Ever noticed how crowded the trains are on the weekend on the busy lines since the footy finished? I don’t mean on race days, I mean on “normal” weekends. People are not just having to stand, but sometimes it’s a struggle to fit aboard, because they’re running short 3-carriage trains. It’s not a new thing; ... [More]
Month: November 2006
A few times a week I make a left hand turn out of a side-street into a divided road. Frequently there is someone in the divided road doing a U-turn against me. And an alarming amount of the time, they fail to give way. I’ve got deliberately cautious now, it happens so much, seemingly particularly ... [More]
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Uniform rules
(All the posts from the Sydney trip are now online) Read an article yesterday about new non-tuck school shirts to avoid the endless problems of students not tucking their shirts in. Seems to make sense, particularly in summer. As far as I recall, during my school-uniformed years (years 9-12), while most didn’t, I did tuck ... [More]
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Bad advice
From a distance, I couldn’t hear the conversation, but from the gestures I guessed it went something like this: He, on platform 2: “Is this the platform for Frankston trains?” She: “No, I think it’s platform 3. Down there, across the tracks.” “Thanks.” So he followed her advice, went down and across the tracks. Perhaps ... [More]
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So long Sydney
(Written and posted on Sunday 12/11/2006, but backdated to the day it happened.) And so our last day in Sydney dawned. Thankfully the weather had improved immeasurably, and after breakfast we checked-out (more about the total bill later), left our luggage in storage at the hotel (I’d checked — Central Station has no luggage lockers) ... [More]
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Not gone to Gowings – Gowings is gone
(Written and posted on Friday 10/11/2006, but backdated to the day it happened.) After another buffet breakfast, we set out for a walk around Sydney’s CBD. One of my criteria for hotels was walking distance to plenty of attractions; it avoids a lot of hassle with fares for transport if you just want to wander ... [More]
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Sunday in Sydney
(Written and posted on Thursday 9/11/2006, but backdated to the day it happened.) It was a pretty good night’s sleep in our small room, and we got showered and dressed and went down to avail ourselves of the hotel breakfast. We all quickly warmed to the idea of helping themselves to all the toast, cereal, ... [More]
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Setting off for Sydney
(Written and posted on Wednesday 8/11/2006, but backdated to the day it happened.) On Saturday I ran around packing up my big backpack full of stuff. We needed clothes for the four days, plus the usual bathroom supplies, plus a book each to read while bored in airports or in the hotel. I also packed ... [More]
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Off to Sydney
I’m off to Sydney today for a few days with the kids, on the trip I booked in July. Hoping to walk across the harbour bridge, ride the monorail and the ferries, go to Tooronga Zoo, all that good stuff. Hopefully the flight home won’t be a long saga of delays like the last couple ... [More]
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Level 2 water restrictions
Level 2 water restrictions are now in place in Melbourne. Judging from the FAQ, some nitpickers have been asking questions: What if I don’t have a house number? Where there is no house number the property is considered as an ‘even’ numbered house If I live in an even number am I disadvantaged by not ... [More]
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And now we are four
With renovations having begun at her house, Marita has moved in for a little while. So while there were three people at my place (for part of the week), there are now four. Happily, this hasn’t quite created the havoc I half suspected with things like the capacity of the bathroom (the second toilet has ... [More]