Archive for November, 2012

Regional Rail Link and diesel generators

Over the past few months I have been following the progress of work on the Regional Rail Link project – the one thing that stuck me as odd was the vast proliferation of diesel generator sets at the site offices along the route.

Diesel genset running 24 hours a day at the Footscray site office, despite mains power being a few metres away

Writing: influence or inspiration?

Last week I asked the question “Why is Melbourne covered in gambling ads?” and it seems that plenty of other Melbournians has been asking the same thing – the next day The Age published an opinion piece on the same topic. So what gives?