Protesters let the Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, know what they think about the world’s longest lockdown and mandated vaccines.

Some protesters, the police line, Shrine of Remembrance lawns and the Melbourne skyline.

A protester presents a daffodil to the line. Flower power has never worked - the man was arrested moments later.

A member of the CFMEU wonders aloud to police why there is more of them than protesters.

A member of the CFMEU makes his feelings clear.

A protester is bloodied from an altercation with police and arrested.

Victoria Police chase a group of protesters across St Kilda Rd toward South Melbourne.

A Vietnam War veteran arrives at the Shrine of Remembrance to remind people of the solemnity of the place.

Police use tear gas and pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.

An anti-vaccination protester takes the opportunity to give a policeman the ‘bird'.

Victoria Police charge across the gardens of the Shrine in an attempt to disperse the protesters and clear the Shrine of Remembrance. Only a couple of years before they had been issued with the latest in non-lethal crowd control weaponry.

Many Melbournians, not just the protesters, expressed shock at the number and militancy that the Victoria police brought to the protest. People who live in Melbourne had never seen their police force armed in this way for previous demonstrations and protests.