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your travel guide to the other side. mostly the 4 P's: public transport, planning, powerlines, Poasting. wurundjeri lands. he/him

close up, head on photo of an echidna on the grassy verge next to a road. the echidna has a dense crown of flowers and various plants from their fossicking around in the undergrowth for food
A Melbourne C2 class tram, affectionately known as "bumblebees" for the livery they first wore and the cute little bee mascot on their side. originally a batch of surplus trams for a french city which Melbourne snapped up
The Budget invests $77.5 million to deliver: Shepparton line: nine return services every weekday – almost double the number of current services Belgrave and Lilydale lines: trains every 20 mins to the end of the line on weekday evenings – up from every 30 mins trains every 10 mins on the Ringwood corridor on weekday evenings – up from every 15 mins Glen Waverley and Alamein lines: trains every 20 mins on weekday evenings – up from every 30 mins Mernda and Hurstbridge lines: trains every 20 mins to Mernda and Eltham all weekend – up from every 30 mins in the evening and every 40 mins on Sunday morning services every 10 mins between the city and Clifton Hill – up from every 15 mins on weekend evenings and every 20 mins on Sunday mornings into the city These new services meet growing demand for evening and weekend services. Time ranges listed are averages.
the Auckland downtown ferry terminal with modern glass skyscrapers looming behind it, which is superficially kinda similar to the view at Sydney's circular quay
the entrance to Manukau train station, passing directly through the atrium space of a large mixed use university building
light streaming in from the entrance of a lava cave
Rangitoto island viewed from the ferry, it's a very heavily forested island gradually rising up to a volcanic cone in the centre
various industrial buildings with small plumes of smoke coming out of chimneys that is the NZ Steel steel mill
A photo taken from the open passenger car as it passed through a dense pocket of trees
A DBR class diesel locomotive hauling a consist of an open passenger car and 3 normal passenger cars past a crowd of people on the grassy mound that is the Shakespeare Road stop. The train reversed back around the curve to let us get our shots
a photo taken from north head lookout on Auckland's north shore, looking out over the Auckland skyline
Screenshot from the NFSA website which reads: PB/5 pedestrian crossing button Because it set the rhythm of Australian streets, one crossing at a time. Introduced in 1984, the PB/5 pedestrian crossing button reshaped how Australians move through cities and suburbs. Designed by David Wood, Louis Challis and Frank Hulscher, it was created to support pedestrians who are blind or have low vision through sound and touch. The locator ‘tick’, vibrating arrow and steady crossing tone are functional, but also instantly recognisable. Produced mechanically and in real time, the sound is direct, rhythmic and hard to ignore. Over decades, it has settled into daily life — a small but constant presence at intersections, train stations and busy streets. Its reach extends beyond infrastructure. The crossing tick was later sampled in Billie Eilish’s ‘Bad Guy’, carrying a piece of Australian street sound into global pop. The recording captures how thoughtful sound design can shape behaviour, attention and safety — and how an everyday utility can become a shared cultural reference point.
A Brisbane original EMU bound for Ferny Grove at Coopers Plains station
A video of a boxy purple and yellow N class diesel locomotive and it's set of N and Z type carriages roaring through Albion station on a warm summer evening
an East Pakenham bound HCMT train arriving at the rather dreary Albion station, set to be rebuilt in the next few years
the Swanston Street exit to the new entrance behind Young and Jackson's, opposite St Paul's Cathedral. it's a decidedly narrow walkway
human sized snail sculpture in Queanbeyan. very anatomically accurate too
my elderly cat tish having the time of her life roasting on a concrete balcony on a 45°C day
video peering out of a pull down window on a tram cruising down a street with many mature trees and classic inner city Melbourne terrace housing
Melbourne B2 class tram number 2026 on route 64 on Swanston Street at the Town Hall stop
screenshot of open street map showing gunzel street above the Ararat/Maryborough line in the relatively new suburb of Thornhill Park. other street names include "conductor road" "whistle drive" and "sprinter drive", all suspiciously railway related
A c2 class "bumblebee" Melbourne tram on route 96 to east Brunswick in St Kilda
queue stretching the whole width of the Arden station entrance waiting to get a passport stamp
bananas poorly edited on top of some breaching dolphins
an older passenger information display at yaletown station which shows the next trains to waterfront station are in 3 minutes, 7 minutes and 11 minutes while it is currently 10:57am, well and truly offpeak
two modern trolley buses travelling across the intersection of Granville and Davie street
a video panning along the edge of Moose Lake, a very large and frozen body of water in the Canadian Rockies, with huge mountains towering over the other side of the valley
a small mostly frozen stream running through dense pine forests with a low, modern bridge passing over it. there are majestic and intimidating snowcapped mountains towering in the distance, almost. blending into the heavy clouds
gently rolling snow covered hills that look almost like scoops of vanilla ice cream giving way to a taller ridge in the distance
the observation park car at the rear of our 13 carriage consist at the station in a very snow covered (but surprisingly mild) Sioux Lookout, ON
a very foggy, very snowy scene passing over a valley in rural Nova Scotia with a road curving away to the left
the VIA rail locomotive 6457 at the head of 2 other locomotives and a 13 carriage consist on train #1 from Toronto to Vancouver, having just arrived at Pacific Central station in Vancouver after 4,400km from Toronto
an abstract scene with snowy line trees in the foreground dissolving into a white and grey mess of trees disappearing off into the mountains and clouds in the distance
one of the dome cars on the train at Jasper station under very, very early morning pre-dawn light. everything is very blue (and was IRL)
a train crew member from a stopped CN freight train in the background trudging through a snow covered railway yard, getting a good look at our passing passenger train
a small greenhouse/hut thing stands alone on a snowcapped landscape of rolling hills that have crops poking through the snow. there is a very squiggly road following the contour lines of the hills off into the distance
a snow covered field with bits of grass poking through under a nearly completely grey sky, which is illuminated by a dull light indicating the sun is behind it somewhere
a flat, mostly featureless snow covered landscape under an early morning sky. there's a large patch of clear sky and the sun is struggling to break through some patchy clouds, while a big wall of cloud looms over the other half of the sky
video from the window of a train of a small lakeside town covered in snow under a pretty sunset lighting the clouds gold
a photo of a small river flowing through an otherwise completely snow covered landscape dotted with some pine trees and other trees. there's a few idyllic Canadian houses scattered throughout
looking down the ridiculously narrow platforms at Toronto at a long row of Budd passenger cars
W class tram pictogram on the regulatory tram only signage in Canberra
a video from a tram stopped at a traffic light on Spadina Ave. the left turn arrow for cars goes first, allowing 3 cars to turn across our tram with dozens of people on board can proceed, wasting 15-20 seconds before we can even reach the stop to let people on or off
a Kitchener-Waterloo ION tram departing central station and passing under a railway bridge, with some new apartment towers looking behind
a bright and colourful ad that says in big rounded letters "skip traffic, not class. Line 6 takes you to Humber" which is a major college at the end of the line. for reference: google maps driving directions from end to end are only 25 minutes (up to 45 mins or an hour in peak times) against the over 50 minutes via Line 6, assuming, your tram is in service and runs to schedule, which neither of mine did
an elderly person marching their stroller down the only surface deemed important enough to be plowed by the city: the road
many many footprint in the snow on the tram tracks pretty clearly leading to the nearest driveway to access the adjacent businesses or the huge apartment towers in the distance
icicles forming on the side of a presto fare validator exposed to the elements
A speed over time chart showing huge periods of near 0 speed spent waiting at intersections. when it sped up the tram did reach the high 40km/h range quickly, but only ever maintained it briefly before a stop or intersection brought it crashing back down to earth
a video showing many left turning cars given free reign to turn across the tram tracks before the tram gets to proceed, including several people running the red light as the tram has a green light
A speed over time chart showing the speed fluctuating up and down, but averaging around the 20-30km/h range, rarely coming to a complete stop outside of platforms, just slowing down to 10-15km/h on approach to intersections waiting for the signal to clear
A cluster of signs at an intersection including multiple illuminated no right turn signs that say "TRAIN" on them, as well as a tram speed limit sign, a tram signal at proceed, a warning sign for people on bikes about the tracks, as well as the normal array of traffic lights and directional signs
A video out the front window of the tram passing through several signalised intersections without stopping, only slowing down for a pedestrian who crossed without looking for the tram
A section of separated tram track at the kerbside of a one-way street through downtown Kitchener