Darwin

Northern Territory Represent. Graffiti is completely different up North. Darwin is one of the youngest major cities in Australia, settled in 1869. It doesn't have the lane-ways and back alleyways like an older Melbourne or Hobart. Graffitist's have adapted to the surfaces available. The architecture is mostly recent as a result of devastating Cyclone Tracy in 1970 which destroyed 70% of the cities buildings.

Back lane in Darwin CBD. This could be the Northern Australia's take on Hosier Lane, however it receives very little attention. 

Osama bin Laden, (lost-found-lost somewhere at sea). 

 Elements of Street Art. 

"Fight the War, FUCK THE NORM" Rage Against the Machine

Bubble Throw-up Styles

A throw-up or throwie is the artists pseudonym or sometimes the first and last letter of their name. They often have one outline colour and one fill colour. Sometimes they don't have any fill. Throw-ups are designed to cover large and generally high profile spaces quickly and rapidly without being caught. 

Richmond Station

PAA bombing high profile locations around Melbourne.

Jetso Peezr smashing the scene with traditional dirty, grunge styled graffiti.

 JA from New York?? in Knoxfield

Yucks Dandy, These guys have smashed the Freeways recently 

Hobart Graffiti Video

Down on the Southern Island of Australia is the smallest state, Tasmania. Despite only 1/2 million people on this island and 200,000 of those in Hobart, the graffiti scene is well established.

Hobart Graffiti (Tepid Baths)

Memorial pieces around Melbourne

Don't hold your breath if you want......

Abbotsford, Melbourne

Bayswater

Look a fresh new surface to paint. Tags and Throw-ups along the train line. 

Construction-Destruction

Interestingly enough building and construction sites particularly in cities are a hot bed for graffiti. Temporary structures such as signs or perimeter walls are popular surfaces. The building sites are temporary (just like graf) and when completed the graffiti becomes hidden, removed or loses its previous urban context.

Central Sydney 

Respect goes out to bombers Kewl, Olsn, Doug, Smel keeping the Sydney scene rolling

A popular painting wall Hobart CBD. As scaffolding and buildings are demolished pieces remain high up and leaves you wondering how did there get up there?  

"What a Character!"

In Melbourne, graffiti is more than just tags. These photos are examples of crews that use characters as their tag or calling card. The most infamous is of course is the Cat. Seen in the northern suburbs and particularly inner-west. It takes a lot of technique to develop a character in which you can throw-up quickly.

 Merri Creek, Alien Wizard
The wiz is like an extra terrestrial alien, with quint-essential, Australian cork hat for the funkin blow flies. 

 Brunswick
loving the blue-stone laneways of Melbs plastered with graff

 Brunswick
Graffiti is tasty!

Croydon

Melbourne
This quaint, adorable, character is often seen in and around the suburbs of Melbourne. Nufevah uses a variety of different materials and mediums to put up work. Nufevah works often come with an environmental message attached. Is it a type of whale?

All city wheatpaster?

"Basics"-who knows who they are, but back in 2012 they smashed Melbourne. 

From Carlton to Knoxfield, then up to Ringwood and back to the city. Basics has predominantly exploited areas near train stations but also high density graf areas. They have an exclusive, unique, artistic style with the reoccurring frog like face and the light bulb. Different to most graffiti and some would consider it street art it often doesn't include a name attached. The size of the small images show a different humble attitude when compared with most graffitist's.    

 

Adelaide

I went to Adelaide, South Australia back in July 2012 and stayed a week. This is some of the art in the CBD on display. There's definitely more graffiti around along the train lines.  

Its good to see accomplished roller works about (its a rare sight). 

 This guy whoever they are gets up. This character gives the viewer a somewhat confusing feeling "is it this way or that way?"

Door shows a range of approaches to tagging. From abstract to lasso style. Note the range of different mediums used texta, white out, chalk marker, drip texta, aerosol paint and ?chalk.

Brighton's Bright style

 Brighton

Arrows are commonly used in graffiti and often can disguise letters. This artist has keep the piece deliberately readable probably to inform other artists BUD's been here.

 Brighton

This is a common Euro style, used by many artists looks easy, but takes skill. Symmetrical letters like U and O are often hard to incorporate into a piece. 

Brighton

Balloon like letters with 3D, good use of white highlights on the letters.