Zoe in the Lego tram in Melbourne Central’s Lego Store. I love it when they get the details right. 961 is a 1950-built W8 Class tram that was was used on the City Circle. While Billund is the home of Lego, Legoland, the Lego House, and Lego Headquarters in Denmark.
I’m not sure that I want to meet this tram driver on the road, I think there might be a lot of “Ding, Ding, Ding” action!
One of the columns on the ground floor of Melbourne Central painted by Kaff-eine. I’m going to have to keep my eyes open for the fox next time.
Ancestral Worship by Jaz Mishap (Jaz Miu) is a mural and lighting installation in Drewery Place. This piece was commissioned by the City of Melbourne.
This mosaic is on the back of Legacy House in Drewery Lane. It commemorates Sir Stanley Savige who founded the charity Legacy in 1923. Legacy supports the families of service-men and -women who died or lost their health in conflicts or through service-related activities. Surrounding the piece are a selection of the ceramic tiles remembering lost family members. This larger mosaic is the work of Sankar Nadeson. The mosaic is based on the 1958 portrait by Alfred Cook for the Australian War Memorial.
Sir Stanley enlisted in the AIF and saw action in Gallipoli, eventually rising to Lieutenant General accepting the Japanese surrender of Bougainville in 1945.
This piece by SB6SIX was in Drewery Lane on the back of Legacy House in Swanston Street.
All Quiet in the Western Suburbs
ANZAC 2.0
Disconnected from Legend and Reality
Another gem from Drewery Lane in Melbourne’s CBD, and another Greek myth. This time Baucis and Philemon, the only people in the village to offer hospitality to the disguised gods Zeus and Hermes. They asked that when one of them died, that the other would die as well. When they died, the couple were transformed into entwined trees, an oak and a linden.
Street art in Drewery Lane in the Melbourne CBD. As far as I can tell this is a depiction of Cupid and Psyche, or Eros and Psyche.
A quick trip through the Newport Railway Museum was in order while I was in the neighbourhood. This Victorian Railways Suburban System map note that the City Loop is under construction, and that railway buses link East Camberwell and East Kew, and Sandringham, Cheltenham and Southland. This was inside of Hitachi unit 187M.
The stored Harris rail greaser unit (794M and 797M) at the Newport Railway Workshops Open Day 2026. This unit is from the last build, and does not contain asbestos unlike earlier units. The Harris units were commonly referred to as Blue Trains as they wore VR’s Blue and Yellow livery similar to T364. The Harris units started to replace the Tait unit, known as Red Rattlers.
The Newport Railway Workshops water tower stand guard at the exit to the 2026 Open Day. The 30 meter tall tower can hold 375,000 litres of water. It provided water to the entire railway workshops from 1888 through to closure in 1992. Even such a utilitarian building was given contrasting banding and detailing in the brickwork.
In the middle of the line of Victorian Railway’s L Class is L1169 at the Newport Railway Workshops Open Day 2026. L1169is sitting behind yesterday’s L1162, and in front of L1160 in V/Line orange and grey livery. The orange and yellow livery on L1169 was for the Apple TV+ series Shantaram. This is the second time that L1169 has appeared on screen, she appeared in Texas Eagle livery in Ghost Rider.
While L1162 is operational and L1160 is a longer term restoration project. L1169 is stored for parts to keep the other two operational.
Blue and Gold liveried Victorian Railways L Class, L1162, reflected in the adjacent carriage. The English Electric built L Class were Victoria’s only mainline electric locomotive. They were used on the Gippsland line hauling passenger trains and heavy briquette trains. L1162 hauled the last V/Line electric passenger service in 1987, and operated some Steamrail tours in the early 2000s.