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Saturday, May 16, 2026

Melbourne Candid Series #1340 Bourke St Mall

 


Only in the city, the billboard insists
and right on cue, tradition persists:
a Highland tune in a Melbourne street,
where sneakers pass tartan and marching feet.

He stands like a memory slightly misplaced,
feathers and fur in a glass-fronted haste;
the crowd flows by in a modern blur,
but time slows down in the pipes’ soft whirr.

Concrete and culture in quiet collision
heritage busks without supervision;
and somewhere between the old and the new,
the city shrugs: why not? …and walks through.


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25 comments:

  1. Qué anacrónico se ve así tan solo

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  2. Un músico en la ciudad, en medio de la calle siempre es un episodio a fotografiar. Más en este caso por tratarse de este ejemplar con esas ropas particulares
    Abrazo

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  3. An extraordinary and timely image.
    The poster already announces it, but the poor bagpiper is completely out of place.

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  4. És com trobar un ós dins un formiguer.
    Salutacions!

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  5. I really do enjoy the bag pipes. This photo brings some good memories for me.

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  6. Thank you for sharing this photo. I really love it.

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  7. I always enjoy hearing a piper playing a tune. This fellow is hard to miss.

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  8. Great photo! I saw a street musician like that one while I was visiting Edinburgh.

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  9. An unexpected sight! Well done.

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  10. Nobody seems interested... It looks like he'd be too hot in that outfit.

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  11. The Scott's men seem to get everywhere, traditions kept alive

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  12. You’d think you were somewhere in Scotland, not Melbourne.

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  13. Okay ~ Now we're talking ~ a piper in full dress! I would have loved to hear him play. Is my Scottish heritage showing ~ 😂

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