Aussie Pics
 

As my commute is fairly boring (I will give you some pics though!), I thought I would snap my drive to Melbourne on the weekend.

I forgot my digi cam, so these were taken with my phone.

150kms of this...
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Down the Hume Highway - this is classed as the *mad mile* as there used to be a number of accidents, so they put in a Road House to try and break the monotony ...
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New bypass just on the outskirts of Melbourne. The Brown actually has purple neons at nite and looks really groovy...
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More pretty stuff....
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First glimpse of the Melbourne Skyline
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Heading into the city...
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Cool Bridge....
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Skyline..
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My favorite shopping place - DFO (Direct Factory Outlets)..
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More features...
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Heading into Docklands, which is the yuppie area...
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The view from FB's apartment..
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Heading home, industrial area...
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The features from the other direction..
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How do you find time to, maybe work, drive, take photos and spend time digging up shit about how bad the USA is????

Hey buster!!! Wrong duck!! I love the USA, honey

That's duck_duck, buster, wrong person.

Nice ducks, these are cool. Can you get landscapes too? What's your house/yard look like?

What's with the rows of tall things next to the roads? There are blue ones and red ones and one random-ass yellow one.

Thats contemporary Melbourne decoration and sound proofing CF. The blue poles have perspex in between for sound proofing when it gets built up out there.

The red poles and random yellow thingie were s'posed to distract us from the fact that we are being *tolled* electronically for driving on that road (citylink).

They also just installed these permanent speed cameras along 40kms of the highway. They not only detect your speed as you pass them, they collect that data from all the cameras along that stretch of road, then collate it and figure your average speed. If your average works out above the legal speed limit...you get a fine in the mail.

road warrior

The view from my backyard....
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The front of the house...which is a work in process. Its a 110yr old sheep homestead and I have done most of the interior work, now its time to get cracking on the exterior.

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My baby (and a bit of scenery)
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My new crop growth (after recent little bit of rain)
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Will take some more on the way home tonite.

Where abouts do you live ducksy? I'm guessing somewhere near Geelong?

I love the view of your backyard. Awesome work! Can't wait to see a few more.

Not even close Ali :D

North East Vic....near Shepparton, 20mins from the Murray.

ahhh...well there you go. That's a good long drive to work every day. I thought mine was bad enough. lol

You're my hero. ;)

Ya bloody wally. I dont drive to Melbourne everyday!!

I do nearly 2 hours of driving everyday, but thats an hour in the morning and then again in the arvo.

Skim reading will kick your arse everytime hun ;)

Ah yes I see. Silly me. Never mind. ;) I'll get over the embarrassment.

Wow, the house is fantastic, I love it! Sooo much character...

It makes Iowa look mountainous.