Up there and at 'em

AFL practice match at Gosch's Paddock (or something. I dunno. I was just walking past on my way to buy food)

Bonus photo Friday

Shot Tower, Melbourne Central (an 1880s building preserved within an early 1990s retail development, which is pretty damn excellent when you think about it)

Monash Freeway footbridge

Cranes everywhere

From the corner of Russell and Bourke Streets, city

It rained!

OK, perhaps it was only drizzle, but moisture did fall from the sky today

(Shot is of beads of water on a silver seat/sculpture thingie on Elizabeth Street, city)

Old pier

I love that remnants of this old wooden pier have survived the redevelopment of the south side of the river

Cloud shadows

Those dark patches in the sky are shadows, not grey clouds

From Swan Street Bridge

Tropfest 09

Tropfest (the world's largest short film festival) at the Myer Music Bowl. The 16 short films were beamed live around the country from Sydney today.

Under construction

You can never have enough sports stadia...

Lilies

Shadows

Looking across Birrarung Marr to the city from a different angle to yesterday

Walkway

Looking back towards the city while walking home through Birrarung Marr, the public park on the edge of the city

(PS Woohoo! 50 posts!)

High on the hill

...the clock on the silo says 26 degrees (if you look closely at it)

Punt Road, South Yarra

Stone heart

Old warehouses backing onto Guildford Lane, in the middle of the city

Curve

The shell of the Sidney Myer Music Bowl,

which celebrated its 50th birthday this weekend

Hazy II

The city from Morell Bridge

Hazy

The smoke-shrouded sun setting over the Botanic Gardens

(with bonus swans)

Silver lining

Taken from Batman Avenue

(for my non-Melbourne readers - no, it's not named after the superhero)

Soccer in the city

Alexandra Gardens

Eucalyptus

Beside the Yarra River, near Federation Square

Monday morning...

...life goes on in the city

Swan Street tramstop, Richmond

Hell

35 people confirmed dead as bushfires rage across Victoria. The toll is expected to exceed 40

Shake it, baby

Wooden maracas, Chapel Street

Clouds

8 Exhibition Street, City

The dry, grassy hill at Birrarung Marr, right on the edge of the CBD

PS I couldn't decide so you get a bonus shot

High strung

A few of the many pairs of shoes dangling above

Balcombe Place, off Little Collins Street

Just like autumn

Leaves are everywhere as the trees try to survive the

drought and extreme heat

Furled

Hibiscus, Alexandra Gardens

St Michaels

High Street, Windsor

Leafy

Gosch's Paddock