Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is September 2014. Regional Rail Link Yep, I’m at it again, following the progress on the Regional Rail Link project. At Footscray the widened railway cutting through Fordham Reserve had been partially reinstated. Right up to abandoned Franco Cozzo showroom. The […]
When trains aren’t running V/Line passengers are used to being packed onboard replacement buses, but there is an even more expensive mode of substitute transport that V/Line makes regular use of – taxis! I first became aware of it years ago when a mate who uses a mobility scooter tried to travel to Seymour on […]
When I was younger seeing Melbourne taxis with advertising panels attached to the rear boot was normal, but then they died away. Apparently somebody out there missed them, as this “Back by popular demand” advertisement seems to suggest. So what happened to them?
Normally a story about lost mobile phones and a taxi involves the passenger leaving their prized possession behind, and their difficult quest to be reunited with it – but this tale flips it right around.
