Rankins Lane (Melbourne)

below: Time for coffee, time for shooting. ….

graffiti in Rankins Lane, Melbourne, paste ups of three little men saying hey, it's coffee time, also a very blue shadowy character with a gun in each hand and a long robe and hood that covers his face

below: ET

graffiti in Rankins Lane, Melbourne, paste ups and stencils, globe parachute on an iguana, ET in a black robe and framed with flowers, words that say your dreams will come true if you keep wishing, and last, a big black question mark,

below: King of Clowder’s double headed woman stencil

graffiti in Rankins Lane, Melbourne, paste up by King of Clowder of a woman with two heads

below: Paper paste-up behind a plant – it’s a large espresso maker repurposed as a planter.

graffiti in Rankins Lane, Melbourne, paste ups, espresso coffee maker being used as a planter, on a brick wall behind a real potted plant

below: Rabbit and Cat, BFF

graffiti in Rankins Lane, drawing of a cat, a rabbit and a heart between the two of them

below: Happy Day

graffiti face

below: Words of advice – “Don’t trade your authenticity for approval.

slaps graffiti

below: Part of a large tropical mural by Deb with birds – parrots and flamingos – and a big pink royal looking cat.

mural by Deb in Rankins Lane, very pink, women, toucan, and flamingos, tropical plants

below: The other part of the Deb mural.

mural by Deb, a vulture and a plate of cupcakes

mural by deb, woman and a parrot or toucan

mural by Deb, a group of pink flamingoes

below: Recess time with scissors and combs.

graffiti on a very red wall, image of a collection of hair cutting tools, razor, comb and scissors, with the word recess written across the top

below: Crab and beetle.

two graffiti piecess side by side, a red crab with big front pincers and a smaller beetle

below: More pink. Mama Cat? With many kittens?

graffiti paste up - pink cat with 6 little kittens

below: Clownish?

graffiti in Rankins Lane

abstract image, graffiti

below: Gas mask and coveralls

graffiti image, person in Gas mask and coveralls

Photos taken March 2025

another Hertel Alley building

with walls covered with street art murals

below: Bugs and balls – Ladybugs and spiders, billiard balls and eye balls, all on a bright green background, mural by Markenzy Cesar

below: A sweet mural with donuts and cupcakes, by Sakygrinu, aka Teouria Morris

below: The next three go together, a long mural by Jordan Weaver (aka Coconut Curry) with red dots, faces, a dragon, and many pink flowers

part of a mural by coconut curry, a woman's face in profile with large red circle on her cheek

part of a mural by coconut curry, a blue Chinese style gragon with open mouth and teeth, on clouds,

part of a large mural by coconut curry, pink flowers on grey background

below: Jumping for joy and leaping towards the sun on a bright blue sky day, in a mural by Courtney Haeick

below: These walls are bananas!

street art on a white door in an alley, stencil of a black chimp or chimpanzee wearing a sign that says these walls are bananas, also 4 bananas above his head

below: Keshanta Cleveland painted these colourful fish with the wonderful fins and tails.

mural in an alley, on brick building, two fish with fluffy long flowing fins and tail, a bit like angel fish, one is peach coloured and the othr is pink and maroon

Photos taken April 2025

Link to prior Hertel Alley post – the answer is love

For more information on all things Hertel Walls, check out their website!