Melbourne stuff
In the spirit of Overheard in Melbourne, this one heard the other day at Victoria Gardens shopping centre while on an Ikea run: “If you don’t behave, I’ll take you to the police station!” Puh-lease, talk about an empty threat. Unless the mum thought the kid was guilty of terrorism charges or something. As I’ve ... [More]
Maybe things haven’t changed all that much in the last 119 years. And in place of lowing cattle, I can hear the fiendish rattle Of the tramways and the buses making hurry down the street, And the language uninviting of the gutter children fighting, Comes fitfully and faintly through the ceaseless tramp of feet. — ... [More]
Why is it that some oldsters seem determined to jaywalk? In fact it could be my imagination, but it sometimes seems the less agile they are, the more likely they are to jaywalk. The other evening in Glenhuntly I saw a lady who was struggling to merely push a shopping trolley, and she decided to ... [More]
Now I’ve seen everything. On the 8:05pm to Werribee last night… PS. Sunday 7:45pm. Post title modified. Yes, he was a real hairdresser.
(With apologies to Bargearse.)
Jeremy is rather unimpressed with the postal service. On Monday last week he mailed a letter to himself from my mum’s place, and it took until today to arrive. Some other mail had been turning up — sporadically, but something every few days. I wonder if some of the posties on post-Christmas holidays? For a ... [More]
Spotted in Victory Park, Patterson Road, Bentleigh yesterday. (It’s where we go when the car is getting its tyres looked at.) I’ve seen a few obscure pieces of playground equipment in my time, but what is this? I can’t figure it out. It’s too high to reach, even for an adult. I wondered if it ... [More]
Spotted in Australia On Collins Now call me old-fashioned if you like, but shouldn’t the location of life-saving fire-fighting equipment be indicated in a slightly less subtle way?
Oh boy, it’s going to be a hot night, and tomorrow’s not much better. It’s still 38.3 outside, and about 30 indoors. No aircon here at home, but with the fans running it’s bearable, so I don’t plan on getting it.
On Monday we headed off to the Dandenong Ranges for Puffing Billy. It’s been years since I’ve been up there, and after taking a look recently at an old family video of one such trip, we were all keen to go again. The removal of zone 3 has made these occasional jaunts to the city ... [More]
Southern Cross Station, 9am Christmas morning PS. Bonus: Related Herald Sun story and ABC online!
I was reminded at the weekend that near where I used to work, there’s a partly-triangular building. It’s at the corner of Nicholson Street and Victoria Parade. Here’s what it looks like from above… (Picture: Whereis.com.au) But look at it from the Lonsdale Street exit of Parliament Station, and it looks like it’s flat — ... [More]
I just saw a miracle. It’s lunchtime in the city. It’s two weeks before Christmas. There was no queue at the post office. How is this possible? Maybe it was a hallucination.
Forgot to post these photos from last weekend. Or was it the weekend before? Footscray Road, Saturday afternoon, an important convoy came through. With escort cars, flashing lights, the full works. They seemed to be heading west, last seen heading along Ballarat Road, rather than towards the North Pole. Maybe Santa’s got a local distribution ... [More]
Eh? From last Monday’s Herald Sun: Melbourne restaurant manager Monique Moussi rented out her home in Seddon, on the city’s edge, in favour of a fast-paced and closely networked lifestyle in the fashionable Docklands precinct near the city’s heart. She’s far too busy running the family restaurant, Medici’s, to maintain a house and garden, and ... [More]
OMG, the teenagers really do say “random”. I heard it twice on the train yesterday. They didn’t seem to be referencing Summer Heights High, either.