Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is November 2011. Trains Work on Regional Rail Link was kicking off at Middle Footscray. Excavators having rolled in. To demolish the compulsorily acquired houses along Buckley Street. Work on the extension of suburban trains to South Morang was almost complete, […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is July 2011. Open House Melbourne The last weekend of July is usually Open House Melbourne, so I did the rounds of places normally closed to the public. First off, the underground Russell Place electrical substation. Complete with mercury arc rectifiers. […]
On my travels outside Victoria I’ve noticed something curious whenever I see an electrified railways – insulated fences.
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is June 2010. A different skyline The skyline west end of the Melbourne CBD was much emptier. Melbourne Star observation wheel still in pieces. Nothing behind Southern Cross Station. Or Docklands Stadium. Worries of flammable cladding yet to come. The asbestos […]
The other day I stumbled across an interesting titbit on the Melbourne Metro website – they are planning to build a third platform at West Footscray. So what is the thinking behind the project?
