The Human Scene Down Under

Bird song from the Rosslea streets was like musack filtering into our rental house, my mind subconsciously identifying the instruments in the avian orchestra. Even less focussed than yesterday due to ...

Melbourne: A City that’s Hopping

After leaving the Rydges Melbourne at 7:45 a.m., Vilis and I strolled south on Exhibition Street and crossed a sextet of railway lines into Birrarung Marr Park bordering the Yarra River. Terns wheeled...

Melbourne: Cultural Capital of Australia

Melbourne’s Chinatown was quiet when I walked through it early this morning. I saw only delivery trucks as I headed for Elizabeth Street, which I followed northwest to Queen Victoria Market. As ...

‘Marvellous Melbourne’

While Vilis registered for the animal movement conference being held on the first floor of the Rydges Melbourne, I headed out into the city with map in hand. Stepping onto Exhibition Street in Austral...