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GIFS GALORE @gifs-bot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

CARS/SNOWFAL.GIF

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

need 7000 of these on the next BYD ship into Melbourne

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

the asphalt savannah only provides so much enrichment before they must return to the grasslands

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

what's the Arboreal Splendour Rating on this here PG?

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

you can just buy trains. it's really that simple

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

new Zealand has far bigger problems with its loading gauge (completely different and distinct from track gauge), which is smaller than most European countries. widening the track just makes that problem even worse and makes it even more likely you need to change every bridge and tunnel everywhere

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

spending tens of billions of dollars on changing literally every single piece of infrastructure for little to no benefit is the most absurd idea when you could just buy trains from this little, obscure, train hating country that uses 1067mm known as "Japan"

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

what on earth are you on about? there's over 100,000km of 1067mm railways in the world, including several thousand just across the Tasman Sea. there are really no meaningful differences between standard gauge and 1067mm in the 21st century

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

the tunnel was already over a billion dollars per km so any deferred expense was worth it, but from what I can see the trains are all still driven manually by lineside signals, so no PSD integration. I believe the stations are futureproofed for them though?

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You got some sort of list for these Craig's?

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I could say a lot more but I'll wrap this thread up here and leave you with a selection of photos I took of the amazing artwork Horotiu on the ceiling of the main entrance at Te Waihorotiu. I could have spent hours looking at it from different angles just watching the light catch. thanks Auckland!

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Karanga-a-Hape station is also quite lovely and provides much, better access to K Road.. ..but I'm deeply concerned about our claim to the 2nd longest escalator in the southern hemisphere being usurped, in November I'll vote for whoever promises to extend the state library escalator by 1.1 metres

A train arriving into platform 2 at Karanga-a-Hape station, with it's nice rounded platforms. There's a few people on the platform watching the train arrive in awe

the passage leading up to the longest escalators in new Zealand, and the 2nd longest in the southern hemisphere

the 43 metre long escalators navigating a 33m rise to take people from platform level to just below street level at the peak of a ridgeline

the plaque celebrating the longest escalators in new Zealand, written in both Te Reo Maori and English, like everything else in the CRL (and NZ in general)

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I was however, really surprised to find that some of the brand new stations feature curved platforms, albeit quite gentle curves. All of Auckland's train fleet have gap fillers at the doors to reduce gaps, so the risks are lower, but these are pretty much forbidden back home!

a photo of platform 1 at Te Waihorotiu, which shows the gentle inwards curve before bending sharply outwards immediately at the end of the platform

the gently curved platform at Maungawhau, which joins up with straight track justt a few hundred metres after the platform

another view of the curbed platform 1 at Te Waihorotiu, this time with a train and passengers

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I think my favourite station has to be Te Waihorotiu, which is expected to become the busiest station in the country (and rightly so, being in the heart of the biggest city's CBD), and it is expansive. I will be calling it the Tamaki Makaurau Space Station from here on out

people wandering around the concourse located directly above the platform at Te Waihorotiu, which is as long as a city block and gently curves around the platforms. It almost looks like a sci-fi set

a train arriving at platform 1 on an East West line service to Makaurau as some gunzels (and a few potential legitimate commuters) wait to board

the Victoria St entrance to Te Waihorotiu, which procides access from both sides of a street on a steep grade by providing a gentle ramp from street level on one side of Albert St, and a full entrance with escalators and lifts on the other side of the street, which is a solid 5+ metres above the other entrance

passengers at the top of the escalators from the platform to the concourse, with a skylight directly above them and a huge X shaped beam bisecting the shot

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

even an evacuation at 6am due to a small fire at the other end of the tunnel couldn't dampen our spirits, that just mean there was time to snap a shot of a bus as night finally began to turn to day bsky.app/profile/mmbb...

a photo of a predawn streetscape, with a bike lane passing behind a bus stop and the Auckland skytower visible in the background, lit up blue to celebrate the opening of the CRL

Karanga-a-Hape Station in the predawn light

one of Auckland's lovely double decker electric buses, running a WX1 service to the city centre, pulling into the bus stop at Karanga-a-Hape Station with an assortment of lovely Classic Australia/NZ Victorian/Edwardian terrace shops in the background

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a long, but lovely day on the iron road celebrating the opening of Auckland's City Rail Link! what a fantastic addition to a fantastic city, extremely glad I could make it across the ditch for this please enjoy this little thread of some of my highlights from today

an Auckland EMU arriving into Parnell station at 5:30am this morning, one of the first trains into the City Rail Link. The sun has not even risen yet

the main station building for Te Waihorotiu, with a beautiful blue/grey tiled top and a brick bottom, looking very fitting on this prominent street corner

a group of people walking through a cross passage at Karanga-a-Hape Station, with the classic London Crossrail/Sydney Metro design language, a very round passage with sandstone walls and white fins on the roof. Very space age

a large group of people waiting to board a South - City train bound for Pukekohe at The Waihorotiu station

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

gunzeldom is truly a universal language, it's beautiful

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

getting evacuated from Karanga-a-Hape was not on my bingo card but first time for everything I guess

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

a very good morning from Parnell station, in just a few short moments our train will head under beautiful Tamaki Makaurau

A small group of people waiting on the fairly bare platforms at Parnell Station

A person pointing at the train as it arrives

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

new apartments going up next to a train station: you bloody love to see it would be nice if there wasn't a motorway inbetween them and the station but it's a start

an Auckland EMU pulling away from Greenlane station, with an under construction apartment complex visible through a gap in the lineside trees

the more completed half of the apartments, with a fairly nice, inoffensive brick finish and normal sized windows. not a glass reflective tower or a white and black box, big win

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hamilton Central can come talk when it's running an intensive electrified suburban passenger service through it

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

just 14 short hours until the gates come down and the very first underground train stations in all of Aotearoa open. can't wait to ride the CRL first thing tomorrow morning 🥰

the northern entrance to Karanga-a-Hape station, with staff performing some last minute cleaning of the windows

the main entrance to Karanga-a-Hape station, with the roller door down and not a soul in sight

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A friend of mine gave me this as an early birthday present tonight, perhaps these "trains" of which I've heard about are just a historical relic?

a well worn New Zealand Government Railways locomotive staff operating instructions book, from sometime in the 80s(?)

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Kia Ora Auckland. I hear you have a train tunnel opening this weekend

a photo of the sun setting behind some clouds next to the entrance to Maungawhau station, one of the stations to be massively upgraded with the CRL

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midgieeeek! @midgie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

i can hear a train going hoothonk from across the dark miles

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

it was a tough choice. I haven't even been to the new Melton station yet either lol

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

if anyone has a contact in the Antarctic Division who can get me to Heard Island please let me know. I have no relevant skills to offer bsky.app/profile/mmbb...

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

very pleased to have spotted Balls Pyramid's bigger, greener friend on the way back: Lord Howe Island obscure outlying Australian islands >>>>>>

a photo taken from a plane window of Lord Howe Island, a skinny crescent shaped island with a large mountain called Mount Gower at the southern end. the southern third of the island is covered in cloud

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

all of the above photos were taken on my DSLR with a ~10 second exposure, balanced on the ground or my bag because I forgot my tripod. this photo is what my phone produced with its long exposure mode, not too bad really. but there's definitely way more satellites visible than even 10 years ago 😔

a photo of the Milky way taken on a Google Pixel 7 Pro. presumably some "AI" computational photography stuff is mucking with the image because there's minimal blurring of the stars even though this was about a 1 and a half minute exposure, which should be really smeared without a tracking tripod

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

one thing I really didn't take advantage of last time? Norfolk Island's beautifully dark skies. being separated from the nearest large city by 1000km helps a lot, and so does barely having any street lighting and getting lucky with no moonlight. nice to see our beautiful galaxy again 🥰🥰

an electricity pole gently illuminated by a distant car under the beautiful night sky, filled with stars and with our galactic arm clearly visible

a clearer photo of the night sky and milky way

another shot of the night sky and milky way, with a satellite trail very clearly visible at the left of the image

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

once again delighted to confirm that norfolk island is bloody lovely. and I'm assured there is no risk to the supply of Norfolk Island pine trees for Australia's urban foreshores for years to come

a photo looking down onto Anson Bay, showing a green headland jutting out into the Tasman Sea with multiple norfolk island pine trees in the foreground

looking down the coast at Anson Bay, with dense norfolk island pine trees leading right up to rough cliff faces that drop into the sea

a photo of the pier and other facilities at Cascade Bay, with a truck coming down from the quarry/rockfall site nearby. this is the main cargo (and only passenger) landing point for the whole island

a little cluster of Norfolk island pines growing together in a grassy field under a blue sky

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

still miss the F-111s doing dump and burns for riverfire but at least in lives on in my childhood memories

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Florian Ellebrecht @floellebrecht.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sydney Metro Inspiro, gebaut von Siemens in Wien Betrieben werden sollen sie für "Transport for NSW" auf der West Sydney Airport Line durch RATP Dev als Teil des automatisierten Metro-Systems. Hier am Bremer Hbf, vermutlich nach Bremerhaven zur Verschiffung.

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

you'll need some very special permission to die there so as not to disturb the critically endangered stick insect only found there

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

where would you rather live, on the archipelago of shadows formed by the clouds, or on Balls Pyramid? vote now on your phones

a photo looking down onto the Tasman sea from 34,000 feet. broken cloud cover is casting broken shadows on the still ocean, and it makes it look like a chain of broken islands

Balls Pyramid, a volcanic stack which bursts out of the Tasman sea. the very definition of evil supervillain lair, a craggy spire with the nearest land dozens of kilometres away and the nearest major city a 2 hour flight away

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

they don't want you to know this, but if you're really good and ask really nicely they let you do a drag race with another plane on the final approach to Sydney airport

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

any coastal city has spots for dunkin', the freaking OCEAN 🤣😂🤣😅😂🤣

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spookyobscurae @tinyobscurae.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

i will no longer be giving any other answer to “how have you been?”

“two gentlemen, how have you been these days?”
“just maintaining my idleness,” said the Mountain Lord

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

a Dirty Chai bomb has been detonated on the streets of Paris. millions feared missing

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This aerial embroidery mixed media landscape is the last piece currently still available on my site! The natural elements were done in embroidery, the man-made ones in card. Each cargo container is only a mm wide! You can see it with full details here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/cargo-c...

An oval shaped embroidery hoop containing an aerial view of a city dock. The natural elements are sewn in thread, the man-made ones cut out in paper and card.

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