31 May 2009

The mist of Traralgon

driving out of Traralgon on a misty Sunday morning....

30 May 2009

Hill Top Hoods

Singing New York

... in Sale! Eskimo Joe is still on stage ...

Eskimo Joe in Sale

We're getting down to the business end of the evening.

Burn, the triple j Unearthed band

... are playing their last song.

Burn

... are the Unearthed band opening the day at triple j's One Night Stand in Sale, Gippsland, Victoria.

Roulettes

Roulettes over Sale

Sale Museum

triple j parking straight ahead

Entering Sale, Gippsland.

Dairy cattle in Gippsland

It is wet and muddy underfoot - true dairy country.

Horses near Sale

Up close at the power station

You can hear a sizzle in the air!

Hazelwood Power Station

The power station can be seen for miles - it lies off the main road between Morwell and Churchill, Gippsland, Victoria.

Power Station near Hazelwood Coal Mine

I can smell the distinct odour of coal.

Dredge 21

Dredger 21 from Hazelwood Mine

The first Bucket Wheel Excavator of its type to be operated at Hazelwood Mine, south of Morwell.

Manufactured in Germany by Lubecker Machienbau Gessellschaft.

Yarragon Dairy Company

Industrial architecture from another era - today it lies empty.

Drouin Public School No 1924

Having not been to Drouin since we stayed there when I was seven years of age, I took the detour off the freeway and discovered a wonderful piece of Art Deco architecture in the drizzling rain - the Drouin Public School No. 1924 established in 1877 but with the main building clearly built decades later.

29 May 2009

Welcoming Bollards at Melbourne Airport

What a great set of fine figures, welcoming visitors to Melbourne. I'm usually in too much of a rush to get to the first meeting to stop and take a photo.

13 May 2009

Slaves to Corporations

Cartoon stuck on a warehouse wall with the text: NO HUMAN MUST ESCAPE CORPARATIONS (sic) GIANT ANT HUMANS MUST STAY SLAVES TO CORARTIONS (sic) OR ELSE THEY WILL BECOME MUTANTS. This is in Omnibus Lane, Ultimo.

Jeepers Creepers Jumbo

At the corner of Ultimo Road and Omnibus Lane, painted paper stuck on a wall.