I’ve written about the Royal Children’s Hospital redevelopment before – in particular the demolition of the old hospital – but this time I’m revisiting the subject after I stumbled upon an interesting article in The Age.
Archive for February, 2016
Photos from ten years ago: February 2006
February 23rd, 2016
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Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time February 2006.
Level crossing removals trigger flying pigs
February 19th, 2016
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A few years ago removing Melbourne’s level crossings might have seemed like a “when pigs fly” idea, but today it is coming true – just with miniature police stations taking to the air, not pigs.
V/Line stations trumps Metro for passenger information
February 16th, 2016
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I visited Wyndham Vale station recently, and was pleasantly surprised by the amount of next train information made available to passengers.
Melbourne’s trenched railways are also ugly
February 11th, 2016
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This week the Herald Sun ran a piece titled “Suburban sky rail: Spin vs reality”, featuring ugly examples of elevated rail in Melbourne, covered in graffiti and littered with rubbish. For the purposes of comparison, here are some equally unattractive examples of railway lines being sunk beneath the road.