Recently on a trip to Melbourne, strolling along Flinders Lane, I felt like I was Alice who had fallen down the rabbit hole. Every gritty inch of it delivers a suprise. Coffee hole in the walls a plenty, graffiti lined lanes and art gallerys tucked behind and below back doors.
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| Shhh..a sneaky man...down a side lane |
Its urban generation at its best, making best used of disused warehouse spaces and breathing new life into them in an extremely well designed and executed manner.
I started with a flat white, a delicious grenola and berry yoghurt at Cumulus Inc. armed with the paper 'Broadsheet' which suitably reports on many artistic topics.
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Delicious breakfast @ Cumulus...I was in the clouds!
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Then I popped into Flinders Lane Gallery and was energised and inspired by the colourful works of Karlee Rawkins.
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| Karlee Rawkins - Pea King |
Next Hosier Lane, every inch covered with well done graffiti, this is art! Its right it has a gallery lane all to itself, and at the end of it the best tapas in town...Movida for lunch.
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| Urban Jam - Graffiti in Hosier Lane |
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| Another beauty in Hosier Lane |
Then to Degraves - one of Melbournes oldest laneways. It was buzzing with activity and we just had to have a further coffee at Degraves Espresso.
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| See the romance in the window... |
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| The beautiful shop that is Bison, ceramics of colours made to sing |
The laneways in Melbourne are a real feature and add such life to the CBD. Sydney has been taking notes and slowly little lively lanes are cropping up. It gives the city a much more human scale, away from noisy buses and traffic.
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| Autumn light hits the pavement |
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| A florist shop front, an art work! |
Then to have a few cocktails in the basement speak easy bar that is Go Go's. Many of the places we went feel like you are going to be entering a car park, but no, beyond the eye lies the funkiest little bars alive.
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| Nothing beats an end to a good day than some cocktails with good friends |
Take a morning to stroll Flinders Lane, you will not forget or regret it! Next time a little treat, I tracked down some of the designers of these cool spaces.
