Part 2 of the ACDC Lane loop brings us to Duckboard Place – the Laneway that takes us back around to Flinders Lane. It has some very good restaurants, an after hours pop-up bar, residential accesses and great wall art.
Street Art, Duckboard Place
Duckboard Place
Street Art, Duckboard Place
Street Art, Duckboard Place
Street Art, Duckboard Place – I think the plumbing is a piece of Industrial Art – it goes up several stories.
Street Art, Duckboard Place
Near Hosier Lane is another Laneway, ACDC Lane, named in honour of the rock band AC/DC . The Lane circles back to Flinders Lane via Duckboard Place. Many of the walls have large colourful pieces. Along with the great art are several good restaurants and a famous Bar and live music venue – Cherry.
Street Art, ACDC Lane
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ACDC Lane
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Next Post – Duckboard Place
Continuing from yesterday’s post on some of the recent street art in Hosier Lane during May. Another week or two and much of this will be gone and covered by other pieces (or a mess of tags until an artist claims a chunk of wall).
Hosier Lane Artwork, Melbourne CBD, May 2015
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Posted in Laneways, Melbourne CBD, Victoria
Tagged Australia, graffiti, Hosier Lane, Melbourne CBD, Melbourne Laneways, Photography, Street Art, Urban Photography, Victoria
A recent sunny lunchtime found me wandering the back streets and laneways looking for interesting shots of old Melbourne.
I find that converting the image to black and white removes the clutter of modern colours and distractions and allows me to see the old bones.
Higson Lane, Melbourne CBD
MJ Bale, George Parade, Melbourne CBD.
Melbourne Club Wall – woman are only allowed on one side of this wall…
Melbourne Club Wall
Bourke Street, Melbourne CBD
Job Warehouse, Bourke St, Melbourne CBD
Pellegrini’s, Melbourne CBD
The State Library reading room has to be one of the best spots in the CBD to sit and study. It is also a good place to photograph from one of the many nooks on the several floors above the main room. I have been here a number of times to view the galleries, the art, and to watch people study.
Click on photo for a larger view
State Library, Melbourne CBD
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The padlocks have been removed. 20,000 signs of committed love cut from the sagging wires of the foot bridge. Stored in buckets until the City Council can figure out what to do with them. They lasted for 3 years and due to their weight and that other cities like Paris were removing their padlock chains (apparently because the fad is over) we have lost ours too. A few weeks ago I just happened to be on the river after work with a friend and we stopped to take a few practice pics of the evening views and the city skyline as the light faded and the city lights kicked in.
Ponyfish Island (with bar) under the Yarra Walking Bridge, Melbourne CBD
Padlocks on the Yarra Walking Bridge, Melbourne CBD
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Yarra Dusk from the Southbank, Melbourne CBD
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Paynes Place is a nondescript, bin strewn laneway in Melbourne’s China-Town off Little Bourke St. There is however a large mural at the end of the lane. Turning the corner, a small walkway called Croft Alley leads you down past restaurant back doors and overflowing, smelly rubbish bins to wonderful walls of ever-changing street art with amazing colours. Turning another corner, and walking to the very end, you find the entrance to strange bar with a science lab theme called the Croft Institute. There is quite a bit of intact art in Croft Alley without the crowds that often fill up the more famous Hosiers Lane. ( I still haven’t had a good look at Hosiers due to a fashion shoot, a TV presenter filming, tour groups and an impromptu macarena dance outbreak with about 50 people.)
Paynes Place, Chinatown, Melbourne CBD
Croft Alley Chinatown
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Tagged Australia, Chinatown, Croft Alley, graffiti, Melbourne CBD, Paynes Place, Photography, Street Art, Street Photography, Urban Photography, Victoria
The Gap Year and Beyond 