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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Urban Decay and Street Art in Richmond

It was a bit of a drab morning today, but I felt like taking a long walk - of the "photo excursion" variety. So I went to a place where I thought the lack of sunshine shouldn't matter much - Richmond. I've been meaning to do this for a while, to check out some of the hidden urban decay scene over there.

I started out at the train station, then walked all the way up (via the backstreets) to Victoria Street, and then all the way back home along Church Street. For those who know the area - yes, that's a pretty long walk indeed. My feet are hating me for it right now.

On the whole the results were not as good as I had hoped, but here's a selection of the best ones...

"Rhinoceros"

Orange Parking Lot Wall

Chickens

Rusty Roof

"RIP Dad"

Stephenson Street Mural Acknowledgement

Stephenson Street Mural

Colourful Pizza Shop

Alley Near Richmond Station

Angry Looking Lady

Ace Of Hearts

Peeling Facade And Windows

Colourful Staircase

Street Certified

Melbourne Bitter On Mossy Stairs

Dimmey's Stores Spire

Rusty Roof Near Housing Projects

Cracked Facade And Windows

All Nations Hotel

"The System Doesn't Work"

Girl In Bamboo Forest

"You May Be Filmed"

Bird With Goggles

Bird And Dragon

Street Art Between Windows

Freaky Face

Bins And Kegs

Chimney And Blue Sky

Poster Wall In Victoria Street

Broken Asian Grocery Signage

Broken Window

Black Panther

Cracked Wall

Flowers In The Projects

Event Posters

Overgrown Car Park


Sunday, September 8, 2013

Springtime Walk in Hawksburn

The weather was quite nice today so I decided to go for a little walk around my area. Hawksburn is actually a vaguely-defined "locality" in the eastern part of South Yarra. I'm not sure it even has official bounds, or if it's just a general fuzzy designation for the quiet residential part of South Yarra just to the east of my place. Either way, most of these shots are probably within its general bounds.

Most of what I took are just photos of various flowers in bloom. But there's a bit of architecture too.

Being around all these flowers all afternoon definitely confirms one thing - I'm not allergic to them! It's definitely the grass pollen that comes down from the countryside later in the season that causes the abject hayfever that I get.

Anyway, here are some of the best shots of the walk...

Sunlight Through Spring Canopy

Pink Flowers

Red Roses

Toorak/South Yarra Library

White Wall Blue Sky

Tram Cables And Blossoms

Butterfly On White Flower

Red Flowers

Blossoms And Metal Facade

Orange Flowers

Overgrown Downspout

Flower Peeking Through Fence

Overgrown Abandoned House

White Flowers

Peeling Hawksburn Facade

"Hawksburn Terrace"