Some of the clocks at Flinders Street Station need updating. If they managed to update the leftmost clock to say “Pakenham and Cranbourne” (the Cranbourne line opened in 1995), why can’t they update the “St Albans” one to say “Sydenham”? (Actually, wait a year or two and then change it to “Sunbury“.) Update 9am: Oh ... [More]
On the 29th of December I hired a Mini from Hertz as a Christmas present for Marita. So that we could drive on the Citylink tollway, I temporarily added it to my Citylink account. 29/12/2010 12:01pm. Added XPE308 29/12/2010 12:30pm. Travelled on tollway 30/12/2010 10:37am. Removed XPE308 from account I thought no more about it ... [More]
I suppose it’s inevitable that if you sell advertising space, sometimes you’ll be allowing advertising for your competitors. And advertising for cars is commonly found on public transport. But some of Nissan’s advertising around Flinders Street station goes a step further by directly criticising the public transport it is competing with, with slogans such as ... [More]
Remember this post a while back where I tried to figure out how many days in a month you need to travel to make Monthly tickets a worthwhile purchase? Turns out in many other cities around the world, a Monthly ticket is a no-brainer purchase, even if you work 4 days a week, even if ... [More]
I’m hoping one of you smart people can explain the logic behind this.
I ran this poll on an internal PTUA members’ email list. Let’s try it here. Here’s the context: Trains, particularly in peak hour, are packed. More trains are being purchased, but the decision has to be made about how to deploy them. (Even if it’s decided to upgrade infrastructure such as with the proposed new ... [More]
This week I stopped wearing a tie to work. I’ve moved to a new office, where the norm is no ties. I could wear one, but would stick out. So effectively it’s the new uniform. As I noted last year, when I started working in 1993, pretty much every male white-collar worker wore a tie. ... [More]
Last week a lady was tragically killed on the level crossing at Bentleigh station, when she walked in front of an express train. I’d never do it, but unfortunately far too often people do take the risk. It’s not difficult — despite the upgrade, if you approach the crossing from the right hand footpath, you ... [More]
The Port Melbourne railway line closed in 1987, but this train wanted to go there. (Thanks to Terry who spotted it in time for me to snap a pic. It’s possible the sign is stuck, since it looks like the same carriage was snapped recently elsewhere.) In today’s Herald Sun: New Metro timetable as trains ... [More]
Oh bravo, yes. Just block the whole road. And I might note this guy was happy to park himself there while the light he was blocking was still green.
Another online vs retail comparison. Component cables for a Nintendo Wii, so I could plug it into the new TV. Nintendo official product: $47.99 (JB Hifi and others). Around $41.00 online, from an Australian online seller. Futuretronics clone product: $29.94 (Dick Smith). Dick Smith also had the cables included in a “Wii Starter Kit” with ... [More]
I don’t necessarily agree with Tony Abbott’s policies, but I don’t think what he said to the soldiers, taken in context, was unreasonable. Colonel Creighton says of the Digger’s death: “Was it tragic? Absolutely. But we’re all in the knowledge that all the stuff (firepower support) you see here and more was available on the ... [More]
Call me slow, but I just figured out why I never used to be that keen on The Long And Winding Road but how recently I’ve come to like it — and even find it quite emotional. It’s not just because I’m getting old. It’s because for years all I had was the original version ... [More]
This feline visitor was in the back garden yesterday evening, waiting, watching. I’ve seen this particular cat around a fair bit in the last week or two. I wonder who got a cat for Christmas? Ah well, if it keeps an eye on the mice, I’ll be happy. Hopefully it’s kept indoors at night so ... [More]
My Internet access account got shaped on Sunday afternoon, for the last day-and-a-half of the billing cycle, as we apparently burnt through 30 Gb (peak) in the month. No big deal — it may just mean Youtube is unbearably slow for 36 hours, and I’ll have to curb my practice of having lots of browser ... [More]
My favourite picture from Friday’s floods; courtesy of Herschel Landes, who snapped it at Windsor Station (on Saturday morning I assume). The trains had stopped running on many lines on Friday night. But earlier when the water level was lower, they had been running through Windsor, as shown in this video someone posted to Youtube: ... [More]