Archive for June, 2015

Some feedback via Reddit

A while back on Reddit, someone asked “What is your favourite Melbourne blog”. A random commenter recommended this site, with one wag adding this follow up comment. For those who don’t frequent Reddit, TIL = Today I Learned. I hope you all enjoy the random stuff I dig up as well. 🙂 And another one […]

Two tram trips trigger a stupid Myki bug

Melbourne’s Myki ticketing system is jam packed full of bugs that only happen on strange edge cases, and the other day I stumbled upon one of the early ones – the “tram touch on is treated as a touch off” bug.

New 'Touch on every time you board' stickers on tram doors

Core versus non-core business at Barwon Health

It seems that the only news coming out of Geelong these days is businesses closing their doors – and a recent piece from the ABC was just another story about job losses – this time at the Geelong Hospital.

Geelong Hospital

Why does the Western Ring Road narrow at Sunshine Avenue?

If you have ever had the misfortune to drive along the Western Ring Road, you may have noticed the inconsistent provision of lanes along the way: one minute you have four lanes to pick between, then all of a sudden you are forced back to just two. So what gives?

Northbound on the Western Ring Road at the Calder Freeway