There’s something big and yellow driving around the roads of Melbourne right now – a bus with a giant hippopotamus on the side. Public Transport Victoria launched the “Driving safely with buses” campaign in May 2024. They call me the Hiphopopotamus, my lyrics are bottomless….oh sorry we meant Hippopotabus! Much like a herd of hippos […]
It is hard to believe, but a decade long saga at Southern Cross Station has finally been resolved – rubbish bins have finally returned to the station platforms! But why weren’t there bins in the first place? A frequent question over at /r/Melbourne trains is Why are there no bins at Southern Cross Station? – […]
Way back in 2014 Melbourne newspaper The Age ran an article about urban exploration – visiting abandoned ruins and other not-usually seen parts of the man-made environment. But there was coming in that article that caught my eye. Familiar matters The article titled “Urban explorers uncover hidden gems” featured a number of photographs taken by […]
In recent years the bus operators of Melbourne have been replacing their older diesel buses with shiny new hybrid and electric ones. Here is a quick look at the progress so far. The big orders of hybrid buses CDC Melbourne was the first Melbourne operator to acquire a large fleet of hybrid buses, with a […]
