Dazza Pictures

Ok looks like this will be a long one today, so let’s roll.

The weather today was a comfortable high of 25oC and it was a lovely day to finally be able to walk around in short sleeves, so we made our way to Obscura Coffee. Obscura was opened by Thom an old classmate of mine from Swinburne. He pulled us a couple of cafe lattes and we ended up buying a few packets of Obscura coffee blends. Thom sources his beans from around South East Asia and produces his own blends of Obscura coffee. Check out the website and order a few samplings won’t ya?

Thom working the machine.

Check out the awesome thick, thick crema!

As I roamed the city today, I felt the buzz of Christmas, watching tourists & locals shopping for presents and children in awe of Christmas decorations. And then I started missing being a kid…

This little fella was squashed up against the glass ‘fish tank’ snoozing at a pet store in Melbourne Central SC.

There’s an issue of Men’s Health that says, guys who walk their dogs, attract more woman. Proof? Exhibit A.

Oh, here’s a funny story. When I first got to Melbourne in ’01, I spent my first year in the ‘sticks’ in a suburb called Berwick, now those familiar with Victoria will know how far that is. So I had to take the train for the first time to Uni, I paid for my ticket and validated it at the machine. Anyways, there wasn’t very many people at the station and as the train pulled up, I stood in front of the doors waiting. ‘Eh? How come the doors not opening?’ I wondered as I turned to my left and right and saw other passengers at the other doors getting into the train. ‘EH?’. I looked around and started to get a little frustrated ‘What the?!’. And as I peered down, I notice a door handle ‘Hmmm… is this for…’ And just as I was about to reach down to open the doors, the train pulled away, with the rest of the passengers in the train staring at me, probably thinking ‘What a silly boy’. Doh!

Headed to Evolve the Swinburne Grad Show which was held at the ACCA. Free drinks, schmoozing, chats with old classmates – now in the industry and lecturers from the day. Some nice work in a really awesome building, how often does an architect get away with using rust as the finish to the exterior cladding? Love it, cool.

And our shoot out withing ACCA, awesome light.

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