light rail in melbourne

this is the light rail in middle park on the way to st kilda beach.  in the background you can see a yellow tram that our State borrowed from Denmark, the so called "bumble bee"

hong kong airport

ever wished you could just jump on a plane and run off somewhere? amsterdam seems as good a place as anywhere else

food and wine - mornington peninsula, vic

food always tastes better when there is wine to go with it. is it that wine dulls the mind or tastebuds or does it really bring out the flavours? who cares, gorgeous day and great food at montalto on the mornington peninsula

take a short walk off a long pier - tasmania

a private jetty in tasmania.

a cold hard thirst calls for ... a cascade?

such a beautiful building with a great history and best of all, beer!