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An empty country town main street early on a clear winter morning, seen from the footpath: a wide empty road with no vehicles at all, low rows of single storey shop buildings with plain awnings and dark empty windows down both sides, a large bare winter street tree standing at the kerb near the camera, dry golden grass in the gutter and along the kerb, and a low ridge of hills at the end of the street clearing out of the dawn haze under a soft warm sky, with long shadows lying across the road

Booked Times: Why a Small Town’s Cars Are Busy at the Same Hours

The hardest thing about getting a car in a small town is not the distance and not the fare. It is that everybody wants one at...

The open boot of a plain silver station wagon parked at the kerb of a quiet country town main street on a clear morning, seen from behind and slightly to one side so its clean unbranded nose points away from the camera: a single plain closed cardboard carton, a soft canvas bag and a folded striped blanket sitting in the open load space under the raised tailgate, and looking forward through the open rear of the cabin past the empty passenger seat, the steering wheel and the driver's seat sit plainly on the right hand side of the cabin at the right of frame, with a low row of plain single storey shopfronts with awnings and dark empty windows along the left, a leafy street tree, a wide almost empty road and a hint of golden paddocks at the end of the street

Travel2 weeks ago

The Run That Isn’t a Person: Sending Something Across a Country Town

In a country town the courier network runs to the bigger centres and stops, and the last part of the journey is the part nobody covers....

The back seat of a plain car at night seen from behind through the open rear of the cabin, a grey cloth bench seat with a seatbelt lying across it and a folded newspaper and pair of glasses resting on the cushion, the backs of the two empty front seats ahead and the steering wheel plainly on the right hand side of the frame beyond the passenger seat, with a quiet dark suburban street and one lit window seen through the windscreen and the interior light glowing warm over the seat

Travel3 weeks ago

A Taxi Fare Is Not One Number: How Yours Is Actually Worked Out

A fare looks like one number. It is four or five things added together, and the meter starts before the vehicle moves. The parts change with...

A silver grey station wagon parked at the gravel entrance of a rural Australian wedding venue at dusk, its nose pointing to the right of frame so its right hand driver's side faces the camera, the front and rear doors standing open on that near side so the steering wheel, steering column and instrument dials show plainly on the right of the cabin with the passenger seat beyond, a folded jacket and soft bag on the back seat, an open timber gateway with a string of lit festoon globes above a crushed rock driveway that runs past a cypress windbreak to a weatherboard hall and a white marquee under a soft evening sky

Travel3 weeks ago

Nobody Plans the Ride Home: Wedding Transport on the Mornington Peninsula

On a wedding day, four different sets of people are travelling, and they are almost never travelling together. Two times cannot move: the ceremony, and the...

A quiet regional Victorian main street corner on a bright still morning seen from footpath level, with a low kerb and a gently sloped ramp, a timber bench seat beside a blank shopfront under a deep teal veranda and a clear path running away past a street tree

Travel3 weeks ago

Booking, Not Hailing: How Accessible Taxis Actually Work, and What Most People Never Ask For

An accessible taxi is not a different kind of trip. It is the same trip with a booking practice attached. There is a Victorian subsidy for...

A plain silver-grey family van parked at the kerb of an outer-suburban street in late-afternoon light with its sliding and front doors open onto a cabin of tan seats, two soft travel bags and a folded camp chair on the grass verge beside it, with a brick-veneer house and street tree behind

Travel4 weeks ago

One Car or Two? Working Out How to Move a Group Without the Shuffle

The first number that matters is not how many people are coming. It is how many seats you can actually use once the restraints and the...

A clean mid-size family SUV parked at the kerb of a quiet Australian street on a bright morning with its tailgate and doors open, a child capsule standing on the footpath beside it and a folded pram frame and soft bag in the open boot, with a lemon tree, brick fence and weatherboard house behind

Travel1 month ago

Bring the Seat or Hire One? What to Sort Before You Book a Car for the Family

Three questions decide the whole booking: how many bodies, how big the smallest ones are, and how much is coming with you. Bringing the seat and...

Travel1 year ago

Are Cruises a Good Choice for Families and Groups? What to Know Before You Book

There is a lot to like about the idea of a cruise. One booking covers accommodation, meals and entertainment, the ship moves overnight so you wake...

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Booked Times: Why a Small Town’s Cars Are Busy at the Same Hours

The Run That Isn’t a Person: Sending Something Across a Country Town

A Taxi Fare Is Not One Number: How Yours Is Actually Worked Out

Nobody Plans the Ride Home: Wedding Transport on the Mornington Peninsula

Booking, Not Hailing: How Accessible Taxis Actually Work, and What Most People Never Ask For

One Car or Two? Working Out How to Move a Group Without the Shuffle

Bring the Seat or Hire One? What to Sort Before You Book a Car for the Family

Are Cruises a Good Choice for Families and Groups? What to Know Before You Book

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