The old headphone-wearing dancing guy near Kew junction. Seems to be there most weekends. Absolute legend.

hobo kurt cobain

Road Warrior: Walks ONLY on the street , mainly around Northcote.

drummer man

• Brisbane drummer dude, often seen incredibly drunk at various gigs around town.

Whatever happened to that wizard type with the odd instrument that used to do the rounds near Vic Market?

• Louis the Big Issue vendor
• Flinders St steps bagpiper
• Bernadette the piano-accordion busker

• the guy who loves to dance at the old bar and now at the evelyn

Paulie, is that the one with the vicious ratdog?

The old headphone-wearing dancing guy near Kew junction. Seems to be there most weekends. Absolute legend.

This guy is AMAZING. Total legend indeed.

Is Mr Segway asian? I think i've seen him.

Louis the Big Issue vendor

he annoys me.

The little chinese massage guy - roams around richmond pubs (actually i seem to see him everywhere) offering massages for money.

I have seen rollerblading sled-dog guy, and mr segway. no hulk action yet though

Rose St Market Hawker: Tells business women that they are sheep and that the clothes don't maketh the man. I like him, he's smart and puts pompus fucks in their place.

McKrackin the leather clad poet

the Goon-Bag Bagpiper! (last seen elizabeth st/little collins)

oh junkiephil, i hope you are not talking about Grant. he really fucking pisses me off. writes the worst poetry ever.

The Blind guy @ Bar Open : Sings Stones songs really loud and wacks people with his cane.

I saw Drummer Man playing guitar the other day.
Shotage of milk crates maybe?

The Wizard.

Anyone seen him lately? I heard a rumour that he'd died. I hope it's not true.

Poet guy is as annoying & uninteresting as a street-punk

I saw the Kew Dancing Man today. 'Cept he wasn't dancing – he was just standing at the lights waving at cars.

Grant told me a very funny joke about Cheeses of Nazareth once. Cracked me up.
I saw Archie the aboriginal guy t'other day, he now asks for a tenner .
There are a whole heap of odds and ends walking around Blythe and Lygon...Lucy drunk lady.....mad screaming woman......hopa along red head fellah smoking butts and the weirdest of all the white mobster old dear who wears medals everyday and a cashmere( delboy trotter style) long coat. She's always getting on trams at 7 in the morning. She reminds me of birdman in Buck Rogers.

Does anyone remember the ''Hitler'' guy who used to walk around the city in the late 80s? Very scary.

I saw the Kew Dancing Man today. 'Cept he wasn't dancing – he was just standing at the lights waving at cars.

sweet. i haven't seen him for ages and was wondering if he'd dropped off the map. used to see him at royal talbot regularly. utterly obsessed with melbourne footy club. pretty sure his name is robin? i wonder what he's listening to.

He's listening to his soul.

a brief bdocco about robin

There used to be a Marilyn Monroe lookalike who would walk around Camberwell. Anyone know if she's still around?

Would see her on the 70 tram when I was younger; she always with her mother. Then her mother wasn't there anymore. Then Marilyn wasn't there anymore.

Also, does anyone remember Chris the improvisational busker? He used to play outside the old Hoyts Cinema on Bourke St and he would make up songs about you as you went past.

Loved Chris. I think last time I saw him he sang about my red boots. Is he still around?

What about that bloke who would walk around quacking?

It's not a person but theres a fantastic little magpie that has lived at the Forster Rd exit to the Monash on and off for a few years now. When the lights are red the little magpie swoops and jump between the first two cars. Then he/she sits on one of the cars and when the lights go green takes a ride for about 50m before returning to then swoop the next lot of cars. It makes me laugh every time and I love watching the amusement on everyone else's face. It brightens up my morning drive to work.

That is beautiful, clare!

It's pretty funny. I wonder if it's the same bird or just that the special trick has been passed down to other generations.

not much of a character per se but I often walk home around the same time as this guy who seems a bit odd and rushes whenever he crosses over a driveway
so he'll be walk walk walk RUSH RUSH RUSH walk walk walk and so on.

i wonder what he's listening to.

I spoke to him on the tram once and he told me that he listens to rock and roll.

He also told me that he's the best dancer in the world.

The chinese dude who does mini-sculptures & silhouettes at the corner of Bourke and Swanston. Sometimes has people mind his store for him.

There was some dude who would sing with a walkman whilst sitting down near the same place, but I don't know what happened to him.

Hot Club of Cowtown did some busking on Acland St while they were out, managed to get dinner out of it.

There was some dude who would sing with a walkman whilst sitting down near the same place, but I don't know what happened to him.

I think I saw him a week or so ago.

Hot Club of Cowtown did some busking on Acland St while they were out, managed to get dinner out of it.

Fucking awesome!

The bourke street dancers get me everytime as well. The elderly gentleman with the hat and cane, who walks painfully slow, but can dance like sinatra.

I've never seen him, but I'd love to

i can't recall frank sinatra ever dancing, was he good?

I first saw Crazy Roger when he pulled up at the lights outside my house in a Volvo, wound down the window and yelled to me that he only steals Volvos, laughed and drove off.
Twenty five years later, I still see him being towed by small nasty dogs on his rollerblades down Chapel St.
Not sure if he's crazy or even called Roger, but he seems to be widely known by this moniker.

There's a woman who trawls South Melbourne and Albert Park asking people for money. I've never seen anyone move as slow as her. In the time it took me to order a takeaway, get groceries and read the noticeboard, she'd moved maybe 50 metres.

But she's smart in picking South Melbourne and Albert Park to ask for money. I've seen people give her whole $20 notes before.