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Flinders Street Station
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A Melbourne special spot is
the footbridge over the Yarra River.
The long sandstone building is…
Flinders Street Station where Melbournians
meet under the clocks.
The Twelve Apostles is one of my favourite spots,
which has unfortunately become too touristy for me.
Further west along the Great Ocean Road
is, Loch Ard Gorge.
At sunrise only a few joggers, dog walkers
and photographers encroach on one’s space
at Geelong’s Griffin Gully Pier.
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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Patti: Special-Spot-Shots
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Leya: Special-Spot-Shots
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Amy: Special-Spot-Shots
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Tina: Special-Spot-Shots
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Time stood still for Sunday.
Interior of a cuckoo clock.
Although I haven’t done it often, apparently
‘meeting under the clocks at Flinders Street Station‘
was a common place to meet someone
particularly during earlier part of the twentieth century.
Analogue clocks grew old and those in power
decided to replace them with digital clock faces.
The Victorian public did not approve and now
the clocks have a digital ‘motor’ with and analoge face.
And we can still meet under the clocks.
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Just had to submit Melbourne’s most well-known clocks
for my first submission…
Meeting ‘…under the Flinders Street Clocks...’
was a common meeting spot years ago.
Not sure now though. Mobile phones make it much
easier to connect with someone in the city.
A couple of decades ago “they” were going to, or did,
change the analogue clock faces to digital.
Public outcry either stopped the change or had it reversed.
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Checked Wikipedia to see if I was correct…not far away.
Wikipedia extract:
The original indicator clocks were removed from service in 1983 as part of a redevelopment of the station, with their replacement by digital displays planned.
An outpouring of public outrage and sentimentality saw the decision reversed within one day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Street_railway_station
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A Photo a Week Challenge: Clocks
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Weekly Photo Challenge-Symbol
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My contribution for this week’s challenge…
Symbol
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A drive along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road
will take you past the Twelve Apostles…
which have endured for thousands of years against
all that Mother Nature could throw at them.
I did post these photos last week because they depict a
symbol of Melbourne…
particularly for Baby Boomers and earlier generations.
Finally, for many sailors in years gone by
the light emanating from these buildings
would have been a symbol of safety.
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Weekly Photo Challenge-Door
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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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