The commercial centre of Frankston on the southern fringe of Melbourne was once, if early paintings of the area are an indication, an attractive natural landscape. It is now defined by blight such as the empty Peninsula Centre (the background high-rise) and the equally untenanted Dark Zone that was once a sleazy pinball joint and of course McDonald's which is never a great beautifier of any landscape.

If my description of McDonald's is circumspect it's for this reason. In my research of the company's logo on the web I found a handy shortcut to fabricating the sign used in this print; the company kindly made their livery available online. However the download was conditional on acknowledging the company's legal boilerplate that any misuse of their property would not be tolerated. Thus respecting the company's sensitivity I have represented it in its natural habitat with minimal comment and as any hapless passerby would see it.

The thoughtless consumption of of such a product is consistent with the faux nationalism of the Australian flag flying above a guy wearing faux Americana college sports wear and another import, the baseball cap. He's chatting with another familiar denizen of Frankston whose driving technique always involves dangling an arm from the car window. Naturally all of this takes place under a bright blue Australian sky.