Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is June 2014. Regional Rail Link These has been an ongoing theme for many months now, but ten years ago Regional Rail Link was nearing the finishing line – the finishing touches were being applied to the new platforms at Footscray. […]
Archive for June, 2024
A ferry trip across the harbour in Auckland
On my recent trip to Auckland I decided to catch a ferry across Waitematā Harbour to Devonport, but as I set off on my journey I noticed more and more things that felt like back home in Australia. I set off from the CBD at C̶i̶r̶c̶u̶l̶a̶r̶ ̶Q̶u̶a̶y̶ the Ferry Building. The ferry set off across […]
That’s not my railway station…
That’s not my Box Hill railway station… the backdrop is too green. That’s not my Seddon railway station… the building is too wooden. And that’s not my Spotswood railway station… there isn’t a station there at all! So were are they? Melbourne’s Box Hill railway station has three platforms located beneath a shopping centre in […]
A trip ‘across the ditch’ to New Zealand
I’ve just gotten home from a two week long trip ‘across the ditch’ to New Zealand, so here’s a quick trip report. Arrival into Auckland I flew into Auckland Airport on the North Island. And immediately made my way to the Glenbrook Vintage Railway, where steam locomotive WW 644 was running for the day. I […]