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Spooky

Posted on 26 September 2018 One of the first government offices erected in Bendigo following the discovery of gold in 1851, Dudley House is now an art gallery in the View Street arts precinct. When I was passing at night, the unusual Wesley Tully 2007 sculpture "Chase the Dragon" was creating an eerie sight. © 2018 Ross Collins

The same, only different

Posted on 25 September 2018 When, nine years after my first visit, I returned recently to the Sister Rocks near Stawell, Victoria, the rocks hadn't moved but the graffiti had certainly changed - innumerable times I expect. © 2018 Ross Collins

Long haul

Posted on 24 September 2018 This Air Canada B787-9 Dreamliner was lining up on the northerly runway at Melbourne Airport for departure to Vancouver. © 2018 Ross Collins

Rock solid

Posted on 23 September 2018 Built of sandstone blocks in 1848 and the oldest surviving lighthouse on the Australian mainland, the Cape Otway Lightstation is sited 90 metres above the Bass Strait. Interestingly, no mortar was used in the construction. © 2018 Ross Collins

Silent sentinels

Posted on 22 September 2018 As is so often the case with sunrise and sunset photography, the light and cloud obliged for just a few moments at dawn at the Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road recently. © 2018 Ross Collins

Local heroes

Posted on 21 September 2018 The disused Geelong Cement Works now carry huge portraits by Rone depicting an aboriginal elder, a former 35 year employee of the works, and a dual Paralympic gold medal-winner. © 2018 Ross Collins

A dog's life

Posted on 20 September 2018 When I doubled back on the outskirts of Ararat, Victoria to look further at something I had glimpsed out the corner of my eye, I hadn't expected to see this. © 2018 Ross Collins

Sitting pretty

Posted on 19 September 2018 The main feature of the Dai Gum San Chinese precinct in Bendigo is a giant, five metre lotus flower sculpture. © 2018 Ross Collins

Grab shot

Posted on 18 September 2018 As I was walking around the magnificent Bendigo Town Hall while photographing it yesterday, a side door opened to allow a delivery and I caught a glimpse of the stunning interior. I had mere moments to snatch a couple of images. © 2018 Ross Collins

The booze 'n' baccy blues

Posted on 17 September 2018 Australian 'Queen of the Blues', Fiona Boyes, was employing a whisky miniature as a slide with one of her cigar box guitars in a performance with her band for the Way Out West Roots Music Club in Newport, Victoria yesterday. © 2018 Ross Collins

In case of emergency

Posted on 16 September 2018 If the brown stuff is hitting your circulating thing and it's all getting too much, I think I know where you can find what you are looking for. © 2018 Ross Collins

Textual intercourse

Posted on 15 September 2018 The two figures painted on the ends of the former Geelong B power station, which operated from 1954 until shut down in 1970, show hallmarks of the internationally-renowned street artist Rone. Now known as the Powerhouse, the structure was thoroughly covered in street art in a 2014 arts project, both inside and out, before it was closed again and fenced-off by the owners. © 2018 Ross Collins

A closer look

Posted on 14 September 2018 I spent some time yesterday photographing the Sheoak Falls just south of Lorne on Victoria's Great Ocean Road. After capturing them from nearly every angle, I tried a few closeup shots and particularly liked this. © 2018 Ross Collins

Oh, what a light

Posted on 13 September 2018 I had photographed this silo art by Russian artist Julia Volchkova in the town of Rupanyup, Victoria earlier in the week, but not in the conditions I would have preferred. However, at daybreak yesterday, the light was all I could have wished for. © 2018 Ross Collins

Take two

Posted on 12 September 2018 The artist Adnate created this colourful set of portraits on grain silos at Sheep Hills, which I shot for the second time yesterday in more favourable light than on the previous day. It shows two Wimmera elders along with a young boy and a young girl, depicted against a night sky. © 2018 Ross Collins

On the trail

Posted on 11 September 2018 The first day of my project yesterday to document the huge works of art painted on six grain silos in central Victoria, each honouring local heroes or rural lifestyle and collectively known as the Silo Art Trail, included this work by Kaffeine in the town of Rosebery. © 2018 Ross Collins