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Transport tip of the month – travelling to the CBD from North Balwyn and East Kew
tl;dr version – if you live in parts of North Balwyn and East Kew, you can get to the city quicker by changing from the 200 to the 905 rather than staying…
17 January, 2019Mont Albert and Surrey Hills level crossing removals – preliminary thoughts
The removal of the level crossings at Surrey Hills and Mont Albert in Melbourne’s east was announced last month as part of the 2018 state election campaign. These two projects will eliminate…
22 December, 2018Transport tip of the month – changing from buses to trains at Victoria Park Station
tl;dr version – if you are on a citybound bus on the Eastern Freeway and want to change to a Mernda/Hurstbridge train, get off at the Truro Street bus stop and walk…
13 December, 2018Bicycle trip: O’Keefe Rail Trail
The O’Keefe Rail Trail follows part of the abandoned railway line from Bendigo to Heathcote Junction. Confusingly for its name, the Trail currently ends at the town of Heathcote, which is around…
10 December, 2018The plan for this blog
The few regular followers of this blog will notice that I post content rather sporadically. This is largely a product of the varying amounts of time that I have available to write…
29 November, 2018Transport tip of the month – change at West Richmond instead of Jolimont
tl;dr version – if you are on a citybound 48 or 75 tram and want to change to an outbound Mernda/Hurstbridge train, get off at Punt Road and walk to West Richmond…
15 November, 2018Bicycle trip: Port Fairy to Warrnambool Rail Trail
The Port Fairy to Warrnambool Rail Trail follows an old passenger and freight railway that operated as a whole from 1890 to 1977. It closed in stages and eventually became truncated for…
30 October, 2018How far can you travel in Melbourne for just $4.30?
If you travel long distances, Melbourne’s flat rate fare system works very much in your favour. Regardless of whether you travel 800 metres or 40 kilometres, myki will charge you the same…
11 August, 2018Day trip to Korumburra: railways old and new
Today was a thoroughly enjoyable and interesting trip down to Korumburra in the the south-eastern part of Gippsland. Korumburra is a relatively small town on the disused South Gippsland Railway, which once…
21 July, 2018Parma: an overlooked Italian city
Note: this post was written in August 2017 during my trip to Europe. Whenever I mentioned to people that I was visiting Parma, I was most often met with puzzlement and questions…
25 February, 2018
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