#VictoriaMarket

Dave HollandTasDave@aus.social
2026-01-17

I have been in #Naarm for 3 days now. A night in hospital for biopsies, to see if I have (another) cancer. Had to stay here for 48 hours before heading home in case I needed to get urgent attention (didn’t).
Staying opposite the #VictoriaMarket, part of our old stomping ground. Now lying in my hotel room with a wonderful coffee (I had forgotten how great coffee can be here) and eating a slice of amazing chocolate cake.
Reading ‘all the pretty horses’ by Cormac McCarthy for the second time. I have read every work he ever published except his last two books. I have decided to read all the others again before the last two.
I still can’t believe how brilliant his language is.
Finally, I feel like I have actually #Retired. A new chapter. New adventures.
I feel like my body is sighing.
Tomorrow night I will be home (on nuenone country) for a while, with my love of 46 years. In a while we will move on to parts unknown but still in lutruwita.
sigh…😌

2023-06-19

Ok another one from 2016 trip. Outside Victoria Market, street food vendors cooking up deliciousness! But, clearly I was not a fly on the wall. I was totally busted by this very friendly and accommodating woman.

#australia #melbourne #victoriamarket #photography

View of street food vendors outside Victoria Market. In the foreground is a tuktuk with a woman behind it (she's probably taking orders for the food) holding up her hand with the split finger peace sign. She is wearing hat made of some sort of straw/bamboob--possibly Vietnamese? She's all the way left in the frame. To her right, and more in the background, are several men cooking   skewers of meat over hot coals.
2023-06-19

I started digging through photos of a trip to Australia back in 2016. I'll probably post more over the next week or so... sort of reliving it after not looking at these pics for quite a while. This one really struck me. This kid is probably 16ish by now? Wonder what he and his mom are up to? Hope their lives have been joyous. This is in Victoria Market in Melbourne.

#australia #melbourne #victoriamarket #photography

A young boy and (presumably) his mother stand amongst a produce stand, shopping for provisions. The boy holds a red shopping basket but is looking down at something on the ground. The woman is picking potatoes from the stand. Potatoes, onions, celery, rhubarb, and other produce are visible.
The Streets of MelbourneNessaUndreza@aus.social
2022-12-09

#Melbournes #VictoriaMarket - a mural on a toilet block and a couple of surrounding features.

Took these a couple of weeks ago, will be going later today. Will take more pics then!

#suburbanart #streetart #mastoart
#suburbs #burbs
#murals #muralart #mastoart #publicart #art #melbourne #victoria #makesmehappy

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