Photo Blog

Pride in her work

Posted on 15 November 2019 Part-way through beautifying this Chorus roadside cabinet in Alicetown with a colourful fantail theme, the young artist Sarah Dyson has attached a brief resumé to introduce herself and her on-line presence to passersby. © 2019 Ross Collins

Downtown

Posted on 14 November 2019 Parts of Featherston are looking much more upbeat and confident these days. ©2019 Ross Collins

All at sea

Posted on 13 November 2019 While the Art Gallery of Ballarat displays modern and avant-garde work, its walls also include many more traditional paintings such as these large oils by Norwegian maritime specialist Johan Bennetter - 'The First Shot' (1885) and 'A Bore on the Hooghli' (1886). © 2019 Ross Collins

Fisherfolk

Posted on 12 November 2019 Among the more than 100 bollard sculptures along Geelong's Baywalk made from reclaimed timbers and piles by Jan Mitchell is this charming tableau - "Scallop Fishermen and Woman". © 201921 - Scallop Fishermen and Woman

Gone bush

Posted on 11 November 2019 A stand of (I think) silver birch trees attracted my interest. © 2019 Ross Collins

The beautiful people

Posted on 10 November 2019 Tucked away in an alley, Melbourne artist Danielle Weber's 2017 Geelong mural of Jay Z and Beyonce wasn't easy to find, but hard to ignore once I'd found it. © 2019 Ross Collins

Going under cover

Posted on 9 November 2019 The former Dalefield Co-operative Dairy Company factory in the Wairarapa has been slowly overrun by vegetation since closing down in 1984 during the headlong consolidation of the dairy industry. © 2019 Ross Collins

Turning the other cheek

Posted on 8 November 2019 The frontage of the beautifully-restored former Wakelin's Flour Mill building in the main street of Carterton is a joy to behold, but contrasts somewhat with the south-facing wall. © 2019 Ross Collins

Not just any Airbus

Posted on 7 November 2019 Last Sunday's Singapore Airlines A350-941 service to Wellington was operated by not just any of the airline's 34 A350s currently in service, but by an auspicious aircraft in the history of Airbus. © 2019 Ross Collins

Coming up short

Posted on 6 November 2019 As Wellington's former Clarendon Hotel stands abandoned and forlorn while awaiting its fate, a plaque points to an earlier failed effort to secure its future. © 2019 Ross Collins

Going under

Posted on 5 November 2019 I frequently walk through the tunnel running under the southern end of the Wellington International Airport runway and often thought there must be an image opportunity there. © 2019 Ross Collins

Something fishy going on

Posted on 4 November 2019 Miramar artist Hamish McGibbon was working on a sealife-themed mural on a Chorus roadside cabinet in Breaker Bay when I was passing yesterday. © 2019 Ross Collins

Mash up

Posted on 3 November 2019 A recent event at the Dalefield School had something to do with pets. © 2019 Ross Collins

According to custom

Posted on 2 November 2019 The first scheduled Singapore Airlines A350-941 to arrive at the Wellington International Airport received a traditional water salute yesterday. © 2019 Ross Collins

Heaven's above

Posted on 1 November 2019 The interdenominational Gladstone Church was bathed in bright Wairarapa sunshine yesterday. © 2019 Ross Collins

Going green

Posted on 31 October 2019 The former Eildon House Hospital building on the campus of the Ballarat Base Hospital in Victoria is being slowly consumed by creeping vines. © 2019 Ross Collins