I am joining in with Elephant's Child and River for Sunday Selections. As usual they are random photos, mostly mine.
This one is not mine. I would guess 1961. Tram tracks are very much evident but no trams. Double decker buses dominate Oxford Street, Paddington in Sydney. The introduction of the very inferior bus service drove many away from public transport. The slow loading bus replacement system simply could not cope with the numbers of passengers that trams so easily handled.
The location is known as Taylor Square, now with a permanent rainbow pedestrian crossing and several gay and very gay friendly venues nearby. Don't hold your breath, but I expect one day trams will once again run along Oxford Street.
The Record was all about Aussie Rules football and sold by lads at football grounds. It was a very good throw away information source.
Maybe it was printed within this printing building.
I posted about this city building on my old blog. While it is not so old, I do really like it.
Rainbow Alley runs in front of Council House 2. There aren't really businesses on the short strip and not really potential for any.
The Prahran Square fountain, which is so rarely working these days. I don't know why. Children love it and some adults too. Last week it unexpectedly came to life and some nearby youth decided to do handstands in the low jets but then the jets rose and they bolted. The handstands were very competent and later I realised they must be students at the Circus Oz school. I was too slow with my phone to capture the lad with his midriff exposed while he was handstanding. It would have been a good photo. I heard him ask later if anyone took a photo.
A curious but likeable sculpture at Gardiner Railway Station.
It doesn't happen too often that we have a clear view across the bay to the hills of Portarlington
It worries me a little about what is in a couple of these sauces but we will have plenty of vegetables to cancel out anything bad. I hope. Of course the meal was delicious.
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Another eclectic (and delightful) selection. The fountain looks great - and I am sorry you were too slow to catch the hand standers.
ReplyDeleteEC, none as sorry as me to not catch the handstands.
DeleteThe station sculpture is quite fascinating. Most fountains do not have water because of the council trying to save their cost.
ReplyDeleteRoentare, you may be right about councils saving money. I am going to call the council office.
DeleteI love the exuberance of young people. Handstands in a fountain. How wonderful. I regret that I was never that exuberant. Or agile.
ReplyDeleteThe meal prep look like it was, indeed, a delicious meal.
Caro, so do I love young people's exuberance...and I remember. Yes, R never fails in the kitchen and is self taught.
DeleteA great selection, brings to mind how utterly failing most public transit is. Trams were fab and all were abolished here, they circled the city. Sigh. Now we have huge buses belching gas. Don't get me started. Love the fountain and curious about that meal!
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I can't say that about our public transport. The removal of trams around the world turned out to be a terrible mistake. It is so good that ours, the largest system in the world, was kept. It was a close call though.
DeleteI disliked Sydney buses, not because they took too long to load but because they made the air polluted and stinky. And another thing. Because trams used to drive along the rails in the centre of the road, car traffic was neither blocked nor endangered. Buses did both :(
ReplyDeleteHels, and never mind the noise of them roaring away. You are right about trams not blocking traffic on wide roads.
DeleteGood to see the older cars in the first photo.
ReplyDeleteThat sculpute looks intriguing, think I would stand there a while trying to work it out. You never know what in anything these days Andrew. Hope you are feeling much improved and R is on the mend.
I did try and work it out Margaret. All I could see in it were two levers that would have been used in the old removed signal box. I am ok, R is still suffering and will see his doctor on Tuesday, a bit too late I think.
DeleteIf you worry about what's in those sauces, then what do you do when eating out? Ask to see the ingredients or trust the chef not to poison you? I really like that art by Gardiner Railway Station, it has a steampunk look to it. that is a nice old building in photo #4.
ReplyDeleteYes, a good point River.I always look at what I've eaten to work out why I don't sleep well and try to find blame. It's nonsense. Steampunk, a perfect description.
DeleteA fun collection of photos and info. My mum worked in Taylors Square in the fifties at Reception House for mental patients. She was a psychiatric nurse.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting Diane. Lordy, she must have seen all sorts.
DeleteEven by Victorian era standards, that printing building s outrageously quirky. I love it!
ReplyDeleteI also love that Gardiner Railway Station sculpture. It looks like someone C3PO and R2D2 would pal around with.
Kirk, I can only think how good it is that it survived. So many buildings of its vintage did not. Yes, the sculpture could well have a life.
DeleteMy mothers answer to ‘I’m worried about the ingredients’ would be - well don’t buy/use it then.
ReplyDeleteKids (and some adults) love those plop plop fountains - and it’s fun watching them enjoy them. Especially the sad look when the water stops plopping or gushes up higher than before
Cathy, I've concluded if I was really worried, I would look at the ingredient list. Kids are so disappointed when they arrive at the square and the fountain is not working.
DeleteFountains on a warm day, can be fun to watch
ReplyDeleteTP, even on a cold day, they still fascinate.
DeleteI like the sculpture! Very steampunk.
ReplyDeleteYes it is Steve. Wouldn't it be fun to have it belch out steam.
DeleteWhat a wonderful collection of pictures. 1961. I was four years old! I also like that sculpture.
ReplyDeleteThanks Debby. Yes, we are very close in age....maturity, maybe not so much.
DeleteIf you'd asked him, he might have handstanded/handstood again. I like the sculpture - it looks like fun.
ReplyDelete"Hey guys, this old perve wants us to repeat our handstands in the water". Maybe not.
DeleteI think I would love such a fountain in my yard for hot summers. Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteStrayer, it would be nice to have at home. Kids love it in the summer, getting saturated.
DeleteGreat images and stories. Thank you. And you've got me curious about those sauces. lol I'm glad your meal was tasty.
ReplyDeleteBrown sugar, peanut oil, soy sauce, coconut cream, sesame oil but the one I wonder about is the green curry paste.
DeleteOoh, this sounds like a delicious blend. My mouth just watered.
DeleteI hope that wonderful print building has been given heritage status. Trams are making a come back in UK cities but due to sharing the road with other vehicles there have been fatalities and numerous injuries. Years ago just after trams had been introduced in Manchester I was taking mum for a drive through the city centre to see the Xmas lights. Totally unaware of the new tram lines I drove along the tracks and had to escape down a narrow side road. Unfortunately it wasn't a side road but the entrance to Manchester Cathedral. I then had a scary time manoeuvring out of the Cathedral drive back onto the tram lines and get out of the way of the trams. To this day I don't know how I avoided an accident or how I had managed to ignore so many road signs informing me of the tram route!
ReplyDeleteMarie, I expect that building does have protection. If the figures are similar to around the world that have trams, compared to cars, trams are very safe to be around and to use for travel. When they go wrong, we hear about it.
DeleteAside from the airport and a nearby hotel, I've not visited Manchester. You are not alone in not noticing extensive signage as YouTube and other sources can verify. Manchester's tram system seems quite good to me, in spite of motorists intruding onto its tracks.