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Is growth in driving really outstripping surging population? : Comments

By Alan Davies, published 26/11/2018

For the last 14 years car travel in Melbourne grew slower than both population and public transport travel, but it's still increasing in absolute terms.

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ateday,
point taken 1
Posted by individual, Monday, 26 November 2018 1:49:21 PM
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Agree with Hasbeen on this one, the sunday drive was quite an adventure, we had a very private picnic spot to oursevles near a flowing mountain stream, spent many a plesant summer day there mucking about as a young teenager living with a runited family. And the other drive to the beach meant crossing a small range with a very long straight on the western side. Where the older brother woud stick the old chevy into angel gear and see how fast she'd go. Lost control and ran into a ditch the last time we tried that one and broke an axle, getting out.

Because we were a reunited family, and had missed so much others take for granted or their due, a very special part of a much more enjoyable life, without all the hustle and bustle of today's americanised dog eat dog world.

Sometimes we only value the simple pleasures of life when we no longer have them! Don't it alwats go. Chop down the trees to put up a parking lot. And a big yellow taxi, took away my old man.
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Monday, 26 November 2018 2:43:50 PM
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Ah yes Alan, the simple pleasures.

Living in Young in the mid 50s we still had a fuel stove. It did the cooking, ran the hot water service, & heated much of the house in winter.

We had friends 15 miles or so out of town with a sheep property. He had ringbarked 500 acres of country, & was slowly developing pasture on it. We used to go out there once a month or so, & gather fallen timber for the stove. The paddock had a lovely little creek, still timbered of course, which offered a cooling splash as it was hot work chopping up the timber to fit in the old 1930 Chev, with the seats out. It was heaven when we finally could afford a trailer.

What a great life we had, simple but hard work & pleasure together. Those fuel stoves were great value, they warmed you 4 times. Once when gathering the timber, again when chopping it to fit the stove, again by heating the house 24/7, & finally when you had a shower.

Most of us kids grew pretty broad shoulders. The wood pile & the fuel box at the stove were our responsibility, when only the newest homes had electric cookers.
Posted by Hasbeen, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 1:02:25 PM
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