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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The former David Jones men's store has partially reopened as part of Westfield, along with the bridge over Market St connecting it to the original part of Westfield!
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I will never tire of this view even though Sydney has been home for most of my life.
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Milennial Zero @milennialzero.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Tariff the shit out of these shit boxes. Ban them. www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-c...
drive.com.au
Official: Tesla Cybertruck may come to Australia after all
Tesla has confirmed the Cybertruck is being considered for Australian sale, but it is far from a guarantee.
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David ⚡⚛ ⚡ - also https://mastodon.social/@__db__ and dbph on x @dbph.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... via @taipan168.bsky.social - "In jurisdictions in Europe and Japan, a minimum safety score for pedestrian protection is required for a vehicle to be sold in market. No such minimums exist in Australia."
theguardian.com
Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier
About 60% of the 1.2m cars that drove out of the showroom last year were SUVs, but road fatalities reached a 12-year high too
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The South Coast of NSW is really such a stunning place, and the weather this past weekend was lovely for the first day of autumn, too.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The Riverbank Precinct pedestrian bridge in Adelaide. What a stunning day!
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Melbourne's laneways really are fantastic, and on a warmish summer night have so much atmosphere. And the restaurants and food are great too!
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Kitty/🎃🕸️Heritage Conservation Areas💀👻 @chronichottakes.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
There are a lot of things that piss me off about the Americanisation of our culture but I think that pronounce ‘tu’ words (such as tuna) like ‘too’ instead of ‘choo’ is one of the worst. Do not serve me a fucking toonah melt you pseudo seppo
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
How odd to see an AU Ford Falcon dressed up in full Hong Kong island taxi livery! www.drive.com.au/caradvice/wh...
drive.com.au
What are these Ford AU Falcons doing in Hong Kong… as taxis?
There's nothing more Australian than an AU Falcons, so what are they doing in Hong Kong?
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Well that's quite a description of your blocklist, and never mind that I'm not a "Democrat" since I'm Australian, and I challenge anybody to find anything that I've posted that would make me a "genocide enthusiast" either.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The Taj Mahal takes your breath away when you first glimpse it in real life.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Sunset over Marine Drive in Mumbai. 🤩
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
My very last film of 2024 was the absolutely astonishing performance by Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in the biopic about the last part of her life. And Angelina Jolie trained in opera for six months to sing the older Maria! 🤯 She's sure to be nominated for an Oscar.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Now that's what you call sooking, adding me to all these lists!
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Oi, you nicked my number plates, mate! 😂
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Beautiful old pagoda roof Mercedes 250SL from 1967 spotted on Oxford St in Sydney!
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Sad that another manual that was available new has bitten the dust, also because the Mazda 2 was a fun little car in manual. www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/202...
carexpert.com.au
2025 Mazda 2 price and specs: Manual dead, base price up
Mazda Australia has dropped the manual Mazda 2 as part of a range restructure that increases the base price by over $4000.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Soju is delicious, but rarely a good idea. 🍶
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Peter Anderson @zerogeewhiz.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Wheels Car of The Year is the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: www.whichcar.com.au/events/coty/...
whichcar.com.au
Wheels COTY 2024-25 Winner: HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 N
All hail the unanimous winner of Wheels Car of the Year 2024-25, the truly innovative Hyundai Ioniq 5 N – a spectacularly well-realised performance EV destined to put a smile on the face of anyone who...
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Toyota Crown Comfort, possibly a former Japanese taxi, spotted on Crown St in Sydney.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Top historical places I'd like to visit but haven't yet: 1. Taj Mahal 2. Machu Picchu 3. Borobudur/Prambanan 4. Angkor Wat 5. Petra 6. The Acropolis 7. Samarkand 8. The stone churches of Lalibela 9. Jiayuguan Fort 10. Ruins of Carthage 11. Ruins of Persepolis 12. Zanzibar What are yours?
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
That’s…pretty bloody humid in Sydney!
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I have nothing against EVs, they're nice to drive and it's inevitable that as the technology continues to improve, the vehicle fleet will transition to electric, but replacing the engine in an original MX-5 with an electric motor is automotive murder. www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/maz...
carexpert.com.au
Mazda MX-5 EV conversion modernises iconic sports car
UK electric vehicle specialists Electrogenic has launched a conversion kit for the original-generation NA Mazda MX-5.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Saw the Rene Magritte exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW last night. They've really put together an impressive collection of his work from a range of sources, spanning his whole career. See it if you get a chance!
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
This is a good tip that somebody gave me years ago. Keep your seatbelt fastened on the outside of your blanket so you don't have to be woken up by the crew in case the seatbelt light comes on.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Trucks have been getting bigger, more energy & space consuming, more polluting, and much deadlier to everyone around them including kids. Not because most of us actually need bigger vehicles, but as ego boosts, status symbols & “indicators of male virility.” Note the truck bed is basically the same.
Comparison of older and newer pick-up truck. Although the truck bed is essentially the same, the overall truck size is substantially larger and higher.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Are there classical* music fans here? Share your favourite pieces. Here are some of mine: - Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 3, 1st movement - Chopin Fantaisie-Impromptu - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto - Beethoven 7th Symphony and 9th Symphony, 4th movement - Puccini's Madama Butterfly and La Boheme
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The Christmas tree in Martin Place is all lit up!
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I wonder if the age verification process for the Australian under-16s social media ban will end up being something like this. 😂
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I love the Mandarin name for a "flat white"!
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I'd like to report a murder of this poor late 90s Celica.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
City I dislike: Johannesburg City I think is overrated: San Francisco City I think is underrated: Los Angeles City I like: Berlin City I love: Hong Kong (pre 2020) City I feel most myself in: Sydney City I still need to visit: Moscow (obviously not now!) City I dream of living in: New York
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Karl! @justestin.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Photograph of Callie using a computer:
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The level of crazy at the other place seems to have ratcheted up a notch or three...
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The Sydney hook turn.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
When I agreed with @irenepetersen.bsky.social that policies to force children to wear masks in schools were stupid, and people accused us both of being child eugenicists, murderers and all the rest of it. My mentions were full for days with vewy angwy people!
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Now dump the idiotic, unworkable and poorly thought through social media bans for under 16s.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Golden hour sunset from the Wharf Theatre in Sydney.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The Chevrolet Corvette Stingray starts from $175,000 in Australia but looks way more expensive than that. Pretty good value for a true mid-engined supercar!
Red and black Chevrolet Corvette Stingray in Australia
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
My handle is contains the name of the most poisonous known snake on Earth so my profile pick is of said snake.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Doggie Christmas tree! 🎄🐶
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MsMountebank @msmountebank.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Just heard an American say “emu” on a podcast *shudders*
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Suparockin @suparockin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
www.carsales.com.au/editorial/de... What the actual fuck?
carsales.com.au
Jaguar rebrands ahead of EV transition - carsales.com.au
New logo and branding rolled-out ahead of car-maker’s EV switch that’s said to recapture the ‘essence of Jaguar’
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Arthur Frommer, founder of the eponymous travel guidebook series, died earlier this week. One of his quotes was the below, and I think that there is definitely some truth to it. www.smh.com.au/business/com...
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Can you imagine how disruptive it will be for Sydney to be without trains for three days? When will the NSW Government grow a spine and stand up to the venal RTBU? Can they terminate their industrial action via Fair Work or another tribunal? www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
smh.com.au
Sydney trains to shut down from Thursday to Saturday in ongoing dispute
Transport Minister Jo Haylen warned there would be “major disruptions” for millions of commuters.
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Evan @fictilli.us · 19/11/2024
The Sydney train network will shut down from Thursday to Sunday. Negotiations between the government and the RBTU are in a deadlock. “This will cause major disruption to the millions of people who rely on the Sydney Trains network,” Jo Haylen says. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
smh.com.au
Sydney commuters warned of heavy disruptions to trains later this week
The unions wanted 24-hour trains. Later this week, some services may not run at all.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
$23.81 (twenty-three Australian dollars and eighty-one cents) to park my car for 45 minutes at the Sydney International terminal today. Wow.
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taipan168 @taipan168.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Spring flowers in front of St James' church in Sydney.
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