Thursday 31 December 2009

In bloom


Mum's frangipani flowers. Happy new year!

Wednesday 30 December 2009

Silence in my court!



That's what I said, but I failed at the looking stern bit.
Fooling around at the old court in Port Macquarie. 

Tuesday 29 December 2009

Fishing


One of a group of pelicans on the look out for fish off cuts at the marina



 A fisherman on the breakwater where the Hastings River flows into the Pacific Ocean

Monday 28 December 2009

Up in the hills




Cattle yards near Beechwood



Alpacas near...somewhere near Beechwood



Old Beechwood cemetery



How green was my valley...



A trio of country mail boxes - cream can, 35-gallon drum and what looks like a drench drum

Sunday 27 December 2009

Rain, rain, rain


It rained most of the time I was up north, which was a novelty for a someone from the drought-stricken south. The novelty did wear off after a week.


The swollen Hastings River at Bain Bridge near Wauchope

Saturday 26 December 2009

Buds


Mum's potted frangipani on the verge of flowering

Friday 25 December 2009

A pony called Jesus...


OK, I have no idea what its name is. I was just trying to inject a bit of Christmas into a non-Christmassy photo. This is the view from my mum's back yard at Wauchope. Merry Christmas!  

Thursday 24 December 2009

Window seat


Just about to leave Melbourne's grey skies behind for sunny northern New South Wales

Wednesday 23 December 2009

Geraniums



One of the window boxes of Soft Belly on Little Bourke Street


Girl in Melbourne will be coming to you from Wauchope/Port Macquarie on the NSW mid-north coast from December 24 until January 1. Posting might be sporadic.
Actually, I won't be posting daily from January 1. I started this blog on January 1 this year with the intention of posting a photo every day for 12 months and although it's been fun, I'm quite looking forward to being less disciplined.



Tuesday 22 December 2009

Longest day


Flinders Street. Federation Square and Flinders Street Station on the left, Forum Theatre on the right

Monday 21 December 2009

Faded



I love seeing the remnants of signs painted onto old bricks. This Dunlop Rubber Co sign is in the alley that runs between Duckboard Place and ACDC Lane in the city.

Sunday 20 December 2009

Saturday 19 December 2009

Cactus



In the arid garden at the Botanic Gardens

Friday 18 December 2009

Twilight


The view from my loungeroom window last night

Thursday 17 December 2009

Stream


Union Lane in the city

Wednesday 16 December 2009

Melbourne quartet


Coffee + bikes + laneways + art
Rankins Lane

Tuesday 15 December 2009

Ball


Yup, that's me! Christmas bauble at Southgate

Monday 14 December 2009

Bricked in


This old brick wall in Little Collins Street encloses the large garden of the exclusive, men only Melbourne Club, but in the late 1800s the wall formed part of housing occupied by some of Melbourne's poorer residents. You can see where the windows have been bricked in.

Sunday 13 December 2009

Before the drought



...this was a water wall fountainy thing. 'Copenhagen?' appeared on the mural in the past couple of weeks.

Saturday 12 December 2009

Friday 11 December 2009

Glow


Sunset. City. Swan Street Bridge.

Thursday 10 December 2009

Rain clouds meet sunset


About 30 seconds later it started to pelt with rain


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Wednesday 9 December 2009

Metal monster


Swanston Street construction site

Tuesday 8 December 2009

Umbrellas


Corner Flinders and Swanston Streets this morning

Monday 7 December 2009

O, Christmas tree


I love the Christmas tree at Collins Place in the city.

Sunday 6 December 2009

Pod II


Another seed pod in the Botanic Gardens. I think this might be a Candy Tuft.

Saturday 5 December 2009

I thought it was gonna rain




But it didn't. Heading into the city this morning.

Friday 4 December 2009

Glint



Riverside, early evening.

Thursday 3 December 2009

Pod


Seed pod spotted in the Botanic Gardens

Wednesday 2 December 2009

Into the light




River boat passing under Prince's Bridge

Tuesday 1 December 2009

Doing the Block


Block Arcade gets its Christmas make-over

Monday 30 November 2009

Sunday 29 November 2009

Covered


Shoppers passing through the third floor walkway between Myer and Melbourne Central

Saturday 28 November 2009

Bonus photo Saturday



Hosier Lane in the city, one of Melbourne's graffiti hotspots (PS the bridesmaids' dresses were about the same colour as the wheelie bin lids on the right!)



City bound, Windsor Station

Friday 27 November 2009

Waiting


Flinders Street tram stop in the evening sun

Thursday 26 November 2009

Wednesday 25 November 2009

Royal Arcade



Christmas decorations in the Royal Arcade

Tuesday 24 November 2009

Buoys


Not sure what the story is with these traffic-light-coloured buoys in the Yarra Turning Basin area (the site of Melbourne's first port), near the Aquarium

Monday 23 November 2009

Lake



I haven't seen the water level in the Botanic Gardens Ornamental Lake this high in ages thanks to the weekend rain. Not that it's that high still. Damn drought. Apparently plans are afoot to replenish the lake with reclaimed water.

Sunday 22 November 2009

Debris


Was it windy somewhere upstream last night? Waterways workers busy removing half a tree from the river this afternoon.

Saturday 21 November 2009

Coat of arms



The base of one of the lamps on Prince's Bridge. They all bear the City of Melbourne coat of arms with the motto which translates as 'We gather strength as we go'.
 
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