St Kilda Library

We've been camping on a river bank upstate over Easter weekend, but then you already know that. You probably also know that mostly i took photos on film so it'll be a wee while till i get those back and can post them. So instead, and as it has been a while, I'll post a picture of the St Kilda library, just next door. I love this building, especially from the back.



It would fit in so many places - a tea plantation, on the set of out of Africa or deep in the outback. The garden is grey blue with local plants - gums and scrubs and a towering tree with combat striped bark. The wooden edged roof overhangs to keep the building cool and folk are often sitting in the shade with a computer (jumping on the free internet out front) or with a beer and there mates (out the back). In fact the concrete ledge often gives a passer through a place to sleep on, or under. A truly multi purpose community building (although I doubt that it was intended or is encouraged to be a sleeping place). And through the window you can get a view of the multi coloured glass lights which float inside like little space ships. Gorgeous. I'll get a photo of them next time.