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"Red - Out of Season" Thursday 1st April 2010	"Wooden Chalet" Monday 1st February 2010	"Doorways - revisited" Sunday 1st November 2009
It's been a while since my last post - sorry. Another theme day for the city daily photobloggers gets me back in action. Todays theme is 'red' which has been covered before here, but today I show the out-of-action chairlifts for Mount Buller. You can imagine the difference in Winter! Click here to view thumbnails for all participants	Theme day for the city daily photobloggers this month is 'wood'. This is a lovely wooden house/chalet up at Mt Buller a great ski resort in country Victoria, about a four hour drive from Melbourne. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants	The themeday for citydaily photobloggers this month is a revisit from one already covered back on the 1st of September 2006. "Doorways". You can see my 2006 entry including description at the bottom of this page, or just the photo HERE. It shows the entrance to the Victorian Arts Centre building. Todays shot is vastly different, showing a 'clapped-out' car and it's open doorways having had it's doors removed. This shot was taken in Bendigo. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

"Contrast" Thursday 1st October 2009	"Night" Saturday 1st August 2009	"Follow the Yellow Duck Road" Sunday 1st February 2009
Time for a theme day. The city daily photobloggers theme today is 'contrast'. This shot of the new Melbourne Convention Centre shows the contrast between old and new buildings, with the old building encased within the new. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants	Monthly theme by the city daily photobloggers this month is 'night'. This is another shot of the Circus Oz tent in the Birrarung Parklands of Melbourne. You can also see the Giant Sky Wheel. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants	Another month, another theme day. City daily photobloggers are all posting photos on the theme of 'Paths and Pathways' today. Mine is another shot from the 'Great Duck Race' which I showed last Monday (Australia Day) here. This pathway of golden rubber duckies wearing life-saving hats on the Yarra River, was to raise money for Lifeasaving, Victoria. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

"Best of the Year" Thursday 1st January 2009	"Circles and themes" Monday 1st December 2008	"Books" Saturday 1st November 2008
Happy New year - New city daily photobloggers theme day today. This time, the annual 'best of the year' theme. This is a favourite of mine because of it's colour and movement. It is the entrance to Luna Park in St Kilda, Melbourne. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants	New city daily photobloggers theme day today. This time, 'circles and spheres'. these are ping pong or table tennis balls. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants	New theme day for City Daily Photobloggers. Today, "Books". This is the lovely local bookshop in Williamstown called Seagulls. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

"Lines" Wednesday 1st October 2008	"Metal" Friday 1st August 2008	"'No' signs" Tuesday 1st July 2008
City Daily Photobloggers theme day today is 'lines'. This is the Edge building at night, offf the side of Federation Square in Melbourne. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants	Another month, another theme day. Today's theme for the city daily photobloggers is 'metal'. These are some lovely old rusty corrugated iron sheds in the Newport railyards, looking from Melbourne Road towards the Westgate bridge and the city. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants	Another month has gone by and it's time again for the city daily photobloggers theme day. Today's theme: "No" signs". See many more entrants in the theme day here: Click here to view thumbnails for all participants. My shot is from the end of the Flinders pier. Count the number of times it says "No" in the sign. Not once, but at the same time it suggests you do not do partake in at least 10 activities! Damn, I was going to ride my motorbike down the pier whilst drinking beer, chopping trees down to make a fire before flying my plane low over the pier dragging my dog along the beach! Oh well, maybe next time.

"Local Corner Shop" Sunday 1st June 2008	"Numbers" Thursday 1st May 2008	"Water" Tuesday 1st April 2008
I took this shot this morning in the fog, for the City Daily Bloggers theme day. Todays theme is a shot of your corner local shop. This lovely old fashioned shop can be found in Thompson Street, Williamstown. Other photos on the theme can be found here: Click here to view thumbnails for all participants	This months city daily photobloggers theme is 'numbers'. In fact I have started my own page specifically on the theme here, but today I have chosen the following picture of the Altona refinery numbered tanks.	The theme of "Water" is being hosted by the city daily bloggers today. Water is found in so many of my shots on various different pages, but today one specifically showing the movement of water.

"Street Art" Saturday 1st March 2008	"Best of the year" Tuesday 1st January 2008	"Bridges" Saturday 1st December 2007
As featured in the "Ghost Rider" starring Nicholas Cage and shot in and around Melbourne is Rutledge Lane, just behind the Forum Theatre. More information about the film locations can be found here. Co-incidentally Cindy Lauper appeared on A curent affair in this lane on Thursday the very day I took this photo. (I wonder if I just missed her?) last night The entire lane including walls, bins, pipes, dumpers and more are all completely covered with graffiti. Unfortunately the work over the top of others isn't always respectful, but the combinations of various art forms is brilliant. There are paintings, stencils, posters, texta drawings and much more. Nicholas Cage must have enjoyed his time in Melbourne, as he is back here now filming a new movie called "Knowing" about an alien race trying to help save the world. Australian casting is underway as we speak, including for two lead children roles. The street art around Melbourne is often registered with the council, as you can find here. I plan to show more street art tomorrow, but today (taking time zones into account) there are many other city daily bloggers posting on this same theme.	Theme for City Daily Bloggers today is 'Best photo of the year".	I took this yesterday for the Daily City Photobloggers theme of 'bridges'. This is the Bolte bridge which runs between the Westgate Freeway and the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne.

"Blue" Thursday 1st November 2007	"Street signs" Saturday 1st September 2007	"Typical Breakfast" Wednesday 1st August 2007
For the City Daily Bloggers monthly theme of 'blue'. Containers on fishing boats at Gem pier, Williamstown.	Today is a theme day for City Daily Photo Bloggers. Todays theme is "Street lights or Street signs" Here is a standard Railway crossing in Melbourne. This one is located in Altona, you can see the city down the end of the track.	Theme day for City Daily Bloggers today is "Typical Breakfast". Now I'm not a big one for breakfast, I'd rather wait and have a bigger brunch or lunch. But what I do like is a lovely cup of coffee. Melbourne has a good coffee culture with many great coffee spots around the city and suburbs..

"Red" Sunday 1st July 2007	"Window" Friday 1st June 2007	"Where Am I?" Tuesday 1st May 2007
Theme day for City Daily Bloggers today is "Red". Now I had heaps of options for this one, but have posted them all already!. The most obvious was a sculpture entitled "Red Centre" which you can see here and here, I have also shown a red helicopter here, the lovely red walls of Melbourne Central here and her e, many flowers on my 'nature' page here, red drinks recently posted here, and many more. In the end I went for some yummy red frog lollies. Enjoy!	The monthly theme day from City Daily Photobloggers is 'through your window'. As I have shown the view from my window before, here, today I chose to show what I see most days from the window of my puppet theatre. Yes, this is my real career!	Today is the monthly theme day from 'Daily City Photoblogs" Today's theme is to show a photo from your own city which may make visitors think they are in the wrong city. I have posted another shot of Geelong pier (a small city South West of Melbourne) which reminds me a lot of Brighton, England. There are several piers in Brighton, and I'm sure you could see some here at Brighton Daily photo.

"Letterbox" Sunday 1st April 2007	"Men at work" Thursday 1st March 2007	"Waist Down" Friday 1st December 2006
City daily bloggers themeday today : A public letterbox.	Theme Day : Men at work. I have admired these guys for quite some time now. They have been busy building this wall for at least six months. It lies adjacent to Flemington Racecourse where the Melbourne Cup horse race is held. Not only is it very time consuming, but each stone is laid with a flat surface facing outward. (I have seen others with the rocks just poured in by a bulldozer.) This one is obviously of greater quality and will last for many many years to come. Glad to have such an appropriate theme day to show off their great work!	Theme day today..."A picture of someone from the waist down"

"Something that is about to disappear soon" Wednesday 1st November 2006	"Tram with taxi" Sunday 1st October 2006	"Doorways" Friday 1st September 2006
Timing! Until yesterday I wasn't particularly happy with my choice for the theme 'Something that is about to disappear soon', (especially as it had to fit in with my 'places' theme day as well), but then I heard of this new development, so I rushed down on my scooter to get a shot. On the corner of Swanston Street and Victoria Streets in the city is this old Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) building, now owned by RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology). Just announced is the development by Grocon (the people who are just finishing the tallest building in Melbourne (the Eureka Tower). I certainly hope they will keep this lovely facade in the development. More details can be found at "The Age" online newspaper article.	An extra photo today for the theme day - "Taxis". What's this ? That's Not a taxi?! I know, I know,I've used some artistic licence and posted a tram instead of a taxi, but let's face it, Melbourne is more renowned for it's trams, where it's taxis are just yellow cars with Taxi written on the top. Anyway, for all the conservatives, I have included a little shot of a taxi in the corner. OOhh controversial! This is one of Melbourne's city circle trams, which are fanatstic for tourists. There is also a very popular restaurant tram ! The ad on the side cost thousands!	The daily photobloggers have a theme day once a month. Todays theme is 'doorways'. This is a shot of the Victorian Arts Centre front doors taken just last night. Three theatres are located inside, all of which are underground for better acoustics. The spire above this wonderful entrance can be seen on my 'places' page. The inside of this building is absolutely wonderful as well, with much polished metal, velvet, lush carpets and great light features.