The Journal
Stories from Martin.
The tales between the tours — clocks that don't tell the time, laneways nobody remembers, and the Melbourne that lives quietly under our feet.
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1 August 2026
Why Collins Street Has a Parisian Dome (And You Never Noticed)
Halfway up Collins Street, there's a dome that doesn't belong in Australia. Here's the boom-era story of how it got there.
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1 August 2026
Melbourne's Forgotten Laneways: A Walker's Field Guide
Long before street art, our laneways carried nightsoil, secrets and speakeasies. A short history of the alleys that made Melbourne marvellous.
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1 August 2026
The Real Story of Flinders Street Station's Clocks
Why generations of Melburnians have said “meet me under the clocks” — and the small human moments that made those nine dials the heart of the CBD.
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