New Quay Promenade, Docklands - art

I bet there's plenty of debate whether Docklands is a raging success of an urban renewal project or a misguided ill-placed misadventure - I know I can't make up my mind. It's a perfect venue for daytime activities; the dragon boat festival is great! But come nightime it's a ghost town. And don't even mention the micro-climate! Stick a few wind turbines in there and I bet the whole of Docklands would be self sufficient!

If there has been one definite benefit of the Docklands build, it's been for public and installation artists. There's a great amount of public art to see, get the tour guide here. Above is an image of one of the installations on New Quay Promenade.

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Balcombe Place - Art

It's like there's a party in the lane and every shoe is invited. Creativity comes in all shapes and sizes, sometimes it's even a size 9.

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Hardware Lane - Art

I love the grunge of many of the lanes in Melbourne, I'll be photographing plenty of them in the following months. But I thought I'd start off with a really nice piece of art I saw in Hardware Lane, it really fits in with the surrounding restaurants. This particular piece is outside Vialetto Restaurant

Melbourne a'hoy!

I'm going to celebrate today, my first day in Melbourne with a Melbourne shuffle, just like this ...

Dunny n' shed tour

If you're thinking of driving from Sydney to Melbourne (or vice versa) and can do it in two days, then you have a million options that are available. Driving along the coast takes you past some beautiful seaside towns, a whale museum, plenty of cheese shops, and if you take your surfboard you'll get some of the best breaks in Aus.

Another option is going inland. The Hume highway must be one of the most boring roads in the world as it now bypasses pretty much everything, you'll even bypass 10 hours of your life if you don't jump off the highway to appreciate the fact you're in the heart of Australia's farming region.

So my suggestion is, if you're going the inland route, do it over two days and jump off the Hume. Get into some of the old towns and see what you're missing out on. Get a vanilla slice, have a pie and watch a country footy match (honking your horn when a goal is scored is a must).

One town that I'd like to visit it Lockhart. It's classified by the National Trust,which is great and I'm sure is a reason in istelf, but what I really want to see is what's in the picture above - a Dunny 'n shed tour!

If you're a vistor from overseas and wondering what in the world that might be, here are two links for you: Dunny. Shed.