down a dark alley

…. Finlay Lane, a short lane with a dead end, in Melbourne’s CBD (Central Business District).

below: Graffiti on an alley wall
Finlay lane, graffiti on the wall, dark alley because of walkway over the alley

below: Urban Cake Lady, with the red hoodies and blue and white striped pants that she likes to use in her artwork.

graffiti image of two people, both with red hoodies and red and white leggings, standing back to back

below: Human? Devil? An impish blue character with a long red satanic tail.

blue skinned character with long red tail

below: This isn’t the clearest image, but what you looking at here is a character putting on a mask. Its face is black and its two eyes look like lights (and are barely in the photo)

putting on a mask, part of a street art painting

mural in a Melbourne alley, throw up style, red tag on blue background

below: With all the wrong lighting, a large painting by Ling, for Flash Forward Melbourne whose line is “40 Artists, 40 Acts, 40 Laneways”. The image is too dark, but it’s a man in blue shirt, red robe, holding out one hand. A better picture can be found at the Flash Forward Melbourne website.

part of a mural, high up on a wall in a narrow alley, man wearing red and blue robes, with his hand reaching out

below: Very stylized and abstracted but I think I see a motorcycle helmet, and perhaps a black hand reaching upwards.

part of an abstract mural in Finlay lane

street art, or urban art, painting in melbourne australia,

below: “Free Yourself”

a wall in an alley covered with urban art and graffiti
nokier tag in an alley
tags, text, and spray paint, in a melbourne alley or lane

Photos taken in March 2025