Australia

Melbourne's botanical gardens are comprised of sections that represent several of the planet's ecosystems.  A really talented guitar player on the lawn near  the "wetlands" had all us species "flocking"…

The 170 year old royal botanical gardens of Melbourne are a green dream. Pictured above is Fern Gully, a re-created rainforest where I perched myself in this very chair to…

The alleys ( laneways ) of Melbourne are covered with everchanging art created by quirky artists who have established a name for themselves within the inner circles of this community.…

These profiles of aborigines are painted by various artists throughout the city on buildings - their individual style is as distinctive as a Monet or Picasso in the world of…

Some of these paintings will last only a day or two as it is perfectly acceptable to paint over them by another artist to maintain an ever changing art scene.

Here's another example of a particular artist's brand....he tucks these little mouse doors into unusual places and when you find one, it feels like the reward of a special treasure…

The laneways like Duckboard Place, Hosier, ACDC, or Higson distill Melbourne's creative, colorful personality in fabulous pedestrian thoroughfares of incredible art, bars, and restaurants!

Melbourne Street tours is run by the actual laneway street artists - this was our guide and he was a font of gossip regarding the artists who keep these alleys…

Each lane has a distinctive personality - this one is close to Lee Ho Fook - the now infamous restaurant thanks to a reference in the song Werewolves of London.

Some artists who do their work during the day like to remain incognito - this one was wearing a construction worker's jacket so it looked, to the undiscerning eye,  like…