Wombat Creek Tramways
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The year is 1963 somewhere in Victoria, Australia
Claus Ellef said
No 5, Golden Mile
Not much to remark about no. 5, the number engraved in the glass above the entrance door.
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Like that Claus, is that some sort of scribed plastic?
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Claus Ellef said
No 5, Golden Mile
Not much to remark about no. 5, the number engraved in the glass above the entrance door.
From “Post #289,538”, 24th January 2024, 10:08 am
Like that Claus, is that some sort of scribed plastic?
Ed
From “Post #289,541”, 24th January 2024, 11:07 am
Hi Ed,
Like the rest of the windows the about the door 'glass' is printed on clear plastic labels using a ink jet printer.
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It is afternoon and Mrs. Nelson is in her garden reading a gardening book. She needs some ideas for planting along the south facing wall. How do we know it is afternoon? Look at the sunflowers. They are facing towards north west and the sun. Which leaves us with a conundrum. The sunflowers are quite mature for the time of the year. The date is Sunday the 7th of October.
How could we know? Well, a worker at the tram shed is reading about Geelong's defeat of Hawthorn in the Grand Final the day before. Okay, just a not quite right detail!
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However, contrary to popular belief, sunflowers don't actually follow the sun - whilst they do move a bit, the norm is that they face the rising sun. π΄
I remember discussing them with a friend here….if they always face the sun, at what time during the night/morning, do they snap back from west to east (or in your case, east to west). Do they do it suddenly at dawn in which case, they could break their necks or do they discuss the situation during the night and from memory know they need to do an about turn before dawn - a bit like vampires ……
I study them in detail when they grow in the field adjacent to our house and not a sound of chatter nor heads snapping through 180 degrees at dawn …
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Interesting observations Claus - I love these little in-built tales.
However, contrary to popular belief, sunflowers don't actually follow the sun - whilst they do move a bit, the norm is that they face the rising sun. π΄
I remember discussing them with a friend here….if they always face the sun, at what time during the night/morning, do they snap back from west to east (or in your case, east to west). Do they do it suddenly at dawn in which case, they could break their necks or do they discuss the situation during the night and from memory know they need to do an about turn before dawn - a bit like vampires ……
I study them in detail when they grow in the field adjacent to our house and not a sound of chatter nor heads snapping through 180 degrees at dawn …
.π€ͺ
From “Post #289,566”, 28th January 2024, 11:19 am
I also read that young flowers follow the sun but older ones always face the morning sun.
And even here in Australia the sun sets in westπ. The midday sun is in the north though.
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With the cast iron lace installed above the first floor and the second floor the terraced houses are finished. Still need a fence along the footpath.
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The terraced houses are finished with front fences and steps down. A tree gives some shade for the roses in Mrs. Paterson's garden.
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After a couple of months working at the mine railway I got time to do some work at the Tramways. A new shelter (stop) has been erected opposite the terraced houses in the Golden Mile. The shelter is inspired by a heritage listed shelter in Kew, Melbourne. The original cast iron tram shelter was designed by the Prahran & Malvern Tramways Trust and erected in 1916/17.
Tram shelter ver. 1.0 was scrapped being too tall and too narrow, but I think this one has the right proportions/dimensions. I even got the 'wonky' benches in place.
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Today, structures tend to be functional.Β The artistic bit has gone out of the window because it does nothing for the "bottom line".
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Cheers Pete.
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Cheers Pete.
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The photo is a bit 'harsh' to the shelter. It looks better from a distance.
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Thank you for your kind words.
The photo is a bit 'harsh' to the shelter. It looks better from a distance.
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Don't we all ……………………..
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In 1962 ten Mr. Whippy ice cream vans were imported to Sydney from England. They were an instant success, and rumours of the vans soon reached Wombat Creek and Mr Di Mascio. With a talent for business and a love of Italian Gelati Mr Di Mascio went to Melbourne and bought an Oxford ice cream van. Back home in Wombat Creek Mr Di Mascio took the vehicle apart, cut out the middle window on one side and installed posters of various ice creams behind the other windows.* Realising a middle-age balding man probably wouldn't attract a lot of customers he place himself in the driver's seat and engaged his better looking daughter as the ice cream seller. Judging by the length of the queue the business concept seems to be right β or the ice creams simply too good!
* Of course Mr Di Mascio didn't take the van apart. He is a fictional figure in fictional Wombat Creek. I did the altering myself!
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I hope he is paying her!?
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