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It’s heartbreaking to think how many of the buildings in this 1910 photo—once lining Bourke Street with such intricate facades & proud Victorian detail—have been lost. Each demolition erased layers of stories, its rhythm & charm. Today we feel the absence of the city’s character.

How well do you know your #Melbourne heritage? The photograph of this building is one of the many photographs that I have taken for a series of books that I am currently working on - can you guess which building this is and where it is located ? #heritage #history #Australia

When you speak, your words echo across the room. When you write, your words echo across the ages. #melbourne #writer #writing #books

@John_Beckham14 No, they are too dumb to know the difference between right and wrong … they just follow their puppet master and are easily manipulated.

Do MAGAs even have it in them to admit they were wrong?

@OliLondonTV 😂 Only dumb people will believe this rubbish, they don’t know the difference between a setup or trans .. this is just another attempt at trying to create hate and division

Furious woman confronts ‘transgender’ man wearing a bikini after he tried to go in a girls bathroom. “You’re not a woman. Get out. If you want to practice your transition you don’t do it at a young kids softball field.”

@RuPaulsDragRace This has become Ru Paul’s Trans Race … drag queens are MEN that dress like women … not “women” that dress like women 😡 it is so unfair that real drag queens need to compete with them!!!!

Let's get things ALL STAR-ted for Bracket 2! 🏁 Snatch up a first lewk at #AllStars10 Episode 4 on the #DragRace YouTube channel now 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=PvXLZq…

@RepNancyMace Nancy you are a CVNT CVNT CVNT !!!

@aaronsmith This has really backfired on @ChristouSteve … he wanted people to hate the #gay community but now he is the most hated man in #Australia 😂

Listening to the farcical debate at Cumberland Council about overturning the 'book ban'. Steve Christou, chief ringleader for the book ban, homophobes and bigots is losing his shit because another councillor accused Christou's parents of failing to teach him manners.

@Monte_Chrisz149 @6NewsAU The only thing that is degenerate here is your two brain cells

@6NewsAU So now it’s back in arms reach of 2 year olds… degeneracy

#BREAKING 🚨 Cumberland City Council has voted to OVERTURN a ban on same-sex parents books at council libraries | #6NewsAU

@Jonathan_Nolan_ It’s not completed yet but so far it’s awful. Just as awful as all the graffiti/tagging on so many beautiful heritage buildings. I will reserve final judgement until it’s complete but it’s soulless.

It’s been a long journey, 7 years of #research & 16 500 pages of notes. I am confident that the time has come for me to start composing my #book. Hopefully it will inspire the @cityofmelbourne to cherish their wonderful heritage. Quill at the ready - here I go ! @WritersCentreAU

@ArronWood You totally deserve it - congratulations 🤗 I hope that you are well and that I will bump into you in Noosa one day 🤗

What a special day! I was awarded Member of the Order of Australia for Queens Birthday Honours (2020!) for significant contribution to the environment, to local government and to the community. Covid-19 mean’t no investiture in 2020. It was a long wait, but geez it was worth it!

@FedSquare @binge OMG I have to get to shitty Melbourne … NOT !!!!

OMG ... it's a dragon egg! Come check it out, only today at Fed Square. But be warned: enter at your own risk – we hear dragons are pretty protective of their young! 🐲 fedsquare.com/events/dragons… #houseofthedragon 📷 @binge

@Optus The worst service I have ever experienced in my life was at the Optus Kawana shopping world. Both staff members don’t have a clue as to what is happening and couldn’t care either. I have just moved my entire family account to Vodafone because they are prepared to help me.

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DAY 1 ... Almost 7 years in the city, this chapter in my exciting life has come to an end, as I swap Marvellous #Melbourne for Marvellous Sunshine Coast, #Australia

DAY 2 .. Unique to #Melbourne, @FedSquare opened on 26 Oct 2002. The main square is paved in 470,000 ochre-coloured sandstone blocks from Western #Australia. Fearless Girl was unveiled on 8 Mar 2019, a symbol of gender equality and female empowerment.

DAY 3 ... coffee and quirky laneways - both #Melbourne staples that define the city and ingrained in its culture #Australia

DAY 4 ... The National Gallery of Victoria @NGVMelbourne - founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest, largest and most visited art museum. #Australia #Melbourne #art

DAY 5 The Old Treasury building - where I was married to the best man on earth. The building was built between 1858 and 1862 - it hosts the original gold vaults where gold bullion was stored during the gold rush era ... #Melbourne #Australia @OldTreasuryMelb

DAY 6 .. The Shrine of Remembrance was formally dedicated on 11 Nov 1934 by the Duke of Gloucester, witnessed by a crowd of over 300,000 people, and, according to Carl Bridge, the "largest crowd ever to assemble in #Australia to that date" #Melbourne