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My contribution for this week’s challenge…
Door
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Doors from Geelong and Melbourne this week.
A Catholic Church door.
A Uniting Church door,
both found in Geelong.
A bright splash of red stood out against
the drab colours of old Melbourne
during last weekend’s Laneways walk.
I would have taken a full length shot except
for a bright red car parked in front.
Eye catching for other reasons is this
wrought iron and solid wood door.
It could be argued that Flinders Street Station (above)
and Southern Cross Stations are
the railway doorways to Melbourne.
Eastern Victorian Rural trains carrying passengers
to Melbourne terminate at Flinders Street,
while Southern Cross Station caters for
passengers arriving from the west of the state.
My parents often talked about
meeting under the clocks at Flinders Street,
in mid last century.
However, today meeting under Flinders Street clocks
is still common.
Those who know better, several decades ago,
decided to upgrade the clocks to digital format.
I think this may have cost a clock winder his job.
I am fairly certain that public pressure brought about
a return of a digitally operated the clock face.
Flinders Street Station’s other claim to fame is that
was the first railway station in an Australia City
(Thank you Wikipedia)
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Nice photos. Nice story about the Flinders Street station and clocks.
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Thanks Raewyn
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Great hinges on the doors! I love red one!
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The do make modern doors look flimsy
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Some striking doors – particularly those with knockers!
I love that station building. We had a wealth of similar ones locally, in Durban and Pietermaritzburg, but they have been torn down steadily to make room for featureless monstrosities.
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I think Flinders St Station will survive as their is a Ball Room upstairs which is to be restored I believe….must be elections somewhere ? 😀
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Does sound like an election phenomenon!
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love the Flinders Street Station
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I love the exterior but could not say the same about the interior 2300 last night after the football. Timetables all changed and I was lost and running out of time to catch trading home from Southern Cross. Wasn’t the only lost soul, either. 😀
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