It was a surprise to find Dame Edna Everage smiling out of one of Melbourne’s many lane ways. Dame Edna Place is on the south side of Little Collins Street and was named in 2007.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 20
Tag: Street Art
Loud Friend Melbourne Central
The Kate Pullen mural at the top of the escalators from Melbourne Central Station out to Elizabeth Street.
“This wall goes out to all those about to have a conversation with an incredibly loud friend inside an overly quiet train carriage.”
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 189
Melbourne Central Kaff-eine Column
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.
- Aperture: ƒ/1.68
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 6.9mm
- ISO: 48
Jaz Mishap – Ancestral Worship
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.
- Aperture: ƒ/1.68
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 6.9mm
- ISO: 19
Sir Stanley Savige – Legacy Founder
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.
- Aperture: ƒ/1.68
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 6.9mm
- ISO: 584
SB6SIX – ANZAC 2
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
- Aperture: ƒ/1.68
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 6.9mm
- ISO: 406
Baroq House – Baucis and Philemon
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.
- Aperture: ƒ/1.68
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 6.9mm
- ISO: 120
Drewery Lane – Cupid and Psyche
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.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 82
Kilsyth Mural
Kilsyth on the back of one of the toilets at the Elizabeth Bridge Reserve, Kilsyth.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 28
More Southbank Bees
More of Bees by Mike Makatron (@mike.makatron). This is the section right under the King Street bridge over Yarra Promenade. Yesterday’s Bees carries on from this one on the right, I missed a very small section in the middle so I couldn’t join them up neatly – next time!
- Aperture: ƒ/1.68
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 6.9mm
- ISO: 147
Southbank Bees
Bees by Mike Makatron (@mike.makatron) under the King Street bridge over Yarra Promenade outside of the Crown Casino complex.
- Aperture: ƒ/1.68
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 6.9mm
- ISO: 13
Audrey Hepburn Southbank
A slightly grubby monochrome Audrey Hepburn mural on a hoarding alongside the Yarra River in Southbank, Melbourne.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 20