down by the beach

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…. at St. Kilda (a seaside suburb of Melbourne)

sign on side of brick building that says the St. Kilda beach laundrette, yellow painted tag below it

below: Five Star Convenience

mural on the side of the 5 Star Convenience store in St. Kilda, Melbourne, showing street scene and beach scene, people on beach, woman roller blading on sidewalk, old fashioned souped up car, also rendition of the convenience store

below: Mural by Bronik – two naked women, one purple and one blue.

mural on the side of a modern residential building, large hand with silver ring on index finger, with yellow background, also a tag below it in pink and white with black dots

street scene, residential neighbourhood, St. Kilda, Melbourne, one wall has street art mural by Bronik on it.

below: ‘The Tiger Mural’ by Bailer and Conrad Bizjak… with a spotlight on the ship being tossed by the wave.

tiger mural by bailer and conrad bizjak, large tiger jumping into a wave holding a large gun? with spotlight on a small black boat being tossed in the large blue wave

below: A wispy painting by Tom Gerrard

mural by Tom Gerrard in St. Kilda, wispy abstract person in black and blue, seated, on a brick wall, above a door

below: Diamonds and diagonals on brick

brick wall, diamond patterns made by painting individual bricks, white and black with blue, red and yellow accents
4 green trash cans in front of a mural on brick wall, diamond patterns made by painting individual bricks, white and black with blue, red and yellow accents

below: Reaching skyward

mural on the side of a modern residential building, large hand with silver ring on index finger under a window

mural on the side of a modern residential building, large hand with silver ring on index finger

below: Calligraphy type street art on the corner, as well as all around the bottom, of the St. Kilda Exchange (telephone).

calligraphy mural along the bottom of a three storey brick building

abstract, section of a larger graffiti painting,

below: A small portion of the mural seen on the side of Neighbours Cafe. It was a collaboration between Bailer and CTO (Pete). The actual mural includes a long horizontal section of “flowing” black and blue hair… see the next two images!

part of a mural, street art, woman profile, eyes closed, blue black hair, lines on face, painted by bailer and CTO, on the side of Neighbours Cafe

hair part of mural of woman's portrait in profile, black and blue very stylized, with eyes, and angles in it
hair part of mural of woman's portrait in profile, black and blue very stylized, with eyes, and angles in it

below: Smokin’ red heart!

street art mural with large red heart with smoke coming out of it's mouth. it has heart shaped nose

below: High on a wall, a large white head (Moon Man) beside a banana peel.

below: DJ Carl Cox is the subject of this mural. Unfortunately his portrait seems to be distorted because of the angle needed to get this photo. As you can probably tell, it was painted by Lynch (aka Rory Lynch-Wells)

portrait of Carl Cox, a bald black man, with glasses, and open laughing mouth, street art mural high up on a brick building, by Rory Lynch-Wells

below: Contrasts – the white building with the ornate facade vs the simpler, more modern, building covered in graffiti.

buildings in St. Kilda, one is white with ornate trim, and the other is covered in street art
urban art

below: Someone write “why so lifeless” on this Bronik mural. The colours are vibrant but I will have to say that the facial expressions are dull and strange, and perhaps “lifeless” is appropriate.

mural by Bronik, 4 women sitting together, in bright colours,
street art in an alley
street art in an alley

below: Stickers

three stickers on a metal pole, one is a skull, and the bottom on is a gold coloured circle with black line drawing, both are adverts for tattoo studios

bright coloured fragment of a larger mural piece, black raindrop on red background, black and white stripes beside brown

white eyed white creature mostly hidden by blue and green tag painted over it

below: Hello Harry

black BMW parked in front of a mural by method, with text hello harry, killerrat, random,
garage door covered with graffiti street art
ugly purple face, with other graffiti scrawls on a wall
backyard, looking over the top of a wall that has street art on it, basketball hoop in the backyard

graffiti on rusted metal, sticker, animalface with only one eye showing, rest of face behind a blue sticker

abstract, part of a larger mural, purple semi-circle, blue rectangle, black and blue lines on white background.

The last image – it’s not street art, but if you walk along the beach at St. Kilda, you may encounter this couple as they enjoy a leisurely drink by the water. These are Rabbitwoman and Dogman, creations of Gillie and Marc.

sculptures, rabbitwoman and dogman, sitting outsidde cafe on st. kilda beach, having a drink, creation of artists Gillie and Marc

Photos taken March 2025

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