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Here are my photos from the Melbourne Zombie Shuffle. Click on the image to display a larger version of the same picture. If you want a copy of any images that are big enough to print, drop me an email.

I got to the Zombie Shuffle meeting point in the Carlton Gardens a few minutes late. I crossed the road with a group of pensioners on their way to the museum and eavesdropped on their conversation…

“Oh look, they must be having some sort of protest.”
“They should all just shut up and get a job.”
“Yeah, probably a bunch of bloody lesbians.”

Hmmm quite.

There were a couple of hundred zombies and assorted hangers-on assembled in the park. The organiser separted the two groups, and the non-zombies obediently shuffled away a few metres. Big mistake - as this man discovered when he was immediately set upon and devoured.

The Carlton Gardens is the sort of park where people take wedding photos. You could say that this one is at the non-traditional end of the spectrum.

The zombies started their shuffle towards Lonsdale street.

Pedestrians who stopped to take pictures became food for the zombie horde.

The zombies knew exactly what to do when there was a fence separating them from some fresh meat. Crush! Kill! Destroy!…uh, hang on …I mean… BRAAAAINS!

The parade walked right through the middle of the Greek Antipodes Festival on Lonsdale street (Greek families looked confused), past a Falun Gong protest on Swanston street (the protesters didn’t look happy, but they were pretending to be tortured so that might have been intentional), and outside a bridal expo at the Town Hall (ooh, that’s a lovely dress, shame about the bloodstains).

Photographers swarmed around looking for the perfect shot. Seeing a busker (giving a great contrast shot between the parade and every-day Melbourne colour), they descended like a zombie on a neurosurgeon’s offcuts bucket.

I’m the sort of socially oblivious guy who generally has a hard time figuring out if someone is wearing makeup or not, but even I noticed that this zombie had amazingly well done makeup.

Brain patties anyone? Anyone?

Onlookers weren’t quite sure what to make of it all.

First rule of photographing zombies. Forget about cheese; all you have to remember is “say brains!”

The zombie shuffle lurched down Flinders Street…

An almost-perfect wedding photo on Queens Bridge over the Yarra river.

Easily one of the best costumes of the day - a zombie Commonwealth Games volunteer.

A local theatre-restaurant added some not-so-sneaky advertising.

Putting a warning on a cigarette pack that says “THIS PRODUCT MAY KILL YOU”, has very little deterrent value if you are a zombie. The Cancer Council marketing team should get back to the drawing board.

If you run out of fresh blood, a zombie may be revived using beer.

And finally…if you haven’t had enough of zombies yet, check out the video clip for Fashion Freak by Swedish electro-pop group Naked Ape which features a zombie girl car wash.

“Fashion Freak” by Naked Ape

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