A new style of graffiti - lots of sketchy black lines rather than one thick line. Laziza, David and I spent yesterday afternoon and evening mooching about Melbourne centre. They showed me this lane full of wonderful graffiti - one of many I was told. The work is pretty stunning and shows several different styles.  Even the refuse bins are covered.   This is the lovely Laziza who has been looking after me so well since I arrived in this fair country. There were some interesting black and white designs. Great to take sections from.  A very complicated doodle.     Some of the graffiti also used collage . . . I have loads more images from Federation Square but I will leave them for tomorrow - I think these are enough for today. Enjoy . .  x

Balloons over Melbourne early this morning - we could see them from Laziza's garden . Well I'm here! Both flights were great and I managed to get some sleep so I feel almost human already. The jet lag combined with my medication makes for funny moments when my words come out wrong. I say a word that is similar to the one I want - but not the same. It makes great entertainment. My host is Laziza, she volunteered to put me up on the my arrival in Melbourne until I leave for Geelong on Tuesday morning. We are having great fun. Yesterday we wandered down Fitzroy and looked around the Rose Street Artists Market then had a fabulous lunch. The food here is SO wonderful, I had been craving fresh, crunchy food so had a mango and prawn salad with all kinds of delicious fruit and vegetables in it - I also had a side order of potato wedges with sour cream . . .  in case you thought I was being too good! There was an amazing array of graffiti, but of course being a bit dopey a