Strange Melbourne Man

This week is yet another week where I do not really have a blog post, mostly just showing something I have been spending some time on. Sorry about that, computer issues have made it difficult to write a proper post. Last week I made mention of possibly making a spreadsheet comprising of NSW LGAs, and how many of them each one had. Well, I ended up making that, so here it is ! Station list largely consists of every station of New South Wales (that is not a part of Sydney), and the LGA that station is located in. Station count just shows the LGA and the number of stations located in that LGA. Some notes: - About fifty-six LGAs are featured here, and not every LGA in New South Wales even shows up on here. - I included Canberra station on this list because the ACT only has one railway station, so I put it in here. - The LGA with the most stations is the City of Wollongong, at a whopping 25 stations! Second place is the Central Coast Council, with a measly thirteen. The City of Wollongong ...

I have done two seperate blogs regarding the amount train stations in each Local Government Area in Melbourne, and Victoria. I feel it is right to expand on this for this week. This time, we head north to the city of Sydney, and figure it out the LGAs that city has, and then find out how many railway stations these LGAs have. Strange Sydney Man is in charge for this week. How is Sydney defined? Figuring this out was a fairly difficult task, but I think I figured it out. According to this official government website , it seems to me that Greater Sydney includes about 33 Councils. Anything located within the ring consisting of Sutherland Shire (the Shire), Campbelltown City, Wollondilly Shire, Blue Mountains City, and Hawksbury City is considered a part of Sydney. The Central Coast is sometimes counted as a part of Sydney, but I am going to exclude thatbecause I don't think the people who live there will be too happy if I say they are a part of that city (and also because the website...

Something different for this week, I walked along an old trail about a week or two ago. And now I am going to write about it (wow, riveting content)! Description The Warburton Rail Trail is a cycling and walking trail that roughly follows the path of the Warburton Railway line starting from Lilydale. The train line that was in operation between 1901 and 1965. The path is 40 kilometres long if you follow the full route, although most people do not follow the entire length of the route because of how uninteresting the section in Lilydale is. During this walk you will see various points of interest, such as old railway stations, massive swathes of trees, various waterways that you can walk across, and towns that vary between small and slightly less small. You will also see plenty of bike riders, walkers, and even horse riders throughout your journey! The Lilydale to Mount Evelyn section of the route is the hardest, consisting of a pretty steep that is far steeper than anything else the tr...

 This week's blog post will be quite short, only covering 7 stations (6 open, 1 closed). Stations covered are the stations between South Yarra and Caulfield, which are commonly referred to as the MATHS corridor (although, in this case, I have called it CMATHS because of the inclusion of Caulfield). This blog will also cover the closed station known as Cremorne.  Let's hop right in! Cremorne (Closed) The name seems to come from the Cremorne Gardens , a Pleasure Garden (old name for an Amusement Park) that was located at the banks of the Yarra River. The name was inspired by the gardens of the same name located in London . Cremorne was only open for a year, closing in 1860. South Yarra South Yarra's name comes from a pretty obvious origin, with the suburb and station being located south of the Yarra River.  South Yarra Station originally opened as 'Gardiner's Creek Road' in 1860 , being named after the road to the south of the station. This road is now known as To...