Melbourne

I really liked Melbourne. It is just a really cool city and I was glad I planned to spend 6 days there. I visited the National Gallery of Victoria for some awesome art exhibits, saw Federation Square, and did a walking tour of Melbourne’s little back alleyways of shopping arcades and lanes full of street art. I will do another post of all the amazing street are I found. I went to the Royal Botanical Gardens, and paid way too much to see an exhibit of Banksy works (he’s a famous street artist). I also went to the Australian Center for the Moving Image, a neat little museum and center about movies, TV, and video games. There were lots of interactive exhibits showing the past and present of the moving image and they were showing all kinds of movies there. I went to the Queen Victoria Market, which had a food section that reminded me of the market Scott and Lucy took me to in Cleveland, with all different kinds of meat fish, and produce, but the rest was all tacky junk and I didn’t spend much time there. I wandered around in Fitzroy, which reminded me of Brooklyn, and went to an awesome artist market there where I had fun buying christmas presents. And I went to St. Kilda which is a beach town suburb of Melbourne. There was a little boardwalk type fair there and I had fun practicing taking photos of all the rides while they were in motion.

Melbourne shopping arcade.
Melbourne lane with street art.
This is a sculpture by the artist Bruce Armstrong. There was an exhibit of his work at the National Gallery of Victoria and I really liked his organic and interesting sculptures.
Federation Square.
McDonald’s is called Macca’s here!!! Crazy!
Flinders Street Station. The many clocks in front are a famous meeting place.
Melbourne skyline.
Reading room at the Melbourne State Library.
Fitzroy. So hipster.
Entrance to Luna Park.
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Crazy spin ride at Luna park that I had fun photographing but not riding.

Alley with street art everywhere!

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