Melbourne CBD
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In the background, the Rialto Towers is a skyscraper located at 525 Collins Street, in the western side of the central business district of Melbourne. Completed in 1986, it was Melbourne's tallest building until the opening of the Eureka Tower on the other side of the river in 2006.
This vew looks northwest to the north side of the Yarra River near the Birrarung Mar Park.
This mixed group of school children are dressed in their school uniforms. Both private and public schools require students to wear uniforms reflecting their school colors. Whenever outdoors, schools children wear broad-brimmed hats for sun protection and boys normally wear short pants.
Take a deep breath and dive into the bustling hive of commerce that is the Bourke Street Mall, emerging hours later, arms laden with shopping bags and head reverberating with the sounds of the street's lively buskers. Melbourne's retail heart links Swanston and Elizabeth streets and is only open to trams and pedestrians. Listen out for the bells of approaching trams as you drift between department stores.
This young man is immensely talented. He works long hours each day to earn money to complete his university degree in piano.
Lunch trade is the busiest time for these street vendors, in a couple of hours, these lanes will be empty.
The Princess Bridge is located at the oldest Yarra River crossing in Melbourne. It was built in 1888 on the site where three previous bridges had been since 1840, two wooden bridges and one of bluestonehttp. The current bride was completed in 1884. Architect: John Harry Grainger the father of the Australian composer Percy Grainger, and built by David Munro using ironwork fabricated by Langlands foundry in Melbourne.
The muddy Yarra River flows under the Princess Bridge with only a couple of kilometres to go to Port Phillip Bay. On the right side (north) is the Melbourne CBD, on the left side (south) is Southbank.
This curiosity caught my eye when I was doing a photo-shoot at Southbank in the Melbourne CBD. What engineering purpose does it serve? Four precisely drilled holes with bolts extending from their centre, only one capped with two nuts, with two washers in between each nut. The nuts do not serve a purose as they are not up against structure - do you know? Add a comment below.
Melbourne shoppers are treated to a wide variety of buskers delivering musical treats from traditional, contemporary and indigenous Australian music played on the didjeridu.
I couldn't resist taking this photo.
Oblivious to the beauty around her, this elderly lady is engrossed in completing her daily crossword puzzle, bathed in the warmth of the morning sun.
The Arts Centre, bronze, 1984, by Cole Sopov - installed 2001
Flinders Street Station Mural by Mirka Mora, 1986. The mural is on the inside wall at the Yarra river end of the station next to Clock’s Restaurant.
I spoke briefly with this man. I don't know what to say about him. My heart goes out to him regardless the reason for his plight.
A young child is lost in her dreams and imagination as she listens and watches enthralled by the scene that unfolds before her eyes.
One of a number of developed lanes within the Melbourne CBD which have become popular eating places with a wide variety of eateries.
Melbourne is known as one of the world's great street art capitals for its unique expressions of art on approved outdoor locations. Street art includes stencils, paste-ups and murals and does not include graffiti or tagging which is illegal.
Everywhere you look, colorful people walk the city streets. If not literaly colorful like this young lady, indeed each has a colorful story to reveal.
Ophelia by Deborah Halpern at Southgate in Melbourne
The Latin translates to "She gathers strength as she goes" (a quotation from Vergil's Aeneid). There are four lamp stands on the Princess Bridge. Each holds two large spherical lights. This is the base of one of these lamps stands.
The Cupcake Bakery, Cnr Flinders Lane and Elizabeth St, Melbourne with An attractive display of cupcakes in the shop luring passersby with a window of neat cake shelves and tiers of sugary treats styled artfully on pastel stands.
This mosaic lies at the entrance to Australia on Collins, a shopping centre.
A common scene. I've even seen couples in a restaurant not speaking a word to each other with their faces buried in their smart phones. This gives a new meaning to togetherness.
This man was happy and optimistic about his lot in life and was pleased to make the most of his situation. Very admireable!
The Southbank precinct is a popular destination for tourists and school classes. Here a group of children are about to explore the surrounding area under the guidance of their teachers.
Melbourne's GPO building located on the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke Street in the centre of Melbourne's CBD. It is currently listed on Australia's Victorian Heritage Register. The former purpose-built post office building was redeveloped for retail by adaptive reuse in 2004. The architectural style of the building is Classical and was designed in the Victorian period by architect A.E. Johnson. Its historical significance is also due to incorporating distinct sections built over a period of 48 years between 1859 and 1907
I was fascinated by these guys setting up for their next show. The man sitting in the chair didn't move a smigeon. Was he another dummy like his mates next to him?
These attractive women are waiting for the traffic lights to change. It's very common to see people lost in their own world of sound. This is OK on trains and trams, but very dangerous when mingling with traffic.
Located in the underpass in the Flinders Railway Station, this barber has been here since the 60's. Nothing has changed inside the shop, except for the window signage intended to reflect contemporary services.