A few on the run in Sydney

Today I took a lightning five-hour visit to central Sydney for work. But even in that short time, a few ghost signs reared their heads.

I snapped the first one in the city near Wynyard station on the way to our meeting.

The other three were taken by colleague Dale from the train back to the airport (Dale had the better phone camera):

 

Hiding away in the Melbourne CBD

It's been a little while since I've been able to post some sign pics - and there are plenty to post. So might as well get started. Here are a few I took yesterday that popped up unexpectedly when I was walking through the Melbourne CBD's south-west, around Highlander Lane:

 

 

Further down, there was this, on Rutherglen House - one of the city's original residences (1842), and host of a colourful recent life: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/city-address-often-visited-by-powerbrokers-and-celebrities-20130304-2fgzk.html

The sign says (something) House - but obviously not when it was called 'Rutherglen':

Then around the corner, the entrance to the old sewerage works:

Up above: not a ghost sign but a fascinating late Victorian urban sanitation innovation - 5-storey urinals at the back of the Rialto Centre. Ironically, one of the state-of the-then-art building's first tenants was the Metropolitan Board of Works, who ran the city's sewerage system. More here: http://www.onmydoorstep.com.au/heritage-listing/743/rialto-building

And lastly, to finish off, a sign I'd previously missed on Elizabeth Street: