Today in Cats of Kingsville: this fluff ball detoured off the sidewalk where I was walking Maggie so she could keep an eye on us from a safe distance :)
Peeking out from across the low hedge.
Winter light show
Gorgeous peach-pink sunset in Melbourne today!
Peach-pink sunset behind the clouds, above the rooftops.
Fire on the horizon
This fire was classified by VicEmergency as ‘small’. But it looked much bigger when you saw its smoke plume against that yellow-orange sky at sunset.
A trick of the light makes the smoke stand out against the sky.
Democracy sausage 2019
Democracy sausage achieved! With Nadia at Kingsville Primary School after voting in the 2019 federal elections in Australia.
(For future reference, you can find out which polling places in Australia offer democracy sausages, cake stalls, and the like from democracysausage.org.)
White bread, sausage, fried onions, and sauce. What more could you want?
Favourite mailbox in Kingsville
This is my favourite mailbox in all of Kingsville. There’s often an outdoor bin just below it as well :)
Please give us junk mail!
Ready for winter
Some trees are preparing for winter: steadily, gracefully shedding their leaves. Others are overachievers and were ready to go *days* ago.
Getting ready for winter in Melbourne.
Sun-seeking neighbourhood cat
In our continuing series on the cats of Kingsville, here's one from today who really cares only for sun warmfs.
Ignoring the world.
Lovely overcast day in Melbourne this afternoon
All grey skies and silver linings.
Grey skies over Docklands in Melbourne.
Tour of the West Gate Tunnel Project
One of the perks of working at Transurban is that you can sign up for tours of our major construction projects — which is how I found myself on a tour of the West Gate Tunnel Project last week :)
Wearing boots, a hard hat, and high visibility vest while touring the West Gate Tunnel Project northern portal (which is across the street from Yarraville Gardens).
I love the West Gate Tunnel Project because, as someone who lives in Melbourne’s west, I know first hand how much of a pain it can be to drive into the city.
Once complete, this new toll road will make it much easier for folks coming from the west — ie the Western Ring Road (M80) or the West Gate Freeway (M1) — to get into the western side of Melbourne’s Central Business District (CBD).
Right now, if you’re driving into the city from the west, you have two options: (a) go through Footscray by taking Geelong/Williamstown road and then Dynon/Footscray road or (b) take the West Gate Bridge and get to the south of the CBD.
The West Gate Tunnel will give us a third option, albeit a tolled one: (c) take the tunnel under Yarraville and the Maribyrnong River, followed by the elevated roadway above Footscray Road. Then connect to Footscray Road, Dynon Road (near North Melbourne railway station), or Wurundjeri Way to get into the city; or take the on-ramp to CityLink and go north.
Map from WGTP project website.
Sadly, this project is still three years away from completion so there’s nothing to do but wait.
On the up-side: this means I’ll get to go on more project construction tours over the coming years :)
Grey skies, grey everything
Looking forward to a lot of rain overnight tonight!
Grey, desaturated day in Melbourne
Another golden sunset
Another day, another golden sunset on a partly cloudy day in Melbourne.
Cityscape showing sun setting behind the clouds.
Bright, golden sunset
Melbourne’s sky has been fantastic to see and photograph these last few days. Like today’s golden sunset.
Bright, golden sunset as seen from Docklands, Melbourne.
Also, I discovered my office building casts quite a large shadow when there’s a bright sun behind it.
Bright reflection, big shadow, puffy clouds.
Skies clearing
It’s supposed to get sunny (sunnier?) in Melbourne today, but I have to say I’m enjoying the partly cloudy morning so far.
Dark clouds rolling out of the city during my morning commute. Spectacular.
Gorgeous day in Melbourne
Blue skies, bright sky, puffy white-and-grey clouds. Melbourne was showing off today.
Fluffy clouds as far as the eye can see.
On Thursdays we wear grey (hoodies)
On Thursdays we wear grey (hoodies). At least on this bus we do.
Three of my fellow morning commuters - sitting in almost a line ahead of me on the bus - are wearing light grey hoodies today!
Rainclouds a-comin'
Battening down the hatches.
Dark rain clouds approaching from the west — starting to block out the soon-to-be-setting sun.
All four seasons in one day
Ah, Melbourne. The place where I wear a rain shell and sunglasses while walking the dog. My clothes are still wet, but my face is now warm.
If you don’t like the weather in Melbourne, just wait fifteen minutes and it’ll change.
Good Friday night at Flinders Street station
Heading home from a comedy show in the city on Good Friday.
Waiting on a mostly empty platform at Flinders Street station.
Thursday evening sunset
Gorgeous Thursday evening sunset in Docklands, Melbourne. A lovely end to a short week before the Easter long weekend.
Sunset over Docklands, taken from the 29th floor of Collins Square.
Independent goods line
Sunny Saturday afternoon at the Independent Goods Line that runs under Footscray train station.
A freight train heading towards Melbourne city on the South Kensington–West Footscray railway line, next to Footscray station.