The former Lunatic Asylum at Sunbury near Melbourne , Victoria.
Snapshot Sunday: The Lunatic Asylum, Sunbury, Victoria
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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge : Buildings
Buildings
Believe it of not but this is the Anglican Church in Oatlands from a previous post I did quite recently in fact. It looks so different in this photo. I played around with it on the computer and came up with this. The original photo is below.
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My walk through Callington Park and the Oatlands Mill
Hello again. This morning I took the dogs for their walk as usual. This time we went part of the way around the lake and across to Callington Park where I let them have a bit of a run round. After that we walked through the mill complex and back down the High Street to home. I took a few photos but the sun was against me as usual and they have come out a bit shadowy but here they are anyway. The sun is not my friend.
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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Buildings
Buildings
Buildings are one of my favourite photographic subjects. I like the shapes, colours and styles of old buildings. I sometimes photograph new ones if I think they look striking but I love the old buildings most of all.
The old Lunatic Asylum, Sunbury , Victoria
Conservatory in City Park , Launceston, Tasmania
Railway Station, Puffing Billy Railway , Victoria
Here is a photograph that I have been playing with in Adobe Photoshop Elements 9. It is the old catholic church at Ranelagh in the Huon Valley which has now been removed as they have built a larger new one. I am glad I have a picture of the old weatherboard church. I don’t suppose it was very nice in winter but it has character. I liked the photo because it was taken on a very stormy day. Here are two different versions of the picture. You can see the original here.
Old Catholic Church at Ranelagh, Tasmania
Old Catholic Church at Ranelagh, Tasmania
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Snapshot Sunday – Transformation
2015
2017
So many changes in two years.
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Hart’s Mill – Before and After
As I have often mentioned the built environment is a pet subject of mine. I am sure my family, friends and probably fellow bloggers get tired of my complaints about old, interesting buildings being replaced by ugly new ones, high-rise buildings being located in historic areas and new buildings that I consider just plain ugly. It’s true that I cringe when I hear the word “redevelopment” and that I would like to boil most developers and real estate agents in their own snake oil. Of course I don’t think all redevelopment or modern architecture is bad and I try to give credit when I see something good even though I think that parks and community spaces are usually a trade-off for more high-rise development.
I’ve posted a lot of photos of Port Adelaide on this blog in the past. David’s family has lived in or close to it for many years and David had a special fondness for it because of that. We often went there to look at the ships when it was a busy working port and later to visit the Sunday market in one of the old sheds. During that time the area became trendy and we were outraged to see apartments built right on the waterfront. On our last visit together we took a lot of photos of buildings we feared we would not see again.
Hart’s Mill was one of these places. It was up for redevelopment at that time and David and I were fearful that it would become more apartments for rich people. This is how it looked in 2012.
Development proposal.
Hart’s Mill complex , Port Adelaide, South Australia
Hart’s Mill, Port Adelaide, South Australia
On my most recent visit my sisters-in-law, Libby and Louise, took me down to the Port for breakfast and we visited a new cafe near Hart’s Mill. I am happy to say that although apartments are still a creeping menace in the Port Adelaide area Hart’s Mill is looking pretty good. It has been developed as a community space and landscaped. Renew Port Adelaide is active in the area and the cafe we went to was one of these. It is over the water with a great view of the river.
Here is Hart’s Mill today.
The Hart’s Mill Redevelopment.
The Hart’s Mill Redevelopment at Port Adelaide, South Australia
I still think that Port Adelaide and indeed most of the older Adelaide suburbs are in danger of being turned into carbon copies of each other full of large, concrete, steel and glass buildings. I would far prefer to see old buildings repurposed than demolished as without them cities lose their character. One high-rise on the waterfront today can turn into a dozen in less time than you would believe possible. Smaller cities such as Adelaide and Hobart don’t need to try to copy larger ones. Part of their charm is that they are different. I hadn’t intended for this to be a ranting post though. It’s nice to see something that I can feel happy about once in a while.
Further Reading
http://sahistoryhub.com.au/places/harts-mill-complex
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Commercial or Industrial Buildings
Commercial and Industrial Buildings
Port Adelaide
I’ve taken a lot of photographs around “The Port” over the years. It’s an old area and gradually being redeveloped so I am constantly expecting the old buildings to be gone or changed beyond recognition every time I visit. Some of the changes I’ve seen are good, some make me both angry and sad. These photos were taken not only on my most recent trip but on two previous visits with David.
A converted wharf shed now houses a weekend market.
The building in the photo above was once a warehouse and when the waterfront was redeveloped as a shopping and leisure precinct back in the eighties or nineties it was converted to be used as a market shed. We had a lot of good times browsing in there. The market is still running but I’m told that it may be shifted to another site and the shed redeveloped as restaurants and bars. I took the picture for my “Before It’s Too Late” category as I may not see it in its present form again. The next few were taken on an earlier visit around five years ago when David and I were visiting family.
St Vincent’s Chambers are office buildings and shops. Taken in April 2012.
Commercial Road, Port Adelaide
An interesting shop front at Port Adelaide.
David and I both loved the old Wool Stores around Port Adelaide, as it was a busy working port there are lots of old warehouses and I thought that by now some would be gone or converted to apartments but so far it hasn’t happened. The main reason I can think of for that is that they are probably full of asbestos which is expensive to remove. Here is one I took in 2011.
Old warehouses in Port Adelaide.
