Twice a year the setting sun lines up perfectly with the street grid of the City of Melbourne. This phenomena has become known as #melbhenge.

In 2017 after a hard day's at work, I shot from a tram stop near Southern Cross Station at the south end of Collins St. I had the street pretty much to myself and grabbed a few shots before heading home.

After the 2017 event it was still relatively unknown, there were only around 160 shots on instagram under #melbhenge.

#MelbHenge2017

This year I saw quite a few articles on news sites talking about the alignment, I feel like it's going to take on a life of it's own and become more and more popular. I thought I'd head up to the 'main spot' on the steps of the Parliament building at the other end of Bourke St.

I could not believe how many people turned up! I'm lucky I got there early to stake my spot (dork in the top left corner with my camera bag!!!).

There was quite a bit of cloud cover near the horizon and some trees that partially obscured the sun just as it would have appeared between the buildings. The sky lit up beautifully, but we didn't get the big orange orb sinking beneath Bourke St that we were hoping for!

Still, I did take quite a few shots. It wasn't the spectacular sunset I had in mind, but I really like the movement of the tram, the beautiful light coming from the centre of the frame, and the detailed clouds at the top.

#MelbHenge2022

A couple of years later after COVID, the weather was a little bit more compliant!

#MelbHenge

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