A stern looking old man with a multitude of balloon animals in a wicker basket, as well as a balloon shaped in a flower dangles, slightly deflated, from his fishing hat. The cold depressive weather is not good for business. His face however, lights up when he is greeted by a small child, with a smile from ear to ear forming on both of their faces, which spreads like wildfire to the people hastily walking past the pair on the busy Melbourne streets.