@ajsadauskas@lemmy.ml A railway connecting Chadstone, Monash Uni and Rowville to the city is an idea whose time has well and truly come.

Unfortunately, despite billions of dollars spent on new roads and countless lies from both sides of politics, it's never been built.

Just like the Doncaster train line, and the light rail extension to Knox.

From The Age:

"A train line to Rowville in Melbourne’s outer east was first proposed in 1969. But five decades later in the federal electorate of Aston, the car is still king.

"After rail through Knoxfield and Rowville to Ferntree Gully was proposed in 1969, several state governments toyed with the idea.

"Ted Baillieu’s Coalition government revived the Rowville link a little over a decade ago and identified a route, but the project was shelved until a central city rail line was built.

"Premier Daniel Andrews promised to plan a light rail Rowville link ahead of the 2018 state election, but it was soon put on the backburner and overshadowed by the Suburban Rail Loop – which does not run through Aston – and now federal Labor’s trackless rapid transit proposal."

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/a-rowville-train-line-was-proposed-54-years-ago-aston-residents-are-still-waiting-20230308-p5cqkt.html

#VicPol #AusPol #Politics #Aston #Rowville #Monash #MonashUni #Railway #Railways #Train #Trains #Rail #Tram #Trams #LightRail #MassTransit #PublicTransport #Melbourne

This is an original post from earlier today. I found a curious orange growth in Victoria, Australia, in the dead of our warm summer and was surprised to be honest.

A fellow #mastodian suggested it could be a Rainbow Bracket Fungus.

And another person (thanks @marklngs.aus.social) suggested I throw it to the experts at #FungiFriday to confirm or otherwise!

Any ideas, thoughts?

TIA! 👍

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Some kind of #fungus or moss variant? 
Bright orange on an old stump in a carpark in #Rowville #Australia. 
Managed to park and snap. 
Any #fungi experts out there? 
 
#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #aesthetichedonist #januaryjoy #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #godmustbeabotanist #makesmehappy

Some kind of #fungus or moss variant?

Bright orange on an old stump in a carpark in #Rowville #Australia.

Managed to park and snap.

Any #fungi experts out there?

#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #butterfly #aesthetichedonist #januaryjoy #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #godmustbeabotanist #makesmehappy