You’ll find Bunnings Warehouse stores all over Australia, with new locations and expanded stores appearing on a regular basis. Birth A decade ago I was in the empty streets of an industrial estate south of Caroline Springs, where a new Bunnings Warehouse store was taking shape. The iconic grand entrance was there. But inside there […]
Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is February 2011. Rails out west We start outside Footscray, where I captured a V/Line train sharing the suburban tracks on the way to the city. In 2010 it was announced that Regional Rail Link would expand the cutting from four […]
Transit Orientated Development is a process that maximises the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport. But at railway stations in Melbourne’s growing western suburbs, the development is anything but. Caroline Springs We start out at Caroline Springs station, located between town and the tip. A massive car park […]
In the 2016/17 Victoria Budget, the State Government has allocated $518 million for upgrade works on the Ballarat line, making the railway system more reliable and marking room for more train services. Track duplication and building additional crossing loops is simple, but some components of the upgrade are a little esoteric.
Caroline Springs has been waiting a long time for a railway station but it is almost here – construction is well underway and the station due to open sometime in 2016. However the project has not been a simple one, and a lack of forward planning has resulted in a critical piece of infrastructure bring rendered almost useless – the access road!
