Posts Tagged ‘Waurn Ponds’

Photos from ten years ago: November 2014

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is November 2014. A trip to Sydney I decided to make the trip up to Sydney this month, catching the XPT north from Melbourne. And being greeted by a light rail vehicle tram as soon as I arrived at Central Station. […]

Photos from ten years ago: October 2014

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is October 2014. Trains I’ve been posting about progress on Regional Rail Link for a few years now, and finally it’s the big day – VLocity VL09 was the first “proper” test train to run along the new tracks from Deer […]

Photos from ten years ago: December 2009

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is December 2009. We start overlooking Southern Cross Station, where the Docklands skyline was a lot emptier. As was that of Spencer Street. And the western edge of the CBD. Back in 2009 the explosion of (flammable!) apartment blocks was yet […]

Photos from ten years ago: October 2009

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is October 2009. In with the new Every month seems to involve new rail infrastructure, and this is no different. At Laverton station on the Werribee line, a crane was hard at work lifting the new footbridge spans into place. Cranes […]

Photos from ten years ago: September 2009

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is September 2009. Around Geelong We start down in the Geelong suburb of Waurn Ponds. Which a decade ago was the southern terminus of the Geelong Ring Road. But work was underway to extend the freeway over the Waurn Ponds Creek […]