kew houses

Walking around Kew looking at houses in a street the name of which I have a massive mental block about. It's a huge mental block because I checked it a minute ago and have forgotten it again. Begins with M. Also, Studley Ave. 

Blah, won't upload any more pictures. I am going to either add them later to this post or post another post for you. 

what do things mean

 There is an article in today's Age about Kew, the suburb, which includes one of those before and after swipe things. You tell me wtf you think this means:

I realise you can't engage with it but you can probably see that the part on the left and the part on the right are of the same two buildings, but on the right they are more in the distance. If they were matched up more closely, I think there would be very little difference, except the person on the left might not be there. The distinction is actually really minor. So what is it meant to indicate? Secondly, what kind of time frame is '1920-1954'? I'll tell you - a meaningless one. Particularly as it pertains to two buildings that have basically barely changed (actually I think that memorial was slightly relocated at some point. If that's what this before&after is supposed to indicate, well, the pictures don't make it clear at all). 

I watched a bit of 2012 Neighbours this morning, it was not that hard to follow. I also watched a bit of 2024 Neighbours and it was really cool to hear all of Paul's crimes over the years - a few of which include actual murder - recounted. I felt the frustration, it seems to me there are a lot of people who just won't listen. About Paul and other things. 

outer circle walk

Perry and I parked in Canterbury a few days ago and went for a walk to Kew along the Outer Circle trail. You may recall I blogged about this almost a decade ago, well, time for a refresh.

This is a mural in the Deepdene Primary School grounds. I want to know what's on the left. Are they three bricked-in tunnels? Because that would be weird. 

I'm not one to get awfully sentimental about my father's father, but I do like the idea that, as a young boy straight out of school and working his first job, he used to take the train along some part of this line.  I don't know what the job was. 

This is the Deepdene street library, not particularly inspiring...

Particularly once I had taken the most interesting looking book out of it...

I'll report back. If it's good. Or, if I actually read any of it. 

Here's the old briquette dispensary. You know this is now a cafe right? I have never frequented them because they're always closed when I visit, although the fact that they reputedly provided a publicity photo location for Josh Frydenburg at the last election makes me less keen to than I might otherwise be. 

This photograph is placed wrongly, next to Mont Albert Rd rather than Canterbury Road - so if you're not paying attention you think you could just stand back and imagine this was where that station was. But nah. It's about three minutes' walk south. 

Still the Outer Circle rail trail is pretty freakin' nice. I favour it.