Culture
You could be whatever you wanted to be
It was the twilight of the Age of Aquarius.
Passionately held 1960s beliefs like Peace, Freedom, Equality, People Power, Expanded Consciousness, Eastern Religion and Free Love… all went out the window. To be replaced with what? Excuses?…
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Bench blanket bingo
Cover, cloak, cape, napkin, camouflage, shroud
Coalcliff station platform, South Coast NSW [Apr-2012 398kb]
We two formed a multitude
The first time we saw each other has not been forgotten
Abandoned shopping trolleys at Shoreline Drive in Rhodes [Dec-2015 452kb]
Magic sponge
During weekly mass at their spiritual home in St. Bernardino, the archreferee would hold aloft the Sacred Sphere and bestow His most holy blessing: Kind friends, VVIPs, WAGs and Ultras, we are gathered here on St Totteringham's Day to drink beers and throw flares. To give 110% when sports-washing the unsaved. To rise up and throw sardines into the sea from the back of the trawler. To find the back of the net, a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God. So please take a knee and raise your Vuvuzelas for the national benediction: Our Footy, who art in heaven, hallowed by Thy game. Thy Kingdom score, thy bets be more, on phones as it is in Qatar. In nomine Blatter, et FIFA, et Spiritus Alea… You may now invade the pitch
Sports promotion at Olympic Park [Aug-2017 188kb]
Remarks…
Redaction everywhere
It became necessary to destroy Justice in order to save the Legal System
Pursuant to s.8(e) of the NSW Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010, along with the strict confidentiality provisions under s.462 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), the purpose(s), if any, of including this scene in this project cannot be disclosed for legal reasons. [Sep-2014 93kb]
A vista full of rainbows
If half of the population of same-sex couples chose to marry within one year, the benefits to the economy in the first year of the legislation would be over $1 billion…
(ABC News, 2017)
Same-sex Marriage Law Postal Survey posters outside the Imperial Hotel at Erskineville [Sep-2017 274kb]
Cultural aftershocks
The impact of the 911 terrorist attacks reverberated for decades
911 Memorial park and museum, NYC [Oct-2017 232kb]
Dolchstoßlegende
Historical data was of little use to a society which always looked forward
Photography at Observatory Hill, Sydney [Jan-2020 908kb]
Prophetic methodology
Remember, do not stop shooting even if u see women or kids — no mercy is Rule One
(Haroon, 2016)
Lindt Café siege flower memorial at Martin Place, Sydney [Dec-2014 529kb]
How did we ever get here?
An unending mausoleum of reinforced concrete, seen through translucent windscreens smeared with bile
Ventilation funnels atop the Kogarah Railway Station car-park [Apr-2011 41kb]
Клином the revolution
Despite a century of recreational activism, the Whites were not beaten by the Red Wedge
Mega mall at Auburn [May-2017 80kb]
Everything was fine
We married our passion for the authentic interpretation of regional Spanish cuisine with a desire to celebrate the high quality fresh produce supplied by a close network of artisanal farmers
Ash Street restaurant, Sydney CBD [Jan-2019 168kb]
The well-stamped passport
Take another selfie and move on, criss-cross the world only to find yourself
Tourists scrum at Sydney Cove [Aug-2014 165kb]
Remarks…
You can't live like this
We loved each other like it was the end of the world
Cockle Bay promenade, Darling Harbour [Dec-2003 371kb]
Put the person before the disability
Inclusiveness meant telling everyone how much you cared
Beneath the Western Distributor on Harris Street in Ultimo [Jan-2013 244kb]
Grey nomads
The Big Lap added years to our lives
Covered motorcycles on Billyard Ave, Elizabeth Bay [Dec-2015 288kb]
Lotus, Porsha & Mersaydees
Part of Bogan Pride was to give your children homophonous names of brands you hoped one day they would steal
Excavation of an ex-service station at Bullaburra in the Blue Mountains [Feb-2011 458kb]
Full Meta™ jacket
The deep epistemological reflection upon the Manichaean nature of post-analytical Aesthetic Theory of Nihilistic Communitarianism, was — despite the liberal use of significant, robust and holistic evidence — spoiled by unhelpfully self-referential endnotes
Infinite regression at Croydon [Sep-2016 98kb]
Go hard or go home
The more we studied history, the more problematic it became
Harbour Sands at Darling Harbour [Jan-2017 753kb]
Nowhere was safe from Footy
11 touches, 5 tackles, 3 clearances and 1 goal; Controlling, Non-controlling, Boundary & Goal umpires; Yes! Go! Kick! Woohoo! Run! Stop! Mark! No! What?! Miss! Boo!
Exit Gate 3 ten minutes before the final siren; Shoving and yelling at Jolimont-MCG station
Melbourne vs St Kilda AFL game, MCG Melbourne [Apr-2019 399kb]
Aloha Oe
Our way of life faded right before our eyes
Pasifika themed vintage car, High Street Penrith [Mar-2018 404kb]
The authentic self
The best we could hope for was to become a billionaire's pet
Town Hall arcade begging, Sydney [Jul-2015 342kb]
Every city another Venice
From aquarium to fish-soup in one generation
Tourists at the McMahon Point ferry wharf, Sydney [Jan-2019 263kb]
Poly-dimensional facets
GDP versus infrastructure versus ecology versus quality-of-life versus unconstrained population growth
Darling Harbour under the express-way, Sydney [Apr-2017 202kb]
Looking back
We stood by the Well of Contemplation to admire the sacrifice of others
Hall of Memory, Anzac Memorial Sydney [Jan-2020 185kb]
Empire of the self
Bring distant points of interest within close range by the use of this machine
Empire State Building observation deck, NYC [Oct-2017 462kb]
Beneath the iron ceiling
Social mobility was bunk
Lord Sheffield Circuit at Penrith [Apr-2017 55kb]
Retrofitting diversity
From “Apartheid” to “Black Lives Matter” in only one generation
Bent Street, Lithgow. [Apr-2012 365kb]
In a cage of gold
Most marriages were happy ever after
Australia's richest street, Wolseley Road Point Piper [Sep-2012 235kb]
Crucify your mind
I really thought that love would save us all
(Lennon, 1980)
The exterior of the Greek Orthodox church of Saint Peter & Paul (since repainted), at Petersham [Sep-2012 463kb]
Remarks…
Without bias or agenda
Journalism is the pursuit of verifiable truth — it's an existential fight against conspiracy theories, fake news, voluble opinions, false balance, online bandwagons, talking points, against activists who claim to be in the truth business, but are actually in the point-of-view business
(The Guardian, 2018)
State of Origin victory celebration for the NSW Blues at the Northern Broad-walk, Sydney Opera House [Jul-2014 271kb]
Survival of the richest
Our remaining days were spent counting our passive income, in the comfort and safety of our own bunkers
Australia's richest street, Wolseley Road Point Piper [Sep-2012 321kb]
Redefining perfection
You press the button, we do the rest
(Eastman, 1888)
Laurie Daley and fans at SOH [Jul-2014 288kb]
Electric evanescence
People would happily sing while hurling five-kilogram masses
Strike Bowling, King Street Wharf Darling Harbour [Jan-2019 111kb]
Racquet Kultur
Watch, cheer, drink, boo, repeat
Show Court #3 outside the Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne Tennis Centre [Apr-2019 259kb]
The Wall is the Wall
Busking opposite Sydney Town Hall [Jan-2018 338kb]
The militaristic subtext
Despite decades of “peace”, the common purpose of every action was “security”
The crypt beneath the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne [Apr-2019 164kb]
True deliverance make
Be sure your sins will find you out
Clothesline posts at Millers Point [Aug-2016 383kb]
Fête Moderne
It took a long time to shrug off the Superwoman myth
W-H portrait session, Hurstville [Jun-1991 354kb]
Carnival ride
As we grew older, we craved the luxurious pampering that only floating Xanadus could provide
Majestic Princess cruise ship, Circular Quay [Jan-2020 237kb]
Spirited formalism
Everyone benefited from our unwavering commitment to certain kinds of inclusion and diversity
The waterfall entrance to the NGV, Melbourne [Apr-2019 618kb]
Remarks…
Significant Form
From the poop-deck of a Dreadnought to the lighthouse on the banks of the River Ouse, bunga-bunga until the light fades out
Cape Bowling Green Lighthouse, ANMM Darling Harbour Sydney [Nov-2021 283kb]
Scenes from the new world
Willkommenskultur guaranteed a kaleidoscope of culinary delights
Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne [Apr-2019 106kb]
Fine-Dining as a way of life
There was no better way to achieve a true sense of purpose than to be seen in a hatted restaurant
Restaurant exhaust stacks, Sydney Overseas Passenger Terminal [Jan-2019 145kb]
Points of light
Remember, remember the eleventh of November
Shrine of Remembrance, 11AM beam of light [Apr-2019 379kb]
The Great White Fleet
Every Wednesday afternoon we would close our practice early to go down to the harbour and potter about in yachts
Sydney harbour boats and ferries [Oct-2014 488kb]
Equality of opportunity
To provide a more inclusive and accessible education for all children and families, along with the virtues of competition and ensuring excellence in the marketplace of educational options, everyone agreed that governments must vigorously subsidise parental free-choice
GPS school tennis courts in Stanmore [Sep-2012 198kb]
Waiting for the V-shaped recovery
It took almost a century to progress from sound fundamentals
and prosperity around the corner
to primed for lift-off next year
and bouncing back
Broadway bus-stop beggar, Central [Jan-2020 74kb]
The natural order
Developers → Banks → Speculators → Mortgagors → Tennants → Unhoused
Fairy Bower cafe dog bowls, Manly [Jan-2021 576kb]
Winning at the starting line
Party members, broadcasting and strategic partners cheered. Our tattooed heroes puffed and flexed and skipped and hopped and twisted and splashed. We paid
The endlessly gushing fountain at Olympic Park, Sydney [Jan-2011 351kb]
The shadow of 1989
The Atlantic-centred post-WW2 order unravelled as soon as the Wall came down
Council kerbside clean-up, Darling Point [Jan-2017 478kb]
I could have drunk a river
A couple of schooners, a case of Smirnoff Ice Double Black vodka, a few more shots at the Dragon Lounge, and I was yours
Abandoned refreshments near Gas Lane, in Millers Point [Jan-2014 383kb]
Molecular resonance
Free markets guaranteed the enjoyment of identical products and services everywhere
Nike Savas installation at Macquarie Centre, Sydney [Dec-2017 501kb]
A fit country for heroes to live in
With a place for everyone and everyone in their place
Unhoused on Pitt Street Mall, Sydney [May-2016 450kb]
Remarks…
Null pointers
Always remember who you were and what you fought for
Castlereagh Hotel Remembrance Shrine, Sydney [Jan-2019 145kb]
Allow plenty of additional travel time
Spatially mismatched cities where amenity, employment and education were deliberately centralised, forcing the non-rich to commute for hours from the urban fringe
Trains on the T1 Western Line pass through Burwood Station [Apr-2015 212kb]
Lamp beside the golden door
Despite unease and criticism from parts of the community, decades of pluralist multiculturalism turned out to be surprisingly successful (Turnbull, 2017)
St Pauls Cathedral congregation after Good Friday service, Melbourne [Apr-2019 280kb]
Deus lo vult
It turned out that Organised Religion wasn't
Greek Orthodox church on Belgrave Street, Kogarah [Oct-2013 326kb]
Because austerity
The signs of recovery were difficult to discern
Bird cages outside the China Lane restaurant, at Angel Place in Sydney [Oct-2013 276kb]
Dialectical moralism
A vanguard of progressive activists, academics and news-workers decided it was their moral duty to reshape everyone else's morals
Rainbow house, Stanmore [Nov-2017 296kb]
Lambos to the moon
It was an era of unending optimism. Families prospered, inflation was beaten (until 2022) and credit was easy to get at near-zero rates (until 2022). Average mums & dads were flipping investment properties, collecting NFTs and betting on cryptocurrencies. Stock markets inexorably kept rising, while house values soared to what looked like a permanently high plateau…
Living statue performer at Circular Quay [Jul-2017 253kb]
Remarks…
Contumacious determination
Faithful servants of the court had a formal duty to massage reality until outcomes matched expectations
Addison Road community centre, Marrickville [Sep-2012 177kb]
Mr Robot says “Hi”
The lights dimmed throughout a divided America
Armed Forces recruiting station, Times Square NYC [Oct-2017 241kb]
The big day
The bent-knee proposal in a fast-food outlet; The princess-cut engagement ring; The effortlessly stylish top-knot bun extension; The fake-tan; The lip augmentation injection; The adorable ivory patent leather classic ballerina flats; The bridesmaids' hair extensions & wrist corsages & hand-printed yellow kaftans & daisy crowns & frangipani espadrilles; The trending blood-red gel nail-extensions; The stunning $20k bespoke wedding dress; The delicious hand-selected vegetables picked from the chateau gardens; The awesome Ottolenghi-style vegetarian feasts with steaming pork bao; The hand-cut white peonies; The polka-dotted ribbon for the mason jars; The bubble cyclone machines; The Disney love songs; The pack of wedding paparazzi; The rhinestone encrusted complimentary selfie sticks; The juggling flower-girl triplets; The wow-factor troupe of wedding drummers; The PolAir hovering above the reception; The flashing LED hula-hoops to get the guests dancing; The surprise flash-mob doing a really gorgeous TikTok dance; The last-minute bridesmaid replacements; The honour-guard of kids from previous marriages; The Labradoodle ring-bearer; The two dozen pure white doves for the 3m tall vegan gluten-free celebration cake… But best of all, what about the hot pink ride!…
Wedding-hire 14-seat H2 Stretch Hummer at Luna Park, Milsons Point [Oct-2014 196kb]
Res judicata
It wasn't everyday that you saw a vandalised church
St Stephens Anglican Church, Penrith [Jun-2022 348kb]
The post-industrial well-being complex
A lifetime of small authentic moments, where you mindfully honoured your feelings, aligned your vibrational energy, feasted from the whole pantry, applied essential oils, embraced your expansion, and followed your bliss down the path to soulistic wellness
Sydney Olympic Park RSPCA stalls [May-2018 281kb]
Foamy frappuccino in a sea of amber
Our restaurant and coffee habits were never those of an anxious nation
Empty beer kegs outside the Abercrombie Hotel at Broadway [Oct-2012 212kb]
The efficiency dividend playbook
A land full of equal opportunity, where respect for property, hard work, fair-play and fiscal self-restraint guaranteed a good life
Darling Point ferry wharf, Sydney [Jan-2017 283kb]
Remarks…
Unquestioningly affirmative
In a changing world and with the best intentions, it was not enough to use progressive arguments to challenge expressions of racism, homophobia, sexism and misogyny. You had to prevent people from thinking racist, homophobic, sexist and misogynistic thoughts in the first place
Bruce Lee statue prior to unveiling at the Kogarah Town Centre [Mar-2011 189kb]
Enjoying the benefits of adequacy
Budget surpluses, rising house prices, vigorous job growth, decades of near-zero interest rates (until 2022)
Lewisham apartment redevelopment [Jul-2018 367kb]
It's just a jump to the left
Everyone was convinced liberal democracy would sweep the world
Pedestrian passageway at Potts Point [Dec-2015 525kb]
Never gonna not dance again
There was nothing more heartfelt and delicious than randomly flailing about your limbs more or less in time to the beat
Egan Street terrace, Newtown [Nov-2022 472kb]
Winning the argument
Citizens learned that protest theatre was the only way to achieve positive social change
Palestinian demonstrators on George Street, Sydney CBD [Aug-2014 206kb]
The tallest tombstones in the world
Arithmétique Macabre: 9 / 11 = 2977 + 60 000
Church spire beneath a flight path, at Rockdale in Sydney [Dec-2013 149kb]
Remarks…
Discrimination positive
Feminist academics and red-pill misogynists agreed that a person's worth could only be determined by the number of their X-chromosomes
Extended phenotypes at Addison Road in Marrickville [Sep-2012 233kb]
Heroes of Social Progress
Canonical ideals of liberalism, openness, thriving multiculturalism, safe routes to asylum, genuine compassion for society's most vulnerable, celebrating difference, counter-racism, mandatory cultural awareness, watch-lists, lone-wolves, quarantine camps, failed states, undocumented migration, entrepreneurial people-movement, empty supermarket shelves, hospital ships, months of level-four lockdowns
Confetti remnants of the 2012 Swans AFL team Victory Parade [Oct-2012 534kb]
Grand theft generations
With all the cheap debt we created, over 50s could comfortably retire to condos in the sky
Jacksons Landing at Pyrmont in Sydney [Jan-2013 113kb]
Contraindications
All the bright lights could not conceal the darkness
Luna Park Friday night rides [Jan-2019 389kb]
Life under the occupation
The Fragmented was turned into the Harmonised by encouraging our staff to compile their own dossiers
Revolving doors at the ANZ bank building, in Castlereagh Street [Aug-2014 143kb]
Remarks…
Some kind of connection
Pets lifted our spirits and reminded us of who we really were
On the Parramatta ferry to Abbotsford [Mar-2015 288kb]
F2F heroes
Who was the faker and who was the fake?
Madame Tussauds Sydney, Darling Harbour [Jan-2019 86kb]
Watch and act
Undocumented migration was a fundamental human right which could not be overruled by popularity contests
The Edge at Eureka Skydeck, Melbourne [Apr-2019 253kb]
By this sign thou shall conquer
Iota, Eta, Sigma: to die poor was a sin
South Head General Cemetery, at Vaucluse [Nov-2016 146kb]
Gone a million
The rich were always with us
Abandoned Rolls-Royce automobile at Hiles Street in Alexandria [Jun-2015 289kb]
Remarks…
Forever wars
For decades we believed it was peace for our time
“To Poseidon” sculpture by Xia Hang, at the Australian National Maritime Museum [Apr-2019 426kb]
Nothing's gonna change my world
Imagine no Holden Morrisey Caulfield
Strawberry Fields, Central Park NYC [Oct-2017 445kb]
Remarks…
Choosing to opt away from patriarchy
When this is all over, gender studies professors are going to have a hell of time explaining what happened
(Valenti, 2017)
Supplement Warehouse on Sunnyholt Road, Blacktown [Aug-2015 223kb]
In the thrall of Schedule 8
A large number of people spent their lives up the Cross
Fitzroy Gardens in Kings Cross [May-2003 418kb]
Remarks…
摆 烂
By using Evergrande Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the CCP gloriously reshaped the Motherland into a wise and benevolent superpower
St Collins Lane upstairs food court, Melbourne [Apr-2019 416kb]
A few personal blow-outs
Success, power, glamour, excuses, misstatements, lies
Corner of Chippendale lane, near Central [Jul-2017 295kb]
Manufacturing Eros
Productivity was enhanced by using mass-produced images of completely unavailable women
Workbench at the Pottery Estate, Lithgow [Jun-2019 499kb]
One-way journey
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
(Yes, 1971)
Ovation of the Seas cruise-liner at the Sydney Overseas Passenger Terminal [Dec-2017 108kb]
Remarks…
Malpractice with impunity
The very first document, among more than a hundred in this folder, is a written admission by our client that he mixed up his patients and accidentally performed a full hysterectomy on the 36-year-old plaintiff. Correction — our client is [redacted], not the surgeon, who is merely a policy holder of our client.
Okay, the surgeon admits, in writing, that he sterilised the plaintiff by doing an unauthorised procedure. No one disputes this — so why is this thing dragging on for years with requests for interrogatories, updated medical reports and dozens of discovery hearings? Well, it is our firm's policy to fully test all claims to discourage frivolous ones.
But the surgeon has freely admitted negligence. So it cannot be “frivolous” and, frankly, our stalling borders upon unconscionable. I'll say it again: it is our firm's policy to fully test all claims to discourage frivolous ones…
The ghosts of lawyering among the tombstones at Camperdown cemetery, Newtown [Jun-2015 407kb]
Remarks…
The Law of Conservation of Sport
If bread ↓ then Circus ↑
Footy supporters watch their team lose at Panthers Park [Jul-2003 412kb]
Capitalist idyll
Forget about Marx or Lennon or Friedman-Phelps: The Colonel saw, the Colonel knew, the Colonel understood
Fast-food franchise hoarding at Parramatta Road, Five Dock [Sep-2016 161kb]
Zero-day vulnerability
At the end of 2019 Novel Sars-CoV-2 started to spread across the globe. In 2020—3 millions died, economies contracted and civic life became a meandering series of lockdowns
Balaclava sculpture (since removed) at the Newtown Tram Depot [Jul-2019 670kb]
Suburban psychodrama
Our belief in a better tomorrow was clearly expressed through our architecture
Front yard gate, Great Western Highway [May-2019 244kb]
Growing pains
People were strongly encouraged to use public transport to reduce traffic congestion
Commuters on the St Kilda tram, Melbourne [Apr-2019 207kb]
Sumptuary laws
The entire fashion industry was trickle-down in its purest form
Step into Paradise Exhibition at Powerhouse Museum, Sydney [Jan-2020 410kb]
Latter-day Bloomsbury
We've ended up with an inner-city hive of woke workers, hiring woke friends to do their woke work in their quest to “wokify” the world
(Senator J.McGrath, 2021)
Freethought Book Exchange (since demolished) at Regent Street Chippendale [Apr-2014 308kb]
Character arc
A lot of work was done to broaden the variety of gender roles
Sydney candid triptych [Oct-2014 247kb]
Tutelary architects of the soul
United by a shared vision of a progressive future, our beliefs were grounded in truth, science and fundamental human rights. Centuries of white male privilege had to be overturned, and if a few of the decayed remnants of the patriarchy were sacrificed, then so be it
An air-filled waver during the Sydney Swans AFL team celebrations, at Sydney Town Hall [Oct-2012 137kb]
Laps around the sun
Quiet voices in a quiet room; The graceful movements of her hands; The cone of cigarette smoke beneath the ceiling light; Her voice, her smell, her mouth, her warmth; By morning we were gone
Turning circle (since repainted) outside Central Station, Sydney [Mar-2019 918kb]
A fortress of your art
Few noticed the post-modern irony of appropriating the design of the Naval Range-finding Tower MP-3 at Pleinmont
Solomon R Guggenheim museum, NYC [Oct-2017 202kb]
Mission statement
The Glory of the coming of the Lord was passed-in at auction
What was once an Anglican church, but became an open-plan dwelling, at Warrimoo in the Blue Mountains [Jul-2011 93kb]
Our plates in heaven
Between delicious mouthfuls, we would chat for hours about fusion and aroma and flavourful and authentic and three-hatted chefs and signature dishes and all the countless things we loved or didn't love to eat
Acland Cake Shop window display, St Kilda Melbourne [Apr-2019 391kb]
Thought showers
To proactively incentivise our key stakeholders, we touched base, actioned our settings, held 360-degree reviews, got all our ducks in a row and strategically uplevelled our synergies to facilitate a win-win paradigm
The repurposed cauldron from the best Olympic Games ever [Aug-2017 407kb]
There was always someone for everyone
Eugenics through involuntary abstinence
Bollards at the Sydney Overseas Passenger Terminal, Circular Quay [Oct-2013 576kb]
Free at last
Your mortgage turned out to be a perfect forced-savings vehicle
Victoria Street terrace, Kings Cross [Jul-2018 347kb]
Vibrant isolation
The doorbell legit scares me now. I jump every time. It just seems so aggressive when you could just SMS
(WSJ, 2017)
Young Street terrace doorway (since repainted) at Annandale [Sep-2015 647kb]
Fungible ideology
It didn't require much effort to pivot from “SJW” to “WSJ”
Fearless Girl statue, NYC [Oct-2017 383kb]
Strategic Hamlet
I could be bound in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space
(Shakespeare, 1603)
Wharf Terrace disabled-access elevator at Lincoln Crescent in Woolloomooloo [Jan-2012 167kb]
Release the bats
Canned music, caterwauling karaoke & wall-to-wall poker-machines
Nick Cave from The Birthday Party at Sydney University Refectory [Jan-1982 77kb]
Private splendour
The poorest people with the most expensive phones; the best cars on the worst roads; the brightest children in the most dilapidated schools
Luxury cars gleam in the parking space behind a Kogarah real-estate agency [Apr-2011 109kb]
A story of the margins
Come and park in the gutted remains of where people once earned a living
Ex-Arnotts biscuit factory car park at North Strathfield [Jun-2017 419kb]
Direct instruction
Expert guidance and interpretive panels ensured that Art was enjoyed properly
AGNSW tour guide, Sydney [Mar-2019 142kb]
Once I built a railroad
Delayed due to an operational issue
… Postponed due to a train requiring mechanical repairs
… Blue Mountains rail services have been suspended until further notice due to a freight train derailment at Linden
… No trains this weekend due to scheduled track-work
… Cancelled due to a staff availability issue
… Late due to mechanical problems earlier on
… Running late and out of timetable order
… Transport authorities have urged passengers allow additional travel time, listen to announcements and check indicator boards as stopping patterns may change at short notice
… This service has been cancelled due to an electrical fault, passengers should disembark and transfer to the suburban service waiting at platform four
… Passengers be advised that we are proceeding slowly due to some track failures, and if we make it through the next signal then we should be right to proceed
… Blue Mountains rail services have been suspended until further notice due to a landslip near Leura
… Delays as a result of a number of unexpected incidents including a tree falling onto the tracks between St Leonards and Wollstonecraft, and a fire to sleepers at North Strathfield
… All services have been cancelled this week due to protected industrial action
… There may be a short delay at Penrith while the rear carriage is checked for possible contamination
… Delayed due to temporary speed restrictions caused by wet weather conditions
… No trains this weekend due to scheduled track-work
… Trains have been suspended between Lawson and Penrith due to a tree on the tracks near Linden
… Delayed by approximately 41 minutes due a person threatening self-harm at Lithgow
… Postponed due to urgent power supply repairs
… Cancelled due to lightning strike at Penrith
… Running 27 minutes late due to a tree caught in the overhead wiring at Blaxland
… Blue Mountains rail services have been suspended until further notice due to a landslip near Emu Plains
… 35 minutes late due to passenger with a medical emergency
… Other incidents including multiple self-harm attempts and trespassers on the tracks at Doonside and Bellambi
… Delayed due to a police operation at Ashfield
… No trains this weekend due to scheduled track-work
… Major delays on all lines due to a fatality at Mortdale
… Please consider postponing your journey or using alternative transport
…
Macdonaldtown rail viaduct (since rebuilt) [Mar-1983 484kb]
A semblance of community
Democracy turned out to best serve those who were most invested
NSW election voting centre at Town Hall [Mar-2019 543kb]
Remarks…
Cameo soulmate
Golden sunshine fades down Rae street; Fingers full of unexpected rings; Marry well and inherit big she said; And other practical things
Project Halo at Central Park in Sydney [Nov-2022 364kb]
In the time of contagion
Green physical distancing dots will continue to guide customers on the best places to sit and stand on all modes
COVID-19 safe seating on the Double Bay ferry, Sydney [Jul-2020 485kb]
Trouble in Luvvyland
Decades of careful instruction about hope and positive social progress failed to achieve the desired outcome
Apartment building at the top of View Street, Dunedin NZ [Nov-2017 552kb]
Community standards
Our suburbs were strewn with eye-popping enticements by agile entrepreneurs
Dulwich Hill skate park [Sep-2015 98kb]
Remarks…
The apotheosis of Curators & Gallerists
A point was reached where the only way to truly appreciate contemporary art was in complete blackness
Adrián Villar Rojas' “The End of Imagination”, AGNSW [Dec-2022 82kb]
Remarks…
Cordon sanitaire
We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again.
(EIIR, 2020)
Bollards at Warrimoo [Oct-2019 436kb]
The sun shone on the Supreme Leader
The inspection of State Food Processing Plant #2193 inspired genuine patriots to dance and brandish flowers
Fast-food franchise at Old Canterbury Road, Hurlstone Park [Oct-2015 212kb]
Murder on the dance-floor
The Enlightenment turned out to be a bunch of flashing lights in a discotheque
Queen Victoria Building “disco” Christmas lights, Sydney [Oct-2020 233kb]
Eat fresh
Marketeers tapped into a growing personalisation potential and famous craves
Upstairs food-court, Centrepoint Sydney [Dec-2019 66kb]
Back to the beach
All thoughts eventually led to the sea
Surf carnival surf-skis, Manly beach [Jan-2021 318kb]
Keeping the Sixties alive
The memory of a beloved wife, the promise to a dead brother, the customers who only came to stare
Olympia milk-bar & hair salon at Parramatta Road, Annandale. Closed by council order in April 2019 [Jul-2016 424kb]
Forerunning the Great Stagnation
Prior to the 1990s every decade had its own distinctive sense of style
The Krystyna Campbell-Pretty Fashion Gift, NGV Melbourne [Apr-2019 163kb]
Boxing day specials
Our cities were gradually fortified, one concrete block at a time
Anti vehicle-ramming barriers at George Street, Sydney [Dec-2017 170kb]
Race Day chic
Ladies in the public enclosure would enjoy themselves in the Cup aftermath
Rosehill Racecourse, Melbourne Cup hairdresser's picnic [Nov-2005 270kb]
Remarks…
The one with the best notes wins
Half-step bends to voice for the next chord
Guitar seller, Winter Magic festival at Katoomba [Jun-2019 330kb]
Living in a short here
It was taken for granted that we would live long productive lives
AGNSW volunteer guide, Sydney [Jul-2022 225kb]
Ever present eye
A watchful environment loaded with photographers to record your every moment
Anzac Day photographers, Park Street Sydney [Apr-2018 268kb]
Underlying conditions
Health interests had to be balanced with protecting the economy. It was achieved by changing a few epidemiological definitions, statistically rationalising deaths and shifting the emphasis to personal responsibility and submission compliance blame resilience
The Masked Passenger, near Glenbrook [Jan-2020 160kb]
Operational Matters
VIP Lounges, lotteries, pokies, meat-trays, linked EFTPOS accounts
Behind the Scenic Hotel Southern Cross, Dunedin NZ [Nov-2017 173kb]
Cultural attrition
Civility could not last forever in a vacuum
Wall graffito, subsequently painted over, in a Pitt Street Lane near Town Hall [Oct-2012 405kb]
The new world order
The social contract had to be positively reformed to quadruple the number of billionaires
Torn up posters on Parramatta Road, Strathfield [Jul-2014 484kb]
Logic had nothing to do with oppression
Egalitarian architecture at Wunulla Road in Point Piper [Sep-2012 164kb]
All those moments
If only we had off-world colonies for a chance to start again
Times Square, NYC [Oct-2017 433kb]
Together at last
A journey of eight hundred and seventy one thousand, three hundred and forty nine miles began with a single step
Newly-weds at Grand Central Station, NYC [Oct-2017 250kb]
Driving home for Christmas
Childhood summer holidays firmly strapped into the back seat of a car
Christmas display, Centrepoint Sydney [Dec-2019 245kb]
Staying on message
Sectarian quarrelling went on for so long that it etched itself into the background
Christian propaganda (since removed) at Belmore Park Sydney Central [Apr-2016 708kb]
Break with the past
Artefacts of violence for a new millennium
The remains of the the North Tower transmission mast at the 911 Memorial Museum [Oct-2017 443kb]
Brett's armchair
The same music in completely different hands
Sixteenth floor, Harbourside Apartments [Jan-2019 275kb]
Remarks…
Electric tribalism
Wandering around with no idea what was about to happen
Preparations for the 2019 Australia Day celebrations, Campbells Cove Sydney [Jan-2019 248kb]
Suburban borderland
A little slice of heaven, where dreams often did come true
Darling Point renovations, Sydney [Jan-2017 376kb]
Freedom behind the wheel
To stream down packed motorways, clutching tickets to the road-trauma lottery
Tyre burn-outs in an abandoned housing development at Faulconbridge, in the Blue Mountains [Dec-2012 837kb]