My local bus stop

[Trainfish]

What me? Trying to wind someone up? 

[Bealman]

Nite nite, John, Merry Christmas. 

[Trainfish]

Have a good one George and don't have nightmares about the antelopes 

[Bealman]

It's not the antelopes that worry me, it's the red nosed reindeer 

[Trainfish]

[Bealman]

Spotted in a local suburb this morning.....

Hope he's not in a hurry to go anywhere! 

[RailGooner]

Spotted in a local suburb this morning.....

Hope he's not in a hurry to go anywhere! 
...

Looks like they were in no hurry to stop! 

[Trainfish]

Do you not have underground cables in Oz?

[railsquid]

Do you not have underground cables in Oz?

The cables in the picture hold up the very thin nets which catch people when they fall off Australia.

[Papyrus]

I thought they were anti-UFO defences.

Cheers,

Chris

[dannyboy]

I thought they were anti-UFO defences.

They seem to work as I can see no UFO's thereabouts. Maybe they ought to get something similar at the club. 

[Trainfish]

I think I can see an alien in that car 

[Graham]

Do you not have underground cables in Oz?

all the new areas have the cables underground, all the older area's (pre 1980 for Victoria) everything is above ground.

[Platy767]

Do you not have underground cables in Oz?

all the new areas have the cables underground, all the older area's (pre 1980 for Victoria) everything is above ground.

My part of North Rocks (in North West Sydney) was built for veterans (I think for Dept Veterans Affairs) in 1974 and it has no overhead wires, but the older parts of North Rocks do have wires.

[Bealman]

Do you not have underground cables in Oz?

Yes, we do, mainly from the early eighties onwards. For example, Chez Bealman was built in 1980 and has underground power. However, at the top of the hill down to the main road, the older part of the street, there are power poles.

That smashed car is in one of the older suburbs. Wollongong is a steel town, and you can make out the steelworks in the background.

When I first arrived in Australia, I found the poles jarring to the eye, but all these years later, they're just part of the landscape. I don't even notice them.