Flowers of the White Night

Last night until early this morning, Melbourne celebrated its first White Night festival. We went down to take it in, although we did not stay the whole night. We took the 96 to Bourke Street and then walked down to Flinders Street, nearly getting trampled in Desgraves Street which was unbelievably packed. The colourful light displays on the buildings along Flinders Street and of the station itself were a sight to behold.

Bricks

I walk around my neighbourhood noticing the different kinds of bricks, the colours and patterns they make. This wall of concrete brick lacework is near the Aladdin's Cave (see earlier post). It makes an interesting contrast to the Victorian and Edwardian houses just down the road.

The Lady and the Moon

Recently on television there was a show about astronomy and there was a photograph of the night sky that one can see from a mountain in the Atacama Desert in South America. Due to the lack of light and other pollution, the sky seems literally ablaze with stars and the Milky Way is a veritable flood.

From the back porch in Brunswick, however, there are few stars visible. As compensation, the full moon in January was beautiful as it hovered over Our Lady. But even this will one day not be visible, if a large multistorey development of flats on the Gainsborough site goes ahead and blocks out the view of the lady and the moon.