thank you batman, i feel magical now susie anderson What can this mean? It refers to Hobson’s Bay, the head of Port Phillip Bay, and to the River Yarra Yarra. Whence came the rumour of a township there? Why, from John Batman himself, who, though not a great writer, had spoken of its suitability for a village in his journal, and without doubt, as I hear from others, had fully expressed his intention of forming a settlement there. Mr. Batman is then the real indirect FOUNDER OF MELBOURNE. JOHN BATMAN, THE FOUNDER OF VICTORIA, James Bonwick, 1867
at the end of the night we fly home and hover above the streets. people reverberate through carparks and we are consumed by this, an ugliness, a vengeance in public. they are an earnest nothingness composed of half feelings, they want anything as long as it ends up as not much at all. crowds with bored faces, they want only to be instantly nowhere. i am putting my hand into your pocket because i like you. with eyes closed we could be anywhere, these sounds are universal sounds maybe, i’m sure everyone is just waiting until it is warm again. there are spires all across the city skyline, buildings decorated with various graffiti, one tag that stands out is ‘vigil.’ some skyscrapers have lights on all weekend, some people go to work on sunday. cartoons spill from our eyes and we leave colours wherever 17