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CBD(ish)

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 This starts off with some scenes (or 'seens') around the CBD, or close thereto.  The first outing is in the 'close' category of Docklands.  We went there to have a look at the shiop formerly known as the Steve Irwin (now "Ship 4 Good"),  As described in this article  it spent a lot of time protecting whales in the Southern Ocean.  The ship is moored on the Newquay Promenade in Victoria Harbour.  I was surprised to see how small it was forspending much time in the roughest seas on the planet fightig off the whaling fleets. I suspect this pump squirted many litres of water at the forces of evil. The funnel design is quite attractive and I am somewhat surprised, in view of the manner of Steve Irwin's death, to see it featuring a Ray. Moving on a day I had fond a small disaster had occurred with my camera with the UV filter on my biggest lens shattering somehow.  I couldn't get the ring off the camera so took it to Vintech on Lonsdale St for repair....
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A new Project, and Williamstown revisited

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 We have effectively given up on trying to make sense out of goings on the VicRail site about current services on the Frankston and Geelong lines.  So rather than going to those new destinations we went back to Williamstown.   As we settled in to our seats Frances raised what sounds like an excellent Project, somewhat similar to our past "Every Town in NSW" epic. The aim of this is to visit every station in the Melbourne area which was originally built in the Victorian era.  This seems like an excellent suggestion.  There is a need set some rules about which stations qualify because of repurposing and rebuilding.  For example the first station outside the CBD was at Port Melbourne, and while I think the building still exists it is now the Beacon Cove tram stop.  Our current thinking is that as the station is still a public transport facility it gets a guernsey (as would the St Kilda Station on Fitzroy St).  Watch this google Doc for details ....
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Art down the road

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 I saw this (I suspect paywalled) article in the Age last week and recognised the owners of the property as the couple who set up the "Outsider" exhibition (see also the last section of this post) in Flinders Lane a year or so ago.  It turned out the house was open for inspection on 16 May so I wandered 2km down to (upper) St Kilda to check it out. As I left Sandra was sitting on a neighbour's wall so I wished her luck with the sale, and we had a very pleasant (as always) conversation.  She commented that they had owned the house for 38 years and before that it had been a Buddhist ashram for 40 years.  The Buddhists had a philosophy of never turning anyone away so Sandra and Andrew found people knocking on the door (or climbing the trees) for several years until the change of ownership became fully known in that community. A street view of the house and the agent's sign. In the back yard a wall has been enhanced by these eyes painted by Rone one of the bigger names...
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Docklands to NGV

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 We wanted to return a book to Melbourne Library and it seemed like a good idea to drop it off at the Docklands Branch and then walk via some sculptures to the art book sale at the NGV. The first sculpture is Shadow Trees by Sally Smart .  See this also. Very close to the end of the tram track! Almost under the trees was this Harley.  A very smooth looking machine with no visible chrome.   Cranes further down the wharf. Bolte Bridge in the background. An abseiler comes to ground. A wide view of Victoria Harbour, with fisherpersons on the jetties. Heading back into town. No information about this work, anywhere near it,  It is online however . Ditto.  This does not appear in the official list of artworks, although it is on the map thereof and a list of them in wikipedia  (ctrl+f is your friend). Obviously a Wabbit, but officially this . There was a tatt parlour along the promenade offering what seemed to be pretty basic items,  Still asking at...
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