This is the “New” “Old Pavilion” located at the end of St Kilda Jetty, a popular beach side suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The original pavilion was constructed in 1904, if I remember correctly and became of on the icons of Melbourne, until its untimely destruction by fire just short of its 100th birthday in September 2003. So missed by locals, it was decided to rebuild the old girl using original drawings from the 1900’s.
Today the new building stands at the end of the very popular St Kilda Jetty and is witness to many thousands of visitors who flock to the area for a bit of R & R. The outback photographer was able to capture this shot of the pavilion, minus people just by getting out of his 4 star hotel bed early and taking a stroll along the water front before heading off to work. I’d love to tell you the early morning walk was about enthusiasm to get the shot but to be honest it had more to do with the hotels air conditioning unit, which sounded a lot like the engine of a Boeing 747 at full power… all bloody night…
Hey.... while I think of it, Vincent Larforet is currently shooting the Olympic for News Week, and he along with a couple other great sports shooters has regular posts to his blog and also the News Week blog
Some great insights into how those amazing sports pictures get to your morning newspaper. Photographers will appreciate some of the difficulties these guys go through to get pictures. I particularly like Vincent's story of getting a picture of the fire works over the Great Wall... priceless.
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