Thanks to the Melbourne Zoo and all the sponsors and of course the artists for organising such a great event.

Did you already see part 1 and 2 of the Mali Elephant Photos: Pictures of Mali Part 1  – Pictures of Mali Part 2

Enough talking … here are the Melbourne Mali Elephants:

36 Mali’s Crimson Song

by Mia Rappel (sponsored by Zoos Victoria) at Fitzroy Gardens

37 Spot

by Steve Monk (sponsored by Richmond Tigers) at Treasury Gardens

38 Ranee

by Gillian Forbes. Sponsored by Kärcher. Ranee was also Melbourne Zoo’s first elephant. At Old Treasury Building, Melbourne.

39 Neo Composite

by Jacqueline Gwynne (sponsored by Sofitel Melbourne) at Sofitel on Collins

40 Mali’s Winter Wonderland

by Pat Minahan (sponsored by Mt Buller) at Melbourne Central

41 Enceladus Mali

by David Ghostpatrol (sponsored by Carter Digital) at Melbourne Central

42 Mali, Protector of all Animals

by Deb Halpern (sponsored by Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation. at Melbourne Town Hall

43 Night and Day

by Graeme Base (sponsored by Grollo Leisure and Tourism) St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne

44 Bromley One

by David Bromley (sponsored by Linfox) at Federation Square, Melbourne

45 Stripes

by Keri Le Page (sponsored by Tiger Airways) at Lincoln Square

46 Mali Dreams

by Chantelle Ferri (sponsored by Irene Irvine & Associates) at Argyle Square, Lygon Street, Carlton

47 Helmeted Honeyeaters Habitat Mali

by Andrea Carydias. (sponsored by Intercontinental Hotel Melbourne The Rialto) at InterContinental Hotel on Collins Street

48 Same Same

by Max Blackmore (sponsored by Places Victoria) at Docklands, Melbourne

49  Patch

by Amy Robinson (sponsored by Spotlight) at Queen Victoria Market

50 Shared Path

by William Ainger (sponsored by Places Victoria) at Docklands, Melbourne

Make sure you had a look at all the Mali Elephant photos – great street art:

Part 1 of Pictures of Mali

Part 2 of Pictures of Mali

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We usually do wedding photography in Melbourne, events and family and kids photo sessions. But sometimes we like to do something different. The Melbourne Mali Elephants were are great opportunity to go to the city and discover the elephants from their best angle … we hope you enjoyed our pictures.

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But it was well worth the effort. The whole event is celebrating 150 years Melbourne Zoo – the official anniversary is on the 6th October 2012. Mali is a little baby elephant born 2 years ago and is used as the birthday ambassador. The “Mali in the city” sculptures will be auctioned off on Thursday, October 25 at Melbourne Zoo’s Leopard Lodge. All proceeds from the auction will go towards continuing Zoo Victoria’s wildlife conversation efforts. (Please register with Melbourne Zoo to attend the “Mali in the City” auction via email at maliauction@zoo.org.au.

As we got too many photos for only one blog post we decided to split the photos up in 2 parts – you are currently reading part 2. Make sure you check out first the first part of our photography series of the Melbourne elephants.

Mali Elephant Photos – Part II

This post is not finalised … we still will upload more Melbourne Elephant pictures … come back soon.

21 Tiger Mali

by Andy Murphy (sponsored by Melbourne Tigers Basketball Club) at Freshwater Place, Southbank, Melbourne

22 Bromley Two

Mali by David Bromley (sponsored by pwc – Pricewaterhouse Coopers) at Freshwater Place, Southbank, Melbourne

23 Humanageric

Mali by Sally Heinrich (sponsored by Herald Sun) at Southbank

24 Spooky Possum

Mali – by Pippa Makgill (sponsored by The Hamilton Family) at Southbank, Melbourne CBD

25 Wave to Mali

by Andrea Carydias (sponsored by Clark Rubber) at Birrarung Marr, Melbourne

26 Lotus Mali

by Kelly Spencer (sponsored by kingston)

27 Harmony Mali

by Zara McKenzie (sponsored by Marriott Melbourne) at Marriott Hotel Melbourne

28 Prayer for Protection

Mali by Blaze Warrender (sponsored by patagonia) at Melbourne Central

29 Baroque Baby Mali

by Robert Haque (sponsored by ANZ) at Burke Street

30 Endangered Asia

Mali by Kelly Just (sponsored by City of Melbourne)  at Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street

31 Mali turns the City Pink

by Siemens (sponsored by Siemens) at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne CBD, Swanston Street

32 Wooly Mali

by Mini Goss (sponsored by Channel Ten – The Project) at Fed Square, Federation Square Melbourne

33 Forest rides on the elephant’s back

by Pamela Conder (sponsored by Orange Power) at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

34 Gabriel Mali

by Jacqueline Le Souef (sponsored by Werribee Open Range Zoo) at Melbourne Zoo

35 The Frank Realities

by Antonia Marshall (sponsored by the University of Melbourne) at The University of Melbourne

Make sure you see all the Melbourne Elephant Pictures:

We had to split up the elphants in 3 posts as there are loads of elephant photos:

Go here to part 3 of our Mali in the city series: Elephants in Melbourne – Pictures of Mali – Part 3 

Did you see Part 1 of our Melbourne Elephant photoshoot?  No … check it out – Melbourne Elephants – Pictures of Mali – Part 1

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We did this photoshoot for fun … snapshots. So feel free to use our pictures. Just credit us and supply a link to our website  – that is all what we ask for. And maybe like our facebook page :-). We are also happy to supply the hi res pictures for print. Just contact us …

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We hope you enjoyed our photos as much as we did. Usually we do wedding photography in Melbourne , families and portraits. We did the Mali event just for fun – as we love photography and elephants.  So check our website when you need a photographer.

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The elephants are out in Melbourne. You might have seen one or more of the 50 baby elephant statues around the Melbourne CBD. Why are there so many elephants? What are they doing there? Don’t we usually have koalas and kangaroos in Australia?

No … it’s Mali … the baby elephant. The Melbourne Zoo celebrates 150 years and got together 50 artist-designed elephants throughout the Melbourne CBD. The elephants stay in the Melbourne city from the 10th August 2012 to September 21st. After that the whole elephant herd will gather in the Melbourne Zoo. All the baby elephants will then be auctioned off on the 25th October.

Spot all the Melbourne Mali elephants

The beautiful life-size sculptures of Mali (the Asian baby elephant of the Melbourne Zoo which was born 2 years ago – the most famous elephant calf of the Melbourne Zoo) are easy to spot everywhere in the Melbourne city. It is a free art event for the whole family. It is great fun to find all the elephants and discover the city. You will need some time.

It is hard to spot them all on one day … but you can manage when you start early. Make sure you take your time – don’t rush … these elephants are too beautiful for just a quick look.

The whole event is run in conjuction with Wild in Art. They have engaged three-time Archibald Prize finalist, artist David Bromley to be the program’s Art Patron. Wild in Art is UK based and organises these type of “Animals in the city” events. Great idea!

Andreas loves elephants. Usually we shoot weddings and portraits but we decided to go out and shoot a few elephants (Update: We love them so much … so we decided to cover them all) … no not really shooting them … only with our camera. Just for fun.

The Mali Elephant iPhone App – find all the Melbourne elephants

We equipped ourselves with the Melbourne Zoo Mali iPhone App – which is of great help to find and keep track of all the Malis. You can tick all the found elephants and can unlock little prizes. The locations of the elephants are pretty accurate and easier to find with the build in navigation and GPS. Make sure you charge your phone as the constant GPS usage drains your battery. You can only tag an elephant when you very close it.

The iPhone app is available for free and is highly recommended for anyone who wants to go elephant hunting.

We realized at a few times that the iphone App crashes when you use the map search functionality … also 1 elephant is located wrong on the map. We managed to tag all the elephants except 3 unverified (we were there but the app did not work … so we can’t tell you what happens when you tagged them all … let us know when you find out.). But we have all the 50 Mali in our camera and that is far more important.

The alternative is a printed map which was available in the Herald Sun last weekend or you can use the Melbourne Zoo google map … find it here (Update: No longer available)

Mali in my School – Elephants throughout Victoria

Mali in the city is not the only program. There is also Mali in my school. 55 Mini Malis are sent to Victorian schools for the kids to design. We would love to see these elephants … we expect some amazing designs. Kids have so much creativity. There will be an exhibition in the Melbourne Zoo from the 22 September – 14 October.

And here they are – THE ELEPHANTS:

Our aim is to have beautiful photos of all the Malis in Melbourne. We are  working on the photos at the moment and will upload soon more :-0. We still finalize the shoot on Sunday … so please come back and you will see more beautiful elephant pictures. You can find a little Mali preview on our Facebook Page.

Update 12/08/2012 9pm: We are just back from a second day Mali photoshoot. Even more walking to find more elephants. We found them all !!! Yeah !!! You will see soon more pictures.

Update 14/08/2012: Our facebook gallery is now complete … there is a picture of every elephant sculpture. Make sure you like and share it. We still have lots of elephant pictures to upload here on this post. Come back to see them all …

Update 16/08/2012: We decided to split up the post as there are just too many elephants. We found them all! At the bottom of this post you find the link to the next galleries … make sure you check them out. We hope you enjoy the pictures.

Update 19/08/2012: The 3 blog posts are completed. We uploaded all pictures of all 50 Malis. Enjoy. And don’t forget to like and share … to show the world our beautiful Malis.

Where are the Elephants in Melbourne?

01 No Ordinary Elephant

by Nicole Slater (sponsored by Melbourne Storm) at Crown Casino

02 Kevin Presley

by Steve Monk (sponsored by equipsuper) at Batman Park

03 Mali self portrait

by Mali the Elephant at Southbank

04 Elephantasy

by Elise Martinson (sponsored by VicSuper) at Queensbridge Square, Southbank

05 Rusty Mali

by Russ Brebner (sponsored by Cookers) at Melbourne City – Chinatown

06 City in Mali

by Ralf Kempken (sponsored by Lite’n Easy) at Melbourne CBD , Swanston Street

07 Faunaphant

by Sarah Hogan (sponsored by Eureka Skydeck) at Eureka Tower

08 Urban Jungle Mali

by Jake Latimer (sponsored by Mitchell – Family Office) at Les Erdi Plaza

09 Mirka’s Mali

by Mirka Mora (sponsored by Schweppes)

10 Mali’s Dreaming

by Judy Nicholson (sponsored by Wurundjeri Tribe Land & Compaensation Cultural Heritage Council Inc.) at Birrarung Marr with the MCG – Melbourne Cricket Ground

 11 Jimbo – Mali Elephant

by Janie Fearon (sponsored by Boston Consulting Group) at Federation Square Melbourne

12 Eltham Copper Butterfly Story

by Karen Rawady (sponsored by Healsville Sactuary) at Royal Botanic Gardens

13 Elephas Maximus

by Sharon Muir (sponsored by Gribbles Veterinary) at Royal Botanic Gardens

14 Pond dreaming

by David Higgins (sponsored by Melbourne Zoo) at Royal Children’s Hospital

15 Jingle

by Jessica Rae (sponsored by Streets) close to the Shrine

Update: 22/08/2012 Mali maintenance is currently taking place!
Jessica Rae’s Mali ‘Jingle’ is currently off display. Jingle is being attended to by Melbourne Zoo vets and will be a feature on the Mali trail once again by the end of the week.

16 Here Today

by Elise Martinson (sponsored by Deakin University) at Melbourne Zoo entrance

17  Botani

by Michal Skilney (sponsored by Botani Skincare) at Argyle Square, Lygon Street

18 Ming Vase Elephant

by Brian Cheung (sponsored by ecoFuture) at Queen Victoria Market

19 A Pattern of Orange-bellied Parrots

by Vanessa Bong (sponsored by Queen Victoria Market) at Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne

20 Mali is Listening to the Earth

by Victor Holder (sponsored by Sanitarium Foods) at Flagstaff Gardens

There are more Melbourne elephant pictures … see the other 30 elephants here:

We had to split up the pictures … there are just too many. Please have a look at Part II and III of the collection:

–> More “Mali in the city” – Elephant pictures Part II   

–> More “Mali in the city” – Elephant pictures Part III  

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The little one enjoyed playing with the balloons and carried them around everywhere. Lots of fun. The wind nearly blew him away and it looked like he would take off any second and fly over Melbourne. Have a look at the photos:

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