Gorgeous Thursday evening sunset in Docklands, Melbourne. A lovely end to a short week before the Easter long weekend.
Sunset over Docklands, taken from the 29th floor of Collins Square.
Independent goods line
Sunny Saturday afternoon at the Independent Goods Line that runs under Footscray train station.
A freight train heading towards Melbourne city on the South Kensington–West Footscray railway line, next to Footscray station.
Holey dramatic skies, Batman!
You get great views of the clouds from the 29th floor of a building in Docklands.
A break in the clouds
You know you're in Melbourne when
You know you’re in Melbourne when you have to wear sunglasses and be under an umbrella at the same time. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Selfie in sunglasses, sheltering from the rain under an umbrella.
It's raining in Sunshine
Looks like it’s raining across Sunshine this afternoon. Or maybe that’s Deer Park? I don’t know — it’s difficult to judge distance from this far away without an obvious landmark!
Looking towards Sunshine from the 29th floor of a building in Docklands.
Stage door at Festival Hall
I got to walk through West Melbourne early this morning while on my way to volunteer at the Run for the Kids fun run. There was an issue with the trains so I had to get off one stop before I wanted to and walk the rest of the way. I didn’t mind too much because the walk was nice and I got to take this photo of the stage door at Festival Hall (formerly a stadium, now a heritage listed concert and sporting venue).
Stage door at Festival Hall in West Melbourne
Hi, Dad!
Run for the Kids 2019
Run for the Kids is an annual community fun run in Melbourne that raises funds for the the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Good Friday Appeal.
What’s particularly cool about this event is that you get to run over the Bolte Bridge, one of Melbourne’s two iconic road bridges (the other being the West Gate Bridge). In fact, if you look closely at this photo of the Bolte, you can actually see people running across the top!
Bolte Bridge as seen from Docklands, Melbourne during Run for the Kids 2019
Transurban has been a principal sponsor of this event since 2006. And, every year, hundreds of my colleagues either volunteer their time as organisers and/or participate in the run with their families.
Given I’m a digital and social media person, my contribution for the 2019 run was to post content to Transurban’s social media channels and to moderate the tweets and Instagram posts that were going to be displayed on large digital screens around the event space. Both kept me busy and both were lots of fun.
It was particularly nice to see people post a photo using the event hashtag and then take a selfie of themselves in front of the big screen when their original post came up in the display rotation :)
Of course this meant that I got to spend most of the event in a marquee bent over my laptop.
Selfie in a marquee at Run for the Kids 2019
Not that I minded, of course. I wanted to contribute in any way that I could. Besides, I’m not a runner so it’s not like I was going to participate anyway!
All in all, I had a really fun day and the event was hugely successful too — which, of course, is the important thing.
Judith Lucy is fantastic
Last night Nadia and I went to watch Judith Lucy’s latest show at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. If you’re into an honest, brutal, hilarious, mature, and insightful comedy about love, relationships, and society, then you should go watch it as well. Judith is fantastic. 10/10 would recommend.
Waiting for Judith Lucy to come and perform her fantastic ‘Judith Lucy vs Men’ show.
Neighbourhood watch cat
Why I’ve started to document the cats of Kingsville, I don’t know. But here’s today’s cat enjoying the warm sun as it checks us out from on high.
Clouds before a storm
Multilayered, multidimensional sky on an increasingly windy evening in Melbourne — at the leading edge of an approaching rainstorm.
Dramatic skies at sunset in Kingsville, Victoria, Australia.
Summer is officially over in Melbourne
Summer is officially over in Melbourne when cafes dust off and wheel out their outdoor space heaters.
A large outdoor space heater warms people who are sitting at an outdoor table of a cafe in Docklands, Melbourne.
Partly cloudy day on the 30th floor
Partly cloudy day on the 30th floor at Docklands, Melbourne.
Looking out the full-height windows on the 30th floor at Collins Square in Docklands, Melbourne
Sunny, windy day in Yarraville Village
One of my favourite things about Yarraville Village, very close to where we live in Melbourne, is that I can take this kind of photo of trains that stop here :)
City bound train at Yarraville railway station.
Not-so-friendly neighbourhood cat
Another day, another cat.
This one wasn’t as happy to see us as the one we walked by yesterday :)
Grumpy cat in Kingsville
Friendly neighbourhood cat
I don’t recognise many of my human neighbours in Kingsville, Victoria, but I do recognise most of the dogs and cats that live around here :)
This is cat I’ve met a few times, but scritched only once (when it was sitting on the fence). This appears to be its new favourite spot, though, because I’ve now seen it chilling out exactly there two weekends in a row (which is usually when I walk Maggie down this street).
It’s a really friendly cat that Maggie doesn’t react to (yay!). I hope I get to scritch it again in the future.
Dramatic skies in Footscray
Dramatic skies in Footscray, where we’re at the bottom edge of a storm that's rolling across Melbourne this evening.
Dramatic skies in Footscray
Sunset over North Melbourne station
The sunset over North Melbourne station was particularly golden today.
Sunset over North Melbourne railway station
I bought a bike!
I bought a bike!
My last push bike got stolen a couple of years ago and I've felt quite lost without one. Walking is all well and good, but as someone who has owned a bike for most of his live, it is so very nice to be back in the saddle. (Even if that saddle is going to make me sore for the next week or so!)
Selfie with my new Giant (brand) bike!
Trains parked at North Melbourne
There were a bunch of trains parked at North Melbourne station this afternoon because it's Labour Day in Victoria so there wasn't a busy commute time they needed to cater for. #SaturdayTimetable
Trains parked at North Melbourne station
Love Letters To Feminisms
Nadia and I had an excellent time this afternoon at ‘Love Letters to Feminisms: a live performance of feminist texts’. Organised by the Loving Feminist Literature collective, the event featured several writers, poets, academics, and performers who shared their works and the works of other feminists.
The performances were powerful and emotional, and each one resonated strongly with everyone in the room.
Nadia was one of the performers and she read a piece that honoured the Pakistan women’s movement and all they’ve achieved over the last few decades.
Nadia performing at ‘Love Letters of Feminisms’, alongside an Auslan interpreter
Bonus: the event was held at the Bluestone Church Arts Space in Footscray, which a lovely venue that looks great in selfies :)
Selfie in front of the Bluestone Church Arts Space on Hyde Street in Footscray.
Seriously, though, it was a joy to be among so many diverse and enthusiastic feminists in Melbourne. I look forward to attending more of Loving Feminist Literature’s events in the future.