travel
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Queen Victoria Market
I’ve been to this market plenty of times before, taking photos and filming video, so if you’re interested in its history, have a look through my blog archive. My wife, on the other hand, hadn’t been there for about 15… Continue reading
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The Great Pakenham Lakes
You haven’t heard of them, have you? Fair enough. Neither had I. I only just made the name up. Pakenham is real, of course, and it does have lakes. Calling them great lakes, though, might be stretching things a little.… Continue reading
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Winter Night Market
You might be asking: what the hell do you do at a market at night? If we’re talking about Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market, the answer is a little unusual: eat good stuff and have a bit of fun. Queen Victoria… Continue reading
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Turpins Falls
Turpins Falls is about an hour and a half north-west of Melbourne, not far from Castlemaine. It’s not a part of Victoria I visit very often, but a good waterfall is always worth the drive. The falls owe their existence… Continue reading
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Napoleon in The Briars
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings.” Lewis Carroll Let’s have a yarn about kings and… Continue reading
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Cape Schanck Lighthouse
Victoria’s coastline is dotted with lighthouses—and for good reason. These waters have always been treacherous, and back in the days of sailing ships, wrecks were a regular occurrence. In fact, the coast is scattered with the remains of ships that… Continue reading
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Docklands at Night
I’m continuing my little series on Melbourne after dark. The city really comes alive at night — it’s colourful, charming, and always interesting to wander through. In winter, darkness arrives pretty early too, so by 6 pm it already feels… Continue reading
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Platypus Lake
In the Dandenong Ranges there’s a little town called Belgrave. It’s a cosy, good-looking place, mostly home to people who are a bit better off than average. But this time I’m not writing about Belgrave itself — it’s about one… Continue reading
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Elizabeth Street
I’d like to share another wander around central Melbourne. The CBD’s actually pretty small — about one and a half by two kilometres. I headed out to test some new lenses for my Panasonic, including a fisheye. The fisheye really… Continue reading
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Modern Architecture
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского I’ve gotta admit straight up — I’m not a fan of modern Melbourne architecture. I’ve been living in Melbourne since 2001, and heaps of buildings that locals now just take for granted… Continue reading
