...and sunny. These clouds didn't drop any rain here, but maybe they did out east.
Looking out my bedroom window this afternoon.
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Ace things about Melbourne
- * Brunswick Street
- * Chapel Street Bazaar.
- * It has a lane named after rock band AC/DC and a swimming pool named after a Prime Minister who is believed to have drowned at sea
- * Its vibrant multiculturalism
- * Royal Botanic Gardens.
- * Shady Caroline Street in South Yarra
- * The disco balls hanging above Rankins Lane in the city
- * The domed reading room of the State Library.
- * The eucalyptus trees and old lamps beside the river near Fed Square.
- * The huge mural spanning the length of the side wall of Dimmey's discount department store in Green Street Richmond
- * The laneways, especially Degraves Street and Centre Place.
- * The old terrace houses in the inner suburbs.
- * The Royal and Block Arcades.
- * The street art (commissioned and otherwise).
- * The Victorian architecture, especially the interior of 333 Collins Street, the Olderfleet Building and the Melbourne Safe Deposit Building on Queen Street
- * The view of the city at night from the Swan Street Bridge.
- * The Windsor end of Chapel Street
- * There's always a festival or major event happening.
Maybe the recipient of the advertising dollars for the billboard could direct some of the money to fixing the clock.
ReplyDeleteI get rather cross every time I think about how the Nylex clock has been left to lie dormant. Surely a consortium of government, private enterprise and other organisations could chip in to get it going again, if no single company is willing to put up the funds?
ReplyDeleteI think it is left to lie dormant as its 'use by ' date has passed. Until some ine can see some public(ity) benefit in getting it going again the dust will continue to gather.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's reached its use by date at all. There's a lot of affection for the old clock among Melburnians. It's an icon, like the Skipping Girl Vinegar sign and someone paid for that to be restored in the past few years (AGL, according to google).
ReplyDeleteAny entity which stumped up the funds would get good publicity out of it...but maybe they'd prefer to have their name up in lights, not Nylex's.