Fragments of Melbourne

Mio-ghost also has many jobs one of which is as a traffic policeman, or rather a traffic light (hence one of his hangouts) "turn right, turn right!!" mio ghost knows the way...

In quiet repose Twoone 'hare self' basks in the sun aligning with the surrounds; outline left, circles right... catch the tram out of the city up Sydney road to Brunswick, walk toward Jewell station.

Melbourne has a big influence on the artists that visit; they love painting and return as often as they can, some even move here. Ears wavy triples checking out Juddy Roller in his soon to be hood...

In Fitzroy Melbourne lurking just around the next corner with much unspoken, insinuated story; this was the day I learned how this Hank & Rad monster got his intense colour...

Drawn into an unexpected conversation with Loadz she looks again...

Sofles noir girl feeling the new space before the onslaught of projection-mapped colour at White Night 2015

A watchful Bonsai eye as the Twoone dreamer goes deeper and the underlying geometries begin to re-form... you'll need the Craigieburn line to see, look left as you near the end of your journey...

A well content Ohki blaze-y bunny relaxing at the end of the day. Still. The housemates are all gone. The house awaits its destruction and transformation into. more. boring. apartments.

"I said step on 'it' not on 'me' Bagaaaakk!!!" Choq n Putos Chicken Rider - not every ride is a good one it seems hehehehh this team up was well superb though.

Come-uns rollie whale trying to get out of the alley without being seen [it's not working...] At least Gums and co colour matched their throwies and tags. Many are not so lucky...

Laura Alice beautiful paste up mural 'Hope is the thing' along with some of Baby Guerrilla's pasties this is one of the biggest in Melbourne and surrounds (this one being in Norlane)

A putos / dem189 fire dragon gliding through clifton hill in search of a sound; a melody...

Loadz in charge finds a new spot to hang and gain a job as some kind of... er, of flower display. "yo driver, they totally went thataway!"

Atack is fairly quick at sneaking into abandos and giving them a little last minute life and colour and blue noodle boogie before it all comes crashing down...

Once sometime after play, Barek woke up one day and most of his world had burned away :/ A goat boy pastie placed precariously on an ashy imprint.

One of the first artists in this abando, the former BBC/Bunnings Slicer makes a dash for it, trying to get out before the abando crumbles; seen here in its final days the roof and walls missing.

A couple of nights later Slicer was still there, only just. Not for long though. Have to be quick. Abandos are developer delicacy ATM.

Half way up? half way down? In just the right place, where I want to be? Renaissance expert and visceral twister Goodie mid contemplation: contemplating contemplations...

Somewhere underground. Whats in the darkness here? Maybe Repeat's Ratboy will find another home?

Up above the world somewhere learning to fly dream slip style with a little passed down acquired knowledge; a Baby Guerrilla paste up out in Moonee Ponds, a little north west of Melbourne.

A New Years gift left by Knock and Be Free - the 'Water Dragon Blaster' - was the perfect start to 2015.

Jaws from France loves abandos and set off some acid rain in this one; a challenge to the demolition crew - see who's the fastest at collapsing the buildings.

Might stop here for a while... the roaming Rone found a new place to temporarily call home painting the biggest mural in Melbourne.

Be Free and Erin Greer love leaving presents around Melbourne town. If you're in Collingwood make sure you check out the spice at Raffles and the play in the streets outside...

Whether the weather or weather it not, Moo's going to play where she wants, on that spot.

A Shida dragon rests between flights. From some of the largest murals you'll ever see (Lodz, Poland) to the smallest stickers no bigger than your thumb (Melbourne, Australia) Shida travels and creates

Sometimes there is good in the world. And sometime recently an abando was saved not destroyed and turned into an arts precinct!!!! If you're in Melbourne make sure to check 'Power House Geelong'

If you band all their trees- what can you expect? A giant Smug possum attack that's what! Head to Northland Shopping centre to experience this epic battle. There's bonus Adnate, Sofles and Smug too.

Even after the old bowling alley ceased to function as such, there was still much fun to be had... This is probably Amos Duggan's biggest mural to date.

Location location, Husk knows location... an old concrete plant somewehere down south then a little west; the perfect canvas.

Knock side-skeksis and carni-guardian barks both ways at intruders. Knock if you dont know loves water dragons and the Dark Crystal, amongst other things.

The lost city of Togs still exists to this day. An abando created and cleared and then stored for those to come.

First one into the upstairs of what is now a car park - 'The Rose' this is a Tera-saur speaking native.

The big green bird nesting amongst the boulders beside his favourite graff wall; catch the train down to Werribee and you'll see him if you look out! The artist is v01r and the station near: Aircraft.

Makatron 3121 green Rhino materialising. 3121 is the postcode for Richmond. Richmond Melbourne that is. A good name to call a cafe there. And a nice place to stop if you're a thirsty rhino.

Deams and Slicer dancing down the stairs... They have survived here for many years only because the roof of this huge place is asbestos and will cost $1,000,000+ to remove!!!

Thinking her thoughts alone a present from Gus to Melbournes most famous abando 'LaRundel'

Be Free had just read a book by a guy who draws places just like this one and now she gets to play in one just like them...

Lala doesnt mind abandoned spaces and seems especially happy with this one. This little mexi-ghost appears all around the outer suburbs if you know where to look...

Makatron cycles of forever ouroboros style. This one appeared in 'The Peoples Market' A genius idea and use of spaces with a limited life span. The market was a success, and Makatron rolls on...

The Cezary Stulgis menagerie sending dimensions every which way. A purple spectrum stream of concious.

Stopping briefly in Melbourne after Form festival in Perth on his way through to New Zealand we were very lucky to have Alexis Diaz leave us his 'thorn-squid-corn-hand-moth'

"Please park your graffiti here and put your hearing protection on." Hive in back Ghosto foreground. Apparently Hive spent months on this piece working on it little by little, and it is- his best.

Who needs electrics, padded seats and pristine duco when you have fire duck at the wheels? No need to tell Caper 'carpe diem' Hes already there...

BMD know the fastest way to travel is of course, by worlmhole.

Something about the time the place the company in which he painted all lead to this incredible Danke crystal charger being painted...

Straker neon steezy. Previoulsy painting in blacks and whites and negatives Straker revisited Melbourne with his new technique the 'neon glow'

Mostly known for his prolific paste-up and stickering Barek is also in love with spray paint - here a purple puppy sits, peeved cause he has to leave Melbourne real soon...

Leagues bridge troll; leave behind a toenail some mouldy asparagus or a small polyhedron and he'll let you pass...

In CKA westside crew with the Duke, this is the Marine emerald charger nicely fenced off in his own private quarters...

I'd already taken many photos when these two in their puffer jackets - ribs the same distance apart as the mesh on the wall - appeared and stood mystified in front of the El-Ghostow boson-dribbler.

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Leagues 3 wise dribbly. Speak to the first and he'll listen, the second will gasp; the third will tell you what you need to hear...: are you ready for it? Walk the alleys in Preston if 3 wise you seek

Eno, Shida, Twoone, Taylurk 'dream states' collaboration between NZ, Aus, Japan and USA.

Lucy Lucy, AWOL crew, Melbourne: How long she stood and ponder what beyond, had come and gone.

Moving through this world on raw electricity Dukey Grimo paints in fire, plasma and liquid metal.

Herakut in Melbourne!! 'No Reason to be Scared' well maybe just a little. She lasted quite a while in Union street; along with Rutledge and Hosier lanes one of the most painted places in Mlebourne...

"Do you have the crazy?" Yeah, probably. I went in search of this incredible Gus from Brisbane piece as workers outside dyna-bolted LaRundel secure from intruders- I was locked in the insane asylum!

The halls of sanity. The place has been smashed and burned constantly over the years, but like a metaphor for a troubled life she still stands.

Rone checked in for a while; once upon a time. Acceptance of the moment can help so much in piecing them all together.

Into his urban Jungle paradise El Ghosto master of colour and math and dimensional portals, letters animals charos, anything, he paints it all, the bigger the wall the better...

Slicer finds his mark on the walls and in the water. He likes his abandos clean and fresh and if possible a little singed...

Makatron and Dem189 portal rhino. Created specially for Rainbow Serpent Festival these two halves were never meant to be and actually never were together... but we had to see them together, you know?

reaching up for his favourite juicy leaves this Chris Caon twisty neck giraffe floats through the streets of fitzroy. Painted in 2011 this is still one of my favourite ever pieces.

One of the most exciting things you can find in an abando is a new Rashe piece. Here Rashe takes his chaos for a shimmery electro gallop.

Rad stripey water girl sewing the seeds in a barren wasteland. If you're in Footscray go west down Hopkins St look up to your right and there she is.

And now for a while 'To sleep perchance to dream...' Goodie signing off with some simple lines.