Signs

This post was inspired by Andrew, who is actively collecting the old signs of Melbourne for a project he has on the boil.

The last signs of Whelan The Wrecker.
The public used to call the early workers of this company ‘ Whelan’s Birds’ because of the heights they would scale, balancing on the walls of their [...]

Always rubber necking…

I would like to thank Alyson from Laugh In The Sun for giving me a Kind Blogger Award this week. I am chuffed by that. I have met so many kind bloggers, so I pass this award to all who have commented here (if you don’t have it already). You are a [...]

Quick bits from a 30’s magazine

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Edit: This is actually my 100th post. Yipee I made it this far!!
Want to go back in time? Here is the front cover of a 1933 edition of The Australian Women’s Mirror. I couldn’t resist taking a photo of it on top of my washing machine for some reason. The miscellaneous modern paper [...]

Yackandandah

Well, finally it is time to go to Yackandandah or Yack as the locals call it. I said I would go there earlier but the truth is that as soon as I did an incredible period of blog block descended. I have no idea why although I dreamt about Beechworth the other day ( [...]

Merri Good Morning

Early Sunday morning walking past the market garden on the Merri Creek
This is a photo of the CERES run market garden early this morning with mist still in the air and dew on the grass. The garden covers a two and a half acre plot on the banks of the Merri Creek in Coburg.
This [...]

Oakleigh Pioneer Cemetery

Gravestone reads: In loving memory of Catherine McQuade native
of co Monaghan, Ireland who died 27th November 1877. Aged 64 Years.
Recently, I spied, what looked from a distance, to be a lone gravestone in a beautifully maintained park. Sometimes I just like to bumble around until something takes my eye and like many of us cemeteries [...]

Country Miles between my photos and I

I have been reading Jayne’s marvellous blog Our Great Southern Land since I got back from my wanderings and as always it is just amazing what a  wealth of knowledge she shares about all things Australian. It is a great read, even if you only partake of  her humourous tales of family life but if you love your Australian history and [...]

The working past

Yesterday I posted about the little garden next to this building. What is this place? That is the question I send out to all who spend a little time looking around with me.
This section of the property opens onto the grassy verge and it seems to have delivered or taken in deliveries. I [...]

A Secret Garden

A quiet, little secret garden.
Having washed my eyes on the scenery of Breamlea I was happy to find this rampant little garden tucked away on the road back to Melbourne. It may have been a working garden once with edible qualities. I am not sure.
The garden is located next to a set of interesting [...]

Christmas survival aid

Grassy, glassy water
Christmas in Melbourne can feel all rush, glare and glitter, sometimes bad tempered glitter at that. People are encouraged to go out and stress over presents, food and baubles for the table. Spend, spend, spend. Hustle, push and hurry. Urk.
Sometimes I just have to go to a quiet place. We went for [...]