I can’t quite believe the year is over already.
66 blog posts this year (plus this one).
The most viewed, if I’m reading the stats right, were all transport posts:
- 18/4/2025: Myki: new readers coming soon
- 18/11/2025: What we know about the Metro tunnel opening
- 13/12/2025: West Gate Tunnel impacts
- 13/6/2025: Metro tunnel timetable during the 21st June test
- 10/9/2025: Fixing the network: the long list
Also top of the pops were the home page, a 2018 post about what the rail map will look like with the Metro tunnel open (the draft back then is actually better than the actual map now), and the page about catching the cheap PTV bus to the airport.
Blog posts this year that got the most comments:
- 10/9/2025: Fixing the network: the long list 27
- 18/4/2025: Myki: new readers coming soon 27
- 29/4/2025: You are my Sunshine 23
- 15/5/2025: At last, more services 22
- Several were equal fifth at 21.
- Looking back further, the most comments I ever got on a single post was 126 for a 2016 post: Skyrail!
The top social media post (based on Facebook stats, which are the most comprehensive) was a short video showing one of the new Myki readers.
Other social media platforms don’t make it as easy to see this kind of info, but this snarky post in November did very well, as did the short video of the Eiffel Tower viewed from a train.
Some favourite things of the year, some of which I blogged, some of which I didn’t:
- We took a few short trips around Victoria to see rellies, and also to check out the Benalla street art festival, and Bendigo for the Frida Kahlo exhibition
- Retro gaming: chasing down cartridges for the Atari 2600 (including in Bendigo and Geelong), and just this month I got the new Commodore 64 Ultimate
- The Europe trip – still blogging that one. So much fun (despite passport panic)
- …and trying to learn French
- A family trip to Brisbane was fun too
- Getting to tour the metro tunnel stations before they opened, then enjoying the Metro tunnel opening – and meeting lots of people on the way through
- We also had family gatherings every month or two to celebrate birthdays – always good
- My photos/screen grabs remind me I had a short addiction to the 368 Chickens web game… until I cracked it. Four years after I first played it, Wordle remains an ongoing concern
- John Clarke doco at MIFF (showing on ABC TV on 1st January – recommended)
- Oasis at Marvel Stadium!
- PTUA campaigning kept going, with important issues continuing to be highlighted. We’ve seen substantial growth in membership (join now; there’s a free tier if you want) and social media this year.
The year was not all smooth sailing. Day job and PTUA stuff pretty busy at times. Some family members with health challenges. Including me come to think of it. (I mentioned the leg problem, but you probably don’t need to read about the warts.)
All of little consequence compared to world events, of course.
I’ve also got an ever-growing list of Things To Do… and Lego sets to build!
Hope your 2025 has been good good, and your 2026 is better!
