Daily Melbourne Photo - 31 May 2006

Agave on Wellngton Parade

Daily Melbourne Photo - 29 May 2006

Dynon Bridge


Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 D, 1/640s, f/8, ISO 200, manual, spot meter, shade WB

Construction pics - Eureka Tower 23 May 2006 II

This one's nearly a week old, but it's a bit purty...

Daily Melbourne Photo - 28 May 2006

Morning on the north bank of the Yarra...

Construction pics - Eureka Tower 28 May 2006

The deck and monkey from the recovery crane come down...

Daily Melbourne Photo - 27 May 2006

Yarra's Edge, Tower 5


Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6 G, 1/1000s, f/8, ISO 200, manual, spot meter, shade WB

Construction pics - Eureka Tower 27 May 2006

Recovery crane coming down, and a couple of poofter-arty-wanker shots

Construction pics - Spencer St DFO 27 May 2006

5AM, 6.8 degrees, pumping concrete. They've got to be mad :)

Another casino shot

And a scummy place it is too...

Construction pics - Eureka Tower 26 May 2006

The main crane is down, now the recovery crane is being taken apart...

Daily Melbourne Photo - 26 May 2006

West Melbourne...


Nikon D70, Tokina 17mm f/3.5 AT-X, 1/640s, f/8, ISO 200, manual, spot meter, shade WB

Daily Melbourne Photo - 25 May 2006

Australia vs Greece fever hit the city today. Looks like at least one person didn't get carried away with it all...

Grungy casino shot

Trying to do a photo of the flames without producing a classic Melbourne cliche image here...

Construction pics - Eureka Tower 25 May 2006

More crane removal...

Daily Melbourne Photo - 24 May 2006

Southbank early yesterday morning...


Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 D, 1/5000s, f/8, ISO 200, manual, spot meter, shade WB

Construction pics - Eureka Tower 24 May 2006

More crane removal progress...

Daily Melbourne Photo - 23 May 2006

Former power station and current contaminated site, Lonsdale St


Nikon D70, Tokina 17mm f/3.5 AT-X, 1/500s, f/8, ISO 200, manual, spot meter, shade WB

Construction pics - Eifel 23 May 2006

This is about as good as I can make it look. The rest is Brady's fault :)

Construction pics - Eureka Tower 23 May 2006

Crane started coming down today...

Daily Melbourne Photo - 22 May 2006

Sculptures outside the Arts Centre


Nikon D70, Tokina 17mm f/3.5 AT-X, 1/800s, f/8, ISO 200, manual, spot meter, shade WB

Construction pics - neo200 21 May 2006

Daily Melbourne Photo - 21 May 2006

City skyline from Dynon Bridge


Nikon D70, Tokina 17mm f/3.5 AT-X, 1/640s, f/8, ISO 200, manual, spot meter, shade WB

Construction pics - Landmark 13 May 2006

Tower crane being brought down with a big mobile...

Lyttelton II

While taking construction photos at Victoria Dock about a month ago, I spotted this old steam tug looking a bit on the rusty and decrepit side. A bit of research tells me she was built in 1938-9 in Scotland, served as a tug in Lyttelton NZ for 40 years, operated as a tourist vessel in Sydney and then went to Geelong in 1987 before moving to Melbourne.

More information here

There's something rather surreal about sights like this just outside of the Melbourne CBD and surrounded by all the shiny newness going up in Docklands...