Photos, pictures etc
With many thanks to Tony and Rae for organising the competition, the barbecue and taking this photo… here is me taking the footy tipping prize, as Marita looks on (probably glad she’s shot of it, but disappointed it’s not going further away). What have you won? Link in the Trackbacks or leave a comment. As ... [More]
Here is my coffee mug at work. Theoretically it’s a coffee mug, but I don’t drink coffee. Post a picture of your mug! Link in the Trackbacks or comments. As usual, move your mouse over the picture for descriptions of various bits (note Firefox may abbreviate) Past photos in this series Notes on creating the ... [More]
On this day 150 years ago, at 12:20pm, Australia’s first train service departed Flinders Street Station bound for Port Melbourne. With that in mind, here is my local railway station. This picture was taken on Friday morning. I actually use various stations around here depending on precisely where I’m going that day, but this is ... [More]
Clearly I made a couple of bad decisions. I chose the wrong time to bail out of Doug’s 2004 Australian Tour drinkies at the Fed Square wine bar. And I chose not to bother to get my umbrella out and doing its umbrella-thing when walking the half-block to the station. After all, how wet could ... [More]
Not its usual bustling self. What happened? Evacuation? Riot? Mass protests at announcement of John Farnham touring again? No, Olympians on Swanston Street.
With thanks to Trish for the idea, here is my bike. I bought it about a year and a half ago. I don’t ride it as much as I’d like to, but with the price of petrol going through the roof, maybe it’s time to start using it more. I took this by using the ... [More]
I’m not much of a gunzel really. The world of gunzelism is something that can range from mild interest in things railed through to knowing everything but everything there is to know about every tramway and rail carriage and engine ever in service (and quite a few that never were). In conversation some months ago, ... [More]
Welcome back to the next installment in my celebration of the mundane. Here are my bins, all three of them, posed together. (They normally only sit together on the kerb on garbage day, which is Friday morning in my neck-of-the-woods.) As usual, hold your mouse over stuff in the picture to read about them. (Firefox ... [More]
Well it’s really a garage, but it’s all the way at the end of the driveway and looks like a tight squeeze, so I’ve never actually used it for the car. Pah, it hasn’t rusted yet. Well, that I know of. As usual, hold your mouse over stuff in the picture to read about them. ... [More]
It’s breakfast time for the birds on platform 3.
This is the bridge from Flinders Street Station’s Elizabeth Street subway to Southbank. Does it have a name? Ron asked, and I looked at various maps and walked around it, but can’t find a name for it. Anybody? Or if it doesn’t have a name, would anybody like to suggest one? (No actual naming rights ... [More]
Blue skies over Flinders Street Station, lunchtime, Friday.