The Bicycle Parrot and Ralph's Big Red Mouth

Caesar, an Eclectus parrot from New Guinea, paused for a photograph on its bicycle ride with Pierre, heading for the opening of the Eternity exhibition at Damien Minton's gallery in Redfern. You can see Eternity written in chalk on the footpath next to the abandoned shopping trolley, in the famous copperplate style. After the photo opp, Caesar was pleased to climb up onto a nearby admirer's hand for a somber head scratch. 

Outside a supermarket near the gallery, Cindy was helping her hand-puppet Ralph. Their sign reads: "Please help me get my bed tonight $15 God be with us all. Have a nice life to us all love you all." Cindy asked to be included in the photo. She said she's homeless, and usually raises money for a place to stay by making jewellery. Ralph was doing well with his cheerful big-red-mouth act, and coins were adding up fast. 

Sad update a few weeks later: Cindy was holding out a cup for spare change without Ralph today, and says that Ralph has been stolen.