ANZAC Day 2023

 

They shall grow not old,

as we that are left grow old;

Age shall not weary them,

nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun

and in the morning

We will remember them.

A Selection of Australian Art / Ian NGV Potter Centre.

A selection of 19th, 20th and 21st century Australian art.

 

MELBOURNE LANE ART (Hosier Lane)

A short walk from Flinders Street station is Hosier Lane, the most popular graffiti tourist spot in the city. 
It is a bit of a tourist magnet and the most famous graffiti laneway in Melbourne.

Most times of day and you’ll see crowds of selfie taking tourists and many artists painting the walls with their Instagram handle on display. Certainly if you want your art to be seen and photographed then this is the street to go to.

But this is not the only place to see great street art.
Here’s a map and a web site to go to to find more.

A TRIP TO MELBOURNE

The co driver wanted to go to the Australasian Quilt Show in Melbourne.

So we decided to take a few days there and use up the last of our airline pandemic credits.

It’s a two hour or so drive to Canberra airport and then a fifty minute flight to Melbourne.

We stayed in the ‘happening’ suburb of Fitzroy with its huge selection of restaurants and bars and only a short walk to the Royal Exhibition Building were the quilt show was being held.

While she spent half a day at the show I did my own walking tour of the city’s tourist icons including the Lane Art area and Southbank.

On the other free day we visited the Melbourne Now exhibition at the Ian Potter Centre of the National Gallery of Victoria,

And of course we indulged in a bit of food extravaganza which totally shot our diets to bits.

A video of our time in the city can be found at this link.