My partner and I have just returned from a short holiday to Melbourne. We drove along the Great Ocean Road, which has to be one of the world's great coastal drives, and I took along my bag of cameras, including the Harinezumi. This little toy digital camera has a number of effects but they all come out looking roughly like a super 8 film, faded or saturated with time.
We arrived in Melbourne via Geelong. I hadn't been to Geelong before, and I loved it. It had a lot of great domestic architecture and was very atmospheric. I felt the past, being in Geelong. Of particular note was the Eastern Beach precinct. It was a dream for nostalgics, with sweeping lawns, a brilliant blue paddling pool, handsome red brick kiosks, brightly coloured picnic seating and, best of all, a whimsical fountain of joy! The fountain itself was wonderful to look at, with lots of shells and stylised dolphins, but surrounding these were four large water birds standing on turtles!
We also visited the Heide Museum of Modern Art. There was a wonderful exhibition of work by Emily Floyd called "Far Rainbow". The exhibition was made up of a number of different media; prints, wood sculptures, a slide show, even grass matting! I thought it captured an idyllic early 1970s feel with its primary colours and wooden toy-like shapes. Of course, there is a more substantial reading of the work, but you can find this out for yourself here! The two snaps below were taken at the exhibition (no flash, of course).
