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Melbourne | Sophie Cunningham
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Sophie Cunningham writes a year in the city's life, a year that takes us from the heatwave that culminated on Black Saturday when temperatures soared to 47 degrees to the destructive deluge of a hailstorm. She walks through Melbournes oldest suburb to its largest market, she goes to the footy and to the comedy festival, she talks publishing and learns how to use a letterpress. Along the way she journeys deep into her own recollections of the city she grew up in, and tells stories from its history: the theft of Picasso's Weeping Woman, the Hoddle Street massacre, William Barak's trek from Healesville, the Westgate Bridge Disaster, the high drama of the 1970 and 2009 AFL grand finals and the Market Murders of the sixties. She strolls by Melbourne's rivers and creeks while considering the history of the wetlands and river that sit at Melbourne's heart. She clambers through the drains that lie beneath. For it is water the corralling of it, the excess of it, the squandering of it, the lack of it that defines Melbourne's history, its present and its future.
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Melbourne | Sophie Cunningham
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Love how subtle this one is!!

It‘s my weekend to work, the roster has changed - so new branch, new crew… it‘s been pretty quiet… but I had 🌮 for lunch so I‘m feeling good!

Texreader I love that artwork!! 11mo
CarolynM Lovely😍 Where is it? There used to be a gorgeous one near the Exhibition St - Collins Street corner before they built that new tower block there. I miss it. 11mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, The Kilburn on the corner of Glenferrie and Burwood Road in Hawthorn. 🙃 new builds hiding artwork, rude! 11mo
IndoorDame Stunning!!! 11mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Melbourne | Sophie Cunningham
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Day for it!

(Will my leather sandals recover from the downpour? TBD!)

CarolynM Hard to believe it's February, isn't it? 14mo
LeeRHarry For sure @CarolynM, just driven through a lake to get home! 14mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeeRHarry, I went through some ankle deep puddles to get back to my car ☔️ splish splash! 14mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM ☔️ most exciting walk back to my car this year 😂 14mo
julesG It's been raining here, too. But certainly not as much as in AUS, and I'd never walk barefoot through the rain at 2°C. Hope your sandals are salvageable. 14mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, hope so too - they are stuffed with paper and drying off in the corner of my living room. I probably wouldn‘t walk through puddles in the rain at 2°C (unless I really liked my shoes ?) 14mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Melbourne | Sophie Cunningham
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Idk why I found this alert so funny

Like, thanks BOM, I had noticed that summer was being a bit obnoxious today.

sblbooks When I first saw the words "extreme heat" I thought this was a meme, and then I realized it's for Australia. LOL We got down to 2° Fahrenheit on Friday. I live in the south, so that's cold to me. 1y
tpixie @sblbooks yes! That Northern/ Southern Hemisphere tricks me sometimes! Kansas ,USA has been unbelievably cold too! 1y
Tamra 🤣 I did a double take on the “extreme heat.” I have a couple of friends who would definitely trade temps. 1y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @sblbooks - that would be -16°C so would agree that that is cold! (We don‘t get anywhere near that here in Melbourne). 1y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @tpixie - this is the first heatwave of the season… and I am already over it 😬 I never sleep well in the heat. 1y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Tamra, I‘d swap in a heartbeat - I‘m counting down the days til the cooler seasons. 1y
tpixie @thegirlwiththelibrarybag yes sleeping in heat is hard! 1y
CarolynM I‘m in Adelaide ☀️🫠 1y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, hopefully near an air conditioner? 🫠 1y
CarolynM I wouldn‘t have survived the day without air conditioning 😆 1y
IndianBookworm We have single digits in celsius here, geography really amazes me sometimes! 😂 1y
Hitchhikerbooks When BOM starts acting like Karen Smith from Mean Girls “It's like I have ESPN or something“ 1y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Hitchhikerbooks, I‘m like pretty sure it‘s sunny 🌞 😂 excellent use of a mean girls reference! 1y
Hitchhikerbooks @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I wonder if they'll give us a windy warning today 🍃 1y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Hitchhikerbooks, I didn‘t get any additional warnings today - was a bit of a shock when I got back to my hot little apartment after enjoying the lovely AC at work… it‘s currently 26° inside and 17° outside ?? 1y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Melbourne | Sophie Cunningham
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Super excited to see that this horse that I remember from my childhood of being dragged through antique shops by my mum was still there… (and the gumball machine).

LeeRHarry That looks like Maling Rd 😊 2y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeeRHarry, correct 😜 hadn‘t been for at least a decade - lots more cafes than I remember but otherwise much the same. 2y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Melbourne | Sophie Cunningham
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Sending this to South Australia (this was before I saw the news article 😂)

LeeRHarry And Daniel Andrews‘ comment made me laugh 😆 4y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeeRHarry, same! I sent it (screenshot of the article) to my friend in SA. She didn‘t find it as funny 😂 (edited) 4y
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rajithr
Melbourne | Sophie Cunningham
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Any literary suggestions for a day, in Melbourne?

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CarolynM
Melbourne | Sophie Cunningham
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Here is a view of the city of Melbourne from Ruckers Hill, about a 10 minute walk from where I live. I feel very grateful to be living here. #Gratitude30 #Home

BarbaraBB Gorgeous view and pic! 😍 5y
Jee_HookedOnBookz Melbourne is a beautiful place! 5y
CarolynM @BarbaraBB Thank you 5y
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CarolynM @Jee_HookedOnBookz It can't compete with Sydney in the looks department, but it has its charms🙂 5y
Reggie Wow, this view is stellar. 5y
Cathythoughts This is beautiful ❤️ 5y
LeeRHarry Woot woot Melbourne! 😍 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Beautiful as I remember it. I was there many years ago. Can‘t compare with Sydney, each has its charm, like you said. 😉 5y
alisiakae I love Melbourne! Such a wonderful city, and I personally prefer it over Sydney. 😊 5y
Mdargusch Wow! 5y
CarolynM @4thhouseontheleft I definitely prefer it as a place to live, but you can't beat Sydney Harbour in the sunshine! 5y
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