Recently? Or at least in early 2025? many of the walls of Hosier Lane in Melbourne were painted with hearts.
below: Frida Kahlo too
below: A note from the Complimentary Nuts as well – “You shine like the sunlight rays on a winter day.”
below: He comes bearing his heart in his hand, a real heart at that.
below: Pink Panther
Photos taken March 2025
Baptist Place, Melbourne
One small section of a yellow wall.
below: him: I’ve waited a long time to carry you over the threshold, her: Finally a tent of our own!
below: It doesn’t take many lines to make a compelling portrait.
below: Two simple but cute puppies selling their wares.
below: Two Marilyns
below: upper: “Without leaving my House I know the whole universe.” Panda Philosophy. lower: T-bonez rides with trp613 (aka Ty Pro), Visual Noise & Urban Ninja Squadron.
below: A little dragon creature, by stenandoli
below: The sad grey man with the very long arms and bad posture is another creation of stenandoli. In the middle is an Australian White Ibis by tweet – I wonder what it is trying to say to the cat?
below: A foxy lady, by Susi Foxy Art, aka Susi Luard.
below: Carried away by a yellow balloon…..
below: left: “T Phobia is rooted in White Supremacy” with a purple flower. middle: “Don’t be dick”, with a yellow flower. right: He seems to be holding a fish. Seems fishy?
below: Look out everyone, there’s an angry looking Blastoise pokemon character coming your way!
below: Think!
Photos taken February 2025
Batman delivers. Unfortunately, the image below is cut off but the words say, “Oh Clark, the Christmas street art is amazing!”
And Christmas street art it is, a whole double door in Hosier Lane covered with Christmas themed graffiti, stickers, and paste-ups – part of the Melbourne Street Art Collective meet-up on 15th December 2024.
“Have a crackin’ good Christmas” nutcracker by Lisa D. as well as a Christmas tree full of guitars. The “pin-up women” Christmas images are the work of Srta~Dolores. In the bottom right corner is a painting of a woman done on a drinks list menu; Moscow Mules, Bellinis, Brambles, and Dark and Stormys for $9 each. It is the work of Jimzina
Minnie Mouse and a grandmotherly Mrs. Claus make an appearance along with another Lisa D. illustration, this time candy canes.
below: Rock on Santa, love the cool shades. The yellow LEGO guys have “SAH” on their jackets – Street Art Hunters!
below: “Gnome means gnome.”, Homer Simpson as Santa Claus, and Robbo-t gets dressed up like an elf.
below: Batman is still delivering gifts but now he’s wearing a special Batman Christmas sweater. A very Australian koala looks on.
below: This Santa wears big pink glasses and a rainbow hat.
below: Bart Simpson spray paints a Christmas message while Lisa Simpson stands by.
below: The bottom of the image is cut off, and a blob of blue spray paint gets in the way, I’m afraid, but there is a pink and white cowboy boot filled with Christmas goodies by Alice Mole. Also here, SAH – Street Art Hunters, ‘playing cards’ with Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer….
below: I think that it’s Marilyn Munroe surrounded by shiny Christmas baubles.
below: Santa Sleighs
below: Even pokemon characters celebrate Christmas, as do the characters from ‘The Nightmare before Christmas’.
Santa gnomes with text: “Damn we’d like a kiss from a beauty like you. Come on mistletoe, work your magic” and top right: “With looks that hot, you’re melting any chance of a White Christmas”. These were brought to you by the Complimentary Nuts
below: Santa and Mrs. Claus baking in the kitchen together – maybe they’re making gingerbread men!
below: Santa celebrates a successful night of sleigh driving and toy delivering with a well deserved day at the beach with a friendly kookaburra and a playful platypus. 
below: “It’s okay to say No, No, No” by Katie Ruby
Photos taken early March 2025
Beaney Lane is a small lane in downtown Melbourne. Once it was nondescript, now it has colour. Along one wall there is a large street art painting with a portrait of a blue lady at one end. The words “Inner Dream” are written beside her head. Her hair is covered with a net-like cap; a waterdrop shaped jewel rests between her eyes. She was painted by Mongolian born artist, Heesco.
Australian artist Matt Adnate was also involved in the making of this mural. A pair of green eyes peers out from behind a head covering.
Presumably his name is Unger
This structure stands in a park in Port Phillip (St. Kilda) Melbourne.
below: An owl on the left and a lion’s head on the right – with a can of spray paint in the middle.
below: The interesting part of the artwork is the other wall. Here there is a large image made of ceramic tiles. You can find many familiar St. Kilda landmarks in the picture – the pier, Luna Park, and the beach for instance. The central image is surrounded by squares decorated with various symbols, pictures, and/or words.
below: “TRUST” as well as “Bad Spellers of the world untie”
below: “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” as well as “Belonging to something, to someone, that’s what health’s about”
below: “Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above, they are forced by pressure below.”
below: “HOPE” as well as as Thoreau quote: “The world is but canvas to our imagination.” It also asks a question: “Would it be a problem if you had a peaceful mind?”.
“Welcome to our site of community reflection, respect, recovery, resistance, compassion across difference. This is a place where differences are forgotten and your heart unites with others. This mural was launched on the 4th of Dec 2009 by Frank O’Connor (mayor), Serge Thomann, Mirka Mora, Carolyn Briggs, Aunty Jacks.
ANZAC Centenary, Legacy Street Art Project
This post updates one from January 2016 (Legacy Mosaics)
Legacy is a charity that supports widows, children, and disable dependents of Australia’s injured or deceased military veterans. Drewery Lane in downtown Melbourne runs behind Legacy House. Over the four year Centenary of ANZAC period (2014 – 2018), held workshops that allowed the local community to interact and engage with the personal and shared histories of the Legacy Family. Workshop participants created clay tiles and plaques with some connection to WW1. The plan is to attach 1000 of these mosaic pieces to the back of Legacy House. In November 2015, the first tiles were installed.
A few comparison photos (more added since January 2016, and the majority are in good condition):
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And a few more views from 2025 –
below: Sir Stanley Savige (1890-1954), founder of Legacy, shown in mosaic.
below: A small green helicopter joins the group.
below: Invader mosaics, a green tank, and a couple of hearts.
below: Another mosaic portrait is on the wall – this is General Sir John Monash (1865-1931). He was commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt, one of the many Australian and New Zealand groups that were involved in the Gallipoli campaign of April 1915 to January 1916.
below: Some words: “My dad, he lived on Drewery Lane and Lt Lon. (Little Lonsdale) and loved the restaurants and shops and markets of Melbourne”
Other words: “My grandfather, Lieutenant Michael Harold Sorokiewitch, Southwick MBBS (RAMC) (1893-1957) Melbourne. Surgeon at Gallipoli and Lemnos (1915-1916) then served in military hospitals in Britain” Adele
below: A dominant feature in Russell Lane is a large yellow and blue mural by Kitt Bennett that runs along the wall of a parking structure.
below: Meet “Princess” with her star wand – a mural commissioned by Melbourne City Council. She stands 24 metres tall in her sneakers. Her pink dress had faded a bit but she is as big and as tall as ever! Painted by Baby Guerilla.
below: There are paste-ups and stencils in some of the doorways – a pink flower in a purple pot along with a number of women.
below: A Kaff-eine mural behind a fence.
below: Keeping an eye on the lane…..
Photos taken March 2025
below: On the corner of Nelson and Carlisle streets, near Balaclava station in St. Kilda East.
below: Black panther roaring with mouth open wide, fangs and teeth ready….
below: The railway crosses over Carlisle street at the north end of Balaclava station
below: Praying. Painted by Pawtl
below: Two women hanging out with a white rabbit and a white cat, by Deb.
below: Come Alive Melbourne
below: A rainbow lorikeet
below: Owls by the door
below: More owls
below: Continuing the bird theme – a very old and weathered stencil of a pigeon
below: Another oldie, a paste-up of many people. One person in a red and white striped shirt, holding a toddler. A girl with long hair wearing a checkered red and white dress; she’s holding something like a brown box in her hands. Beside her is a girl who is wearing a white top and a blue skirt. Who else can you see?
The next few pictures are a selection of paintings on the upper level of some of the stores on Carlisle.
below: Dana’s Patisserie
below: Many hands
below: Flowers and faces
below: “TAKE” or perhaps “TAK E” above a painting beside the walkway to Balaclava station, southbound trains.
below: On the platform, Balaclava station, “Shake was here”
below: Gradients in blue and orange cover the ground floor level of a new development beside the station – seen from the station platform.
below: Also seen from the platform, street art on the back of a building by the tracks.
below: Raise a steaming cup to the coffee culture that is strong here in Melbourne! Cheers!
Photos taken March 2025
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below: On one side of the alley is this long mural that comes in two sections – a sleeping woman with an outstretched hand is a collaboration between Vexta and Lisa King.
… and a little bird stands on her forehead.
below: The wall of the other alley is covered by a black and white painting of kangaroos, birds, and other animals… along with some plants. A few red feathers brighten the image. It was painted by Minna Leunig, an Australian artist from Darwin.
below: It’s easy to miss because of its location, but if you go to the end of the lane and look way up, you’ll catch a glimpse of this mural by Cam Scale.
Near the west end of Little Bourke Street are 4 large murals that feature people.
below: First there is this couple whose bed is high above the street – painted by Fintan Magee
below: The old man, pictured above as well as here, was painted by Smug, aka Sam Bates.
below: Next to the old man are two women in blue painted by Rone.
below: Last, is this portrait of a young man looking skyward, by Adnate (whose portrait of a mother and child is featured in a mural seen in Albany Alley that was shown here in a previous post).
below: Photos taken March 2025
Eyes on the Streets 