Greg Vann
@gregvann.bsky.social
Australian urbanist at large based in Brisbane, 46+ years experience. Founder Urban Mentors Collective. Co founder Ethos Urban, President Queensland Walks. Keen to make cities better and to help those who want to do that.
A few recent faces and a house I’ve sketched:
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A few recent faces and a house I’ve sketched:
Great catching up with another Vancouver mate, Micheal Mortenson, in Brisbane staying overnight with me. Wow he has had some amazing experiences in the city making world!
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Great catching up with another Vancouver mate, Micheal Mortenson, in Brisbane staying overnight with me. Wow he has had some amazing experiences in the city making world!
Looking forward to charging the Queensland Walks AGM tonight. It’s a small organisation that punches about its weight in promoting and influencing walking and walkability across the State.
www.revolutionise.com.au/queenslandwa...
www.revolutionise.com.au/queenslandwa...
Queensland Walks Annual General Meeting 2025
Become a Queensland Walks financial member. Help the community advocate for better policy and planning to make Queensland neighbourhoods more walkable.
www.revolutionise.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Looking forward to charging the Queensland Walks AGM tonight. It’s a small organisation that punches about its weight in promoting and influencing walking and walkability across the State.
www.revolutionise.com.au/queenslandwa...
www.revolutionise.com.au/queenslandwa...
And part of the extensive waterways of the Gold Coast (administered by the Gold Coast Waterways Authority which I have the privilege of being chair its board).
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
And part of the extensive waterways of the Gold Coast (administered by the Gold Coast Waterways Authority which I have the privilege of being chair its board).
The high rise spine of the Gold Coast, Queensland.
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The high rise spine of the Gold Coast, Queensland.
New theory:
All sourdough bread slices look like either a rabbit or map of Australia (minus Tassie).
All sourdough bread slices look like either a rabbit or map of Australia (minus Tassie).
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
New theory:
All sourdough bread slices look like either a rabbit or map of Australia (minus Tassie).
All sourdough bread slices look like either a rabbit or map of Australia (minus Tassie).
At the ripe old age of 68, I still love sitting at the front of a double decker bus! 😁
(En route to Melbourne airport on the Skybus.)
(En route to Melbourne airport on the Skybus.)
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
At the ripe old age of 68, I still love sitting at the front of a double decker bus! 😁
(En route to Melbourne airport on the Skybus.)
(En route to Melbourne airport on the Skybus.)
Walkability: falling in love with places that offer it!
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Walkability: falling in love with places that offer it!
Caught this little beauty from Bittern to Frankston on the Mornington Peninsula this morning:
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Caught this little beauty from Bittern to Frankston on the Mornington Peninsula this morning:
Kissing canopy over a footpath in Dandenong:
November 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Kissing canopy over a footpath in Dandenong:
A little Saturday arvo sketch at my brother’s farm.
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
A little Saturday arvo sketch at my brother’s farm.
My thought for the day:
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My thought for the day:
In the centre of Dandenong, one of Australia’s most ethnically diverse communities, is where you’ll find Harmony Square and signs like this:
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
In the centre of Dandenong, one of Australia’s most ethnically diverse communities, is where you’ll find Harmony Square and signs like this:
In Melbourne today. Caught 7 trams and a train and walked 9000 steps to have 6 meetings around the city. What a great place!
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
In Melbourne today. Caught 7 trams and a train and walked 9000 steps to have 6 meetings around the city. What a great place!
“We tend to treat the car as a closed thing, ignoring its impact on the environment, the climate, & the pedestrian,. We need to think about big cars in the same way that we think about cigarettes: Affecting not just the user, but everyone around the user.”
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November 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“We tend to treat the car as a closed thing, ignoring its impact on the environment, the climate, & the pedestrian,. We need to think about big cars in the same way that we think about cigarettes: Affecting not just the user, but everyone around the user.”
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As the jacarandas pass their peak purple in Brisbane, it’s time for the poincianas to shine!
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
As the jacarandas pass their peak purple in Brisbane, it’s time for the poincianas to shine!
Plenty out enjoying a splendid spring day at Plant 4 in Bowden, Adelaide’s biggest urban renewal project. It’s brilliantly done.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Plenty out enjoying a splendid spring day at Plant 4 in Bowden, Adelaide’s biggest urban renewal project. It’s brilliantly done.
Staying with my mate Stephen Yarwood at his place in Bowden, Adelaide’s biggest urban renewal area. It really is world class!
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Staying with my mate Stephen Yarwood at his place in Bowden, Adelaide’s biggest urban renewal area. It really is world class!
Excellent Keeble Lecture by Professor Jua Cilliers tonight on the essential role of green infrastructure. It’s not optional, beauty & amenity, it’s an essential asset.
A real call to action for all of us:
“the greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it”.
A real call to action for all of us:
“the greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it”.
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Excellent Keeble Lecture by Professor Jua Cilliers tonight on the essential role of green infrastructure. It’s not optional, beauty & amenity, it’s an essential asset.
A real call to action for all of us:
“the greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it”.
A real call to action for all of us:
“the greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it”.
My local school has organised a walking bus this morning to raise funds for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.
It must be an articulated bus as it’s at least 100m long! 😊
Wonderful to see.
It must be an articulated bus as it’s at least 100m long! 😊
Wonderful to see.
October 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My local school has organised a walking bus this morning to raise funds for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.
It must be an articulated bus as it’s at least 100m long! 😊
Wonderful to see.
It must be an articulated bus as it’s at least 100m long! 😊
Wonderful to see.
Been drawing some faces lately, with mixed success but lots of enthusiasm.
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Been drawing some faces lately, with mixed success but lots of enthusiasm.
Two cafes and oat piccolos into this wet and delightfully cool Brisbane day and life is good!
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Two cafes and oat piccolos into this wet and delightfully cool Brisbane day and life is good!
Hey @bsky.app , I’m enjoying your platform and its relatively cordial tone. It also is developing good conversations about cities and urbanism, which @brenttoderian.bsky.social has done much to foster. Keep it up!
October 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Hey @bsky.app , I’m enjoying your platform and its relatively cordial tone. It also is developing good conversations about cities and urbanism, which @brenttoderian.bsky.social has done much to foster. Keep it up!
After a couple of hot muggy days, Brisbane delivered a cracker of a thunderstorm this arvo, complete with some brief but full on hail.
October 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
After a couple of hot muggy days, Brisbane delivered a cracker of a thunderstorm this arvo, complete with some brief but full on hail.