Posts Tagged ‘Sydney’

Photos from ten years ago: February 2014

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is February 2014. Trams We start off with me being featured in The Age on the subject of a tram stop in Ascot Vale that kept being hit by motorists. Also on the tram front, I spotted Victoria Police offices pulling […]

Farewell to Melbourne’s first electric bus

This is the story of Melbourne’s first electric bus, which doesn’t even operate in Victoria any more. The story starts in 2019, when Melbourne-based bus body builder Volgren was building a prototype electric bus on an imported BYD K9 chassis. In July 2019 Volgren completed the prototype of its first ever pure-electric bus, a product […]

Photos from ten years ago: March 2013

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is March 2013. A trip to Sydney I spent a few days up in Sydney, and went for a ride on their double deck trains. Stumbled upon the wooden tread escalators at Wynyard station. And went for a last ride on […]

Road trip to New South Wales

Rainbow over Byrnes Road, Bomen

Photos from ten years ago: July 2012

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is July 2012. Off to Sydney We start this month at Melbourne Airport, where the terminal was in disarray on July 18. But staff shortages weren’t to blame this time – but a power outage. Leaving the split-flap display board in […]