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Today I had the pleasure of driving this:
An oil-fired steam locomotive. Drove it from Castlemaine to Maldon, round-trip of about 40 km, as part of the driving experience offered by the Victorian Goldfields Railway. Very fun. Was anxious about it at first but turned out to be a great experience.
Back in Castlemaine for the weekend. Enjoying a walk around the Botanical Gardens.
Some good advice.
Find it I did. Went by St. Ali Coffee on my way to work today on the advice of a friend. Tried their expresso. Not much of an expresso drinker but I did like it: a very interesting taste. I may try their cappuccino next time.
The same market had a showcase of vintage cars maintained by enthusiast. I know a few people who would love to see this stuff. Not me, however. I wouldn’t know a Mustang from a Maserati.
Passed by some old-school “marketing” on my way home from the cafe this morning.
Bocce at Albert Park. Stunning day for it. Quite cold in the shade, but the Sun’s got that bite to it again, announcing that Spring is on its way.
Walked to work via St. Kilda Road today, which is a route I’ve not taken yet. Longer than my usual route, but was still very pleasant, until I had to cross Kings Way, which is a little stroady. Will file this route under “occasionally”.
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May need to get a new kettle. In the meantime, coffee machine’s putting in double duties.
Dredging equipment deployed in the Yarra.
Looks like my touch-bar didn’t show up to work today.
Passed by some purple swamphens (or pΕ«kekos for those across the Ditch) on my walk today. About three of them went by going the other way, just going about their business. Such interesting birds.
Got confirmation that I’ve been admitted into a very exclusive group: the cafe regulars Heidi recognises. Fellow members include a few other regulars, the cafe staff, and the lady who runs the milk-bar next door. Initiation involves getting one’s leg sniffed upon entry of Heidi.
Quick trip along the Main Yarra Trail near Heidelberg this afternoon. Busy as always, but was a nice day to be out so not too surprising.
Train line outage is still ongoing. Apparently there’s been a derailment due to pantographs getting entangled in the overhead wires. So the new rolling stock experience continues. Today’s is a brief ride in a Siemens, complete with driver pointing out landmarks of interest.
Got lucked into getting a Comeng train. Haven’t ridden one of these in years. They’re being retired so may be one of the last times I get to ride them.
Making lemonade out of the lemons that is a total outage of my train line by seeing areas of the network that are completely new to me.
Day 22: hometown
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Returned to Tuggeranong for breakfast and a walk around the lake. The morning was quick crisp, and there was plenty of frost on the ground, but it was quite nice in the sun.
Day 2: curve
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