Tour Overview
The Mysterious Laneways of Central Melbourne, Australia
At 8.00 pm at the Treasury Theatre, 1 Macarthur Street, Melbourne, there will be a viewing of An Embroidery of Voids by Daniel Crooks accompanied by an improvised sound track by Ricochet, a Melbourne-based sound art group. This video takes you down the mysterious laneways of Melbourne. It will be introduced briefly by Stephanie Trigg, who is working on a project on Melbourne’s love affair with bluestone, and from members of Ricochet.
At the end of the first day of the Symposium, Wed. 22 Feb. 2017, there will be a reception at RMIT that finishes around 7.15. Between 7.15 and 7.45, those who would like to walk from the RMIT reception venue to the Treasury Theatre, 1 Macarthur Street, to view An Embroidery of Voids can use a pre-planned route that will feature some of the laneways of Melbourne and many bluestone buildings.
Stops
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Stop 1: RMIT, building 11 (the Chapel Courtyard behind the Old Melbourne Gaol) - entrance from 377 Russell St.
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Stop 2: Turn right onto Russell St. and walk south.
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Stop 3: Cross La Trobe St. at the lights and continue down Russell St., past rear of the State Library of Victoria (SLV) on your right.
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Stop 4: At the next set of lights, turn left from Russell St. into Little Lonsdale St., heading east.
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Stop 5: Turn right at Jones Lane; walk through to Lonsdale St.
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Stop 6: Cross Lonsdale St. to Cohen Place
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Stop 7: Continue along Cohen Place as it opens into Chinese Museum Square, then turn left into Little Bourke St.
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Stop 8: Continue east along Little Bourke St., cross over Exhibition St. at the lights, go past Crossley St., and turn right into Liverpool St.
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Stop 9: Continue south along Liverpool St. to Bourke St.
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Stop 10: Turn left at Bourke St. (you are now facing Parliament House)
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Stop 11: Turn left at Spring St. and walk a few metres north to Turnbull Alley.
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Stop 12: Go back to the lights at the corner of Bourke and Spring Sts. and cross Spring St. to Parliament House.
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Stop 13: Facing south again, walk past Parliament House towards the Old Treasury Building to Stanford Fountain, which is on your left between Parliament House and Macarthur St.
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Stop 14: Continue south along Spring St., cross Macarthur and Spring Sts. at the lights and you are now at the Old Treasury Building
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Stop 15: FINISH. Head back and around the corner of the Old Treasury Building on Macarthur St. Turn right at the statue of George Higinbotham.
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