Where’s BabZ | Melbourne Australia
I can legit call this my second home, after Chicago. The two cities have much in common.
Enjoy this photo journey - it may leave you wanting to add Australia to your travel list.
Bebe Backhouse talking about his book more than these bones
Olsen Hotel South Yarra - Part of the Artist Series Hotels. My first home in Australia and had the honor of meeting John Olsen.
To the airport……even the bridges in Melbourne have style.
Street style - wedding photos on the tram lines
And the trams have street style and sponsorship
Mingary - a place for quiet meditation
Flora of Australia - Treasury Gardens
A piece from Rone - Time Melbourne exhibit - Flinders Street Station Ballroom
Street art and murals are everywhere. Look up or around a corner or alley
Steps to Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open
Flinders Street Station - where all the trams and trains and people around and about Melbourne cross.
Summer Christmas
Sunset - those architects were thoughtful about the cladding on the buildings.
The Shrine of Remembrance
The National Gallery of Victoria - THE place for exhibits from the world and their own collections.
Marriage equality required a national vote at the cost of $110MAU to be sure it was something the country wanted - despite signs in windows for years.
Street style Melbourne also applies to the children and most especially the tutus favored by the under 8 set.
State Library of Victoria - a beautiful interior design of old and new. The reference library for the state. The City Library provides the lending side of literati.
Statuary everywhere as in many cities as a nod to those who came first. Adam was a horseman police officer, poet and writer - early to arrive but after the convicts.
Hot air balloons abound in the early morning skies of Melbourne. I took a ride and saw many descend and land on the oval near my home in South Yarra.