between edgecliff and kings cross
Edited: December 2nd, 2011
a blurry car rego sticker
i told you this sit was extraordinarily ordinary.
a blurry car brego sticker. enjoy.
i like the shot.
Edited: November 25th, 2011
unicycling down oxford street
why the hell not.
there were actually two of these guys, but i was driving and couldn’t get the other guy into frame.
i imagine it would be pretty dangerous to unicycle through city traffic – especially with fools taking photos while driving about.
if anyone of you out there know who this guy is, please shoot him the link to let him know he is famous! unicycle on champ, unicycle on!
here is some more sydney unicycle fun. check it out.
Edited: July 1st, 2011
st kilda rd, melbourne – through a tram-stop sign
i took this pic through the cut-out section of the signs at the tram stops in melbourne. this is on st kilda road, just near elwood. nice blue sky, no traffic on the road.
i love how i can get from elwood to fitzroy in less than 30 mins. to cover the same distance would take me an hour in sydney – and that is if my bus or train came on time.
if i miss a tram in melbourne, it’s no big deal, i may have to wait 5 to 10 mins for the next to arrive. if i miss my bus in sydney, i can be looking at about 1/2 an hour. what a disgrace.
sydney, like los angeles, once had a sprawling network of light rail that was cheap, efficient and popular.
mostly in the post-war years, when there was a greater standard of living and higher disposable income, peopel started to buy cars. the roads were soon full of cars and most of the drivers on the road were pretty incopetent through lack of experience.
lots of cars in sydney were crashing into trams, eachother and pedestrians. the government of the time and the nrma decided that trams were dangerous, not cars! So with the support of the nrma, oil companies and rubber companies, all of the tram tracks were torn up.
to just get a little idea of how established and comprehensive the tram network in sydney used to be, just google ‘wiki trams in sydney’ and see for yourself.
if you are a sydneysider, just try to imagine how convenient and awesome that tram network would be if we still had it today.
Edited: June 15th, 2011
macquarie bank sydney airport parking behemoth
ahhh, macquarie bank – don’t you just love to hate them?
first they bough sydney airport, then they wanted to make airport drive a toll road, then they jacked up car parking prices. the new rail link they helped build was a great idea and one long in the making, but when it costs $15 one way from the city for a train ticket, it makes more sense to catch a cab for two people than to pay these crooks their exorbitant prices.
a few months ago, because they were copping flak about their astronomical parking fees, they promoted a ‘terrific’ new ‘deal’ – 15 minutes free parking!!!! UNREAL!
just tell me mac bank, how can i drive in, park my car, pick up my arrival, help them with luggage back to the car and get out the boom gates within 15 minutes? if it takes me 16 mins, bang! – nice knowing you 7 bucks!
utter bastards.
Edited: October 27th, 2010
a few very cool vehicles
not a bad life, eh? drives this little thing on the ground, tinkers on his wwII aircraft and probably flies around in a sopwith or something all day. some people have it…
Edited: October 18th, 2010
bustling port at nuku alofa in tonga
this is the main port at nuku alofa, capital city of tonga.
a little bit different to port botany., but that’s the charm.
if you wander down to the docks in the afternoon, you can meet the local fishermen.
they hand spear all their fish while snorkelling. you can pick up a plastic bag full of fish, maybe 3-4 kilos worth (mixed species) for about AUD$5.
not bad at all. makes me wonder why they keep eating this.
Edited: August 7th, 2010
back to botany bay
i love this place, it never sleeps. there are people always driving and walking about at all hours.
may even print this pic up large and stick it on my wall
Edited: July 31st, 2010
sydney central station
late night, not many about. it a scene waiting for ‘our russ’ to pop up in romper stomper. it was a school night obviously. see the clip below to get the russel crowe/ romper stopmer reference, if you didnt’ get it already:
Edited: July 29th, 2010
ummm, wouldn’t even think about it
do you really need a sign to tell you that you shouldn’t cycle where fuel tankers are doing 90 km/ph?
i don’t know how cyclists do it in sydney – drivers are impatient, aggressive and intolerant. although there’s no culture of bicycles or motorbikes in sydney, give me a motorcycle anyday, at least i’m heard and can pull out of a situation quickly.
obviously not one of the city of sydney’s awesome new cycleway network.
Edited: July 19th, 2010
unloading containers at port botany
see this ship and all it’s containers?
it’s being unloaded of its cargo of imported cheap chinese crap that you buy cheap, use once and then throw away.
the ship has traveled far.
Edited: July 15th, 2010
federal park in annandale – a top spot
perfect place to relax, by rozelle bay. in this shot is the light rail line – something i would love to see extended.
sydney used to have one of the biggest tram services in all the world, second only to london. thanks to the nsw labor party (seems 50 years doesn’t change much as far as public transport strategy for sydney goes) and the nrma, which had a vested interest in forcing more people to drive, the system was wound down during the 1950′s and eventually closed in 1961.
i’m sure more than a few individuals lined their pockets with gold in making this shady deal – to the detriment of a burgeoning population of sydneysiders with a sub-standard provision of public transport infrastructure.
Edited: June 17th, 2010
needle in a traintrack
real nice. shooting up heroin on a trainline? this person REALLY wants to die.
Edited: April 18th, 2010
m5 camden-bound
shame to see the land that we grow our food on being converted into ghettos of mcmansions. shame to see that we still need to rely on road for transport of freight, instead of rail. it is unsustainable and shortsighted in every way. very australian. lucky country my ass, try stupid country. it upsets me.
Edited: April 8th, 2010
