Why do five Melbourne trams have a bee logo? Because back in 2008 during a patronage surge, the government leased 5 surplus trams from Mulhouse in France. They were shipped over and put into service ...

Right from the opening slide of a Melbourne landmark, Julian O’Shea’s Comedy Festival show is very, very funny As a kid I had two copies of the Guinness Book of Records… initially an old one from an ...

Transport blogger / campaigner and spokesperson for the Public Transport Users Association / professional geek. Bunurong land, Melbourne, Australia. Opinions on this blog are all mine.

I missed last month’s ten year old photos post, so here’s bumper crop from March and April 2015. Remember when they tried to ...

I missed last month's ten year old photos post, so here's bumper crop from March and April 2015. Remember when they tried to ...

I suspect some people would rather forget 2020, but I just wanted to mark that it’s five years since the COVID-19 pandemic really took hold, and lockdowns began in March 2020. In some ways things have ...

Long waits and packed trains for Moomba are a reminder that weekend services are not keeping up with travel demand Last weekend was the the Labour Day long weekend, with the Moomba festival in central ...