Snapshots, Richmond

I like the light on days like today when one minute it is is raining horizontally and the next the sun comes out, photos from my late afternoon wander though West Richmond.

Modern houses in Richmond, quite a lot of this cheek-by-jowl with nineteenth-century terraces and weatherboards, some really good and some a bit average, this isn't my favourite but it looked good in the sun.

Red brick corner shop.

Back of the 'All Nations Hotel' on Lennox St.

Terrace Houses on York St.

Art Deco 'Davis Relova Laundry' , building designed by Walter Mason, apparently it was converted to apartments several years ago, more here. Facade is looking a bit shabby

Snapshots, Ballarat

View of the Mining Exchange and Post Office, Lydiard St Nth.

Begonias at the Begonia Festival, Ballarat Botanic Gardens.

Daylesford Snapshots

Some photos I took while down the road the other day. Don't know much about any of the buildings I'm afraid!

 The local post office, always nice to see a post office still in its original building. I found an early photo of it in the SLV collection from the late 1890s but I am guessing the post office was probably built a decade o two earlier, but I'm not really sure.

Daylesford, ca. 1897-ca. 1899, b/w ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm. approx.
Image No: b27334, State Library of Victoria

Breakfast and Beer

Cnr of Vincent St and Central Springs Rd

Snapshot, Ballarat

I was waiting for the bus to Daylesford on Wednesday and it was a beautiful sunny day so I took some photos. This is the station. The full temple portico is pretty impressive, I guess it speaks to the wealth of Ballarat during the nineteenth century.

Snapshot, Sydney

The old Police Court on Liverpool St in Sydney. It was designed by W. L. Vernon and completed in 1892.

Snapshots - Kyneton

Cast iron verandah on Mollison St.

I stopped in Kyneton briefly on Saturday. I don't think I had ever been there before, as far as I can remember. There are some lovely old buildings, particularly on Piper St.

The Mechanics Institute, built in 1858 to a design by William Douglas.

The old flour mill on Piper St, now a curry house and wine bar.