Photos, videos and docs of John Oram, with the keywords: "Melbourne"

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 15:15:00 +0000

The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium also known as AAMI Park was completed in 2010 and is used for rugby (league and union) and for football. This view was taken from the Eureka Tower.

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Arts Centre Melbourne - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 15:15:02 +0000

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The distinctive spire of Arts Centre Melbourne viewed from the Eureka Tower.

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MCG - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 15:14:57 +0000

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The next best thing to visiting a cricket ground for a game is at least seeing it especially when it is as famous as the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This view was taken from the Eureka Tower.

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Fitzroy Gardens Conservatory - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:10:34 +0000

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Fitzroy Gardens Conservatory, Melbourne (1930).

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Where Man Meets God (6) - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:09:16 +0000

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I am not convinced of the existence of a supreme being but I am certain of the insignificance and transience of man in the face of nature. My title for this occasional series is a convenience to link pictures of places where what man has made meets what he has not.

Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne is busy with residents and tourists but lends to the city a tranquility which seems to reduce the impact of a skyline to match those of many cities in the world. Melbourne, although exciting, is an aggressively busy city and, for a while, in these gardens, I felt mercifully detached.

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Where Man Meets God (5) - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:09:08 +0000

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Receiving Pillar - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:57:08 +0000

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A charmingly inscribed 'Post Office Receiving Pillar' in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne.

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Cooks' Cottage (1) - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:57:16 +0000

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My research into Cooks' Cottage in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne has left me a little disappointed. I decided to view only the outside during my visit and I missed, apparently, very little. The building originates in England in 1755 when it was built by the parents of Captain James Cook. It is not established that Cook himself ever lived there and it was moved to Australia in 1933-4. Although it contains representative but very little original furnishing, it has become a major tourist attraction.

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Cooks' Cottage (2) - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:57:38 +0000

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No One Man's Land (2) - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:01:38 +0000

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The installation 'No One Man's Land' (2009) by landscape artist David Long is at Eureka Tower Plaza, Melbourne.

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No One Man's Land (1) - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:01:32 +0000

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The installation 'No One Man's Land' (2009) by landscape artist David Long is at Eureka Tower Plaza, Melbourne.

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Station Pier from Afar - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:10:13 +0000

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Before the arrival of Crystal Serenity, as depicted earlier in my photostream, I viewed Melbourne's Station Pier across the city from Eureka Tower. Holland America Oosterdam is seen prior to departure for Sydney with the ferry 'Spirit of Tasmania II' which would leave for Devonport at 1930.

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At Station Pier - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:59:26 +0000

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This rather splendid view of Station Pier, Melbourne shows the contrasting styles of the ferry 'Spirit of Tasmania II' which would sail at 1930 for Devonport and the cruise ship Crystal Serenity which had arrived from Sydney and would overnight before departing for Adelaide as she continued her round the world cruise from and to Miami. I get both amusement and pleasure from the symmetries and intersections created by my travels. I had seen Crystal Serenity earlier in my own vacation in Auckland. We had gone our separate ways with Serenity leaving the New Zealand port three days before Oosterdam and been reunited in Victoria. In this shot, Oosterdam is obscured by the two ships shown.

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Crystal Serenity at Melbourne - 5 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:59:12 +0000

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During my excursion into the city, the cruise ship Crystal Serenity had arrived in Melbourne from Sydney and would overnight before departing for Adelaide as she continued her round the world cruise from and to Miami. I get both amusement and pleasure from the symmetries and intersections created by my travels. I had seen Crystal Serenity earlier in my own vacation in Auckland. We had gone our separate ways with Serenity leaving the New Zealand port three days before Oosterdam and been reunited in Victoria. In this shot, Oosterdam is obscured by the two ships shown.

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Pedestrian Bridge (5) - 4 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:36:47 +0000

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This short series might seem a bit OTT but I was rather taken with this bridge over the Yarra River in central Melbourne. As far as I can tell, it is called simply the Pedestrian Bridge.

The bridge is adorned with so-called love locks although not the extent of the Pont de l'Archevêché in Paris and also provides access to the Ponyfish Island Cafe on the Southbank side.

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Pedestrian Bridge (4) - 4 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:36:38 +0000

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Pedestrian Bridge (3) - 4 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:36:31 +0000

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Pedestrian Bridge (2) - 4 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:36:19 +0000

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Pedestrian Bridge (1) - 4 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:36:16 +0000

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Spirit of Tasmania I - 4 March 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:25:48 +0000

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The well equipped Station Pier was the Melbourne destination of Holland America Oosterdam on arrival from Port Chalmers (NZ). On the other side of the pier was 'Spirit of Tasmania I' which is one of two ferries which provides daily (and, seasonally, twice daily) service between Melbourne and Devonport, Tasmania.

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