Melbourne Mix

I visited Melbourne last week for work. What a vibrant and bustling city! Had a great time, plenty of good food, and the work thing went well. In the it’s-a-small-world category, I got to catch up with an Utah classmate from 25+ years ago with whom I will be working over the next year or so on a project.

I didn’t take a lot of pictures despite some nice walks and sunny days, but here’s a few.

This mural caught my eye as I stood in line to buy another Moonswatch for my friend Paul. There’s a good article about its history.

There’s tonnes of art on the streets, some more academic, some less so.

“Commit no nuisance” in this alleyway.

A couple shots from the Queen Victoria market. I bought a hat from this shop on our first trip to Melbourne in 2017. I still like the idea of wearing a hat, even more so now that my scalp is mostly exposed to the sun’s evil rays. I think I look fine in a hat. But that said, I still look at an array of zillions of styles like this and walk away with nothing quite working.

In a place with so much nice early 20th century architecture, I expected more exciting access covers than I found. The design of this little water meter cover is workmanlike if not exactly snazzy.