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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Hey #Qantas, is this canoe tail cone (Boeing 737-800 trailing edge flap track fairing tip cone) meant to be missing???

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Local MP is a coward that hides comments from their Facebook page.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

X’trapolis 2 Set 8103-8503 on test, Frankston line passing through Malvern Station

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I quite liked Bailey Smith’s blue and black Brownlow suit. Or was it white and gold?

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Domain.com.au still reporting test data on their live auction results prod site 🤷‍♂️

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

WTF - now the pedestrian crossing signs are also gone. Such a backward move. Does #CityofKingston not care about pedestrian safety?

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I think I just vomited a little bit

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“Applehead Deli” opened this week in the old Mentone Station. A cafe/bar collab by the people who run the successful popular Applehead Deli Mentone and Mates Bar Mordialloc. Breakky menu & coffee today were great, service flawless, seating plentiful. They’ll do well. maps.app.goo.gl/zGtSjHPBeTDf...

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Maroochydore’s “new” city centre has an underground automated waste collection system, the only one in Australia. Intended to reduce the need for waste collection trucks, particularly services for large apartment and commercial sites. Seems to work ok. www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/living-and-c...

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The rental market is tight on the Sunshine Coast, and letting agents have taken to using bait-pricing to make their properties appear lower in searches. This tactic is prohibited in VIC, and should be prohibited everywhere. Ping @purplepingers.bsky.social

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Apparently the state government doesn’t insure public works of art, and they’ve just given up on replacing the stolen sculpture. July 2026. Plinth will be removed.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

One of the “Windsong” sculptures hacked off at the ankles and stolen, November 2025. Plinth boxed the following month.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Windsong” Two beautiful bronze sculptures by Anne Ross, installed in the plaza under the new Parkdale Station, December 2024

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Um, what? It’s a 1% levy based on the ticket price of a trip. I don’t know who you think is spending $6000 a week on public transport fares? The maximum weekly cost right now for travelling every day is ($5.70x5)+($4x2)=$36.50, and the ‘secret 1% tax’ included in that would be 36.5 cents.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This Core Business Precinct is supposed to support… “the widest range and highest order of commercial, civic and administrative uses in the Sunshine Coast region, supporting community, cultural and entertainment facilities”. Data centres aren’t any of that.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And how do they get planning approval for prime sites like this, designated a “core business precinct” in the Maroochydore City Centre Priority Development Area Development Scheme???

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And there it is. The things that make this project actually worth doing: cancelled. Safe, efficient and convenient interchanges for travellers have been deemed “unnecessary additions”. So frickin stupidly short sighted.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Can almost guarantee that the thing Carroll is planning to cancel is the thing that will make #SRL useful: the ability to easily, seamlessly transfer between lines at interchange stations. If he does cancel this, he may as well cancel the whole thing.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Yallourn closes mid 2028. VNI west is already behind schedule. Without it, VIC will face a power crisis. If you thought power prices were high after Hazelwood closed, that’ll be kiddy-stuff compared to what’s coming if VNI West is cancelled.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Can’t let the VIC opposition’s proposals go without comment. The 2 highlighted changes would result in an economic, environmental and energy disaster for the state. Irresponsibility destructive.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Premier & Planning Minister announce new suburb for 36,000 residents, and the best they can deliver in equitable public transport is “bus capable roads”? This shit is so friggin predictably unsatisfactory. 12 years in government and they’ve learned nothing. www.premier.vic.gov.au/new-suburb-m...

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What’s up at Parkers Rd roundabout pedestrian crossing? It was painted as a zebra crossing during the Level Crossing Removal project, and Pedestrian Crossing signs installed. The signs are still there, but the paint has been ground off. Conflict now ensues: is it a pedestrian crossing or is it not?

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Incredibly, after more than 8 months of being “off”, the Shared Use Path lights south of Parkdale Station are back “on”! #ParkdaleLXR

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“Strategic Cycling Corridors (SCC) are important transport routes for cycling and are a subset of the Principal Bicycle Network (PBN).” But apparently, not THAT important. These 2 sites are 900m apart. Parkdale & Mordialloc LXR Projects both fell short of building an integrated cycling connection.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

“We’re letting politicians sell the future so they can get reelected, and that’s what they’re doing. The way they spend, they spend money to buy votes, that’s what they’re doing do. And it really works.” I think you might be onto something #Hughesy 🤔

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

So this is the new ‘winter’ in #Melbourne. I don’t recognise it. And I’m worried for what summer will be like.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/stage...

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Ok, who are these people aligned with? They’re spending big bucks on prime time Sunday evening TVCs.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Looks like construction stopped after developer Pricipal Constructions ran into funding difficulties after the passing of owner Peter Lenassi.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What happened to cause development to be abandoned at Altera, 70-72 Cubitt St, Cremorne? It features some beautiful precast and off-form concrete elements, but construction stopped after it topped out. www.ausprivate.com.au/static/uploa...

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#TheBlock Contestants: don’t be choosing House 1, 2 or 3, as anyone with half a brain can see their bay and city views are temporary. They’ll be obscured by future new builds on sites (currently for sale) where the on-site Block Shed is currently located.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Charges withdrawn. I wonder if there’s any opportunity for the DPP to bring charges of vexatious litigation, or to initiate contempt proceedings?

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Aaron Sanford “I’m a science student. I love the sciences.”

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Louder than expected, but am certainly enjoying my newly vaccinated/infiltrated/indoctrinated status.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Frankston line city-bound train just inundated by voters that had to abandon their Metro-tunnel bound train at Caulfield due to a disruption… Rainbow Board not yet showing a disruption.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Clogged drain and plants growing on stairs. #ParkdaleLXR

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

August will be 2 years since the new elevated #Parkdale Station opened, and some maintenance is due. Rust and dripping tap. I wonder if there is a #ParkdaleLXR warranty period?

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Steel train stuck at #Parkdale due to incident today (now resolved).

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Comeng electric train (commute)

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Without a hint of self awareness, third-generation truck driver Gavin Knight - who now drives an AB triple road train - said road conditions have worsened in the almost three decades he has been operating.

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Bike repair tools stolen again. They lasted a year this time # ParkdaleLXR

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Development plans for an apartment building adjacent to the former #Mentone Station have been advertised. www.heritage.vic.gov.au/protecting-o...

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Michael Bell @xtrackka.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

V/line not having a great day, due to Telstra mobile mobile network outage

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