I recently had the good fortune to stay overnight in a suburb called Frankston. While not that distant from where I live, it is far enough away to be out of the way. I haven’t walked the streets of this shopping precinct in Frankston for more years than I can remember. I in fact I may have never walked this part of Frankston. But I spent an hour or two wandering the CBD of this bayside suburb.
To say I was pleasantly surprised would be putting it mildly. I only have vague recollections of the shopping centre. It is now serviced by all the major food chains and there was lot s of pedestrian friendly “open” space.
I have to admit it’s rare that I feel a tourist in Melbourne, but here I was in Frankston feeling completely foreign; like the proverbial ‘fish out of water’. Nonetheless I could not help myself and wander about and grab a few images that caught my eye. As is often the case I found the small laneways and backstreets the most compelling.
Here’s a series of pictures I thought looked interesting.
![a collection of dumped or abandoned chairs in a laneway in Frankston](https://i0.wp.com/stunik.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_9937.webp?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Backs of older buildings often have more interesting things to see.](https://i0.wp.com/stunik.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_9940.webp?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Murals everywhere, is it street art though?](https://i0.wp.com/stunik.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_9947.webp?resize=840%2C630&ssl=1)
![The train station precinct in Frankston](https://i0.wp.com/stunik.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_9959.webp?resize=840%2C630&ssl=1)
![A red sign indicating the direction of the beach](https://i0.wp.com/stunik.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_9969.webp?resize=840%2C630&ssl=1)
When these pictures make it to flickr, they will be titled with their exact time, and include geotag coordinates.
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