This was my tram!

Actually, mine was the 79, from North Richmond to St Kilda Beach. I drove that route, as well as the 42 (City to Mont Albert) and the 47 (City to North Balwyn) for most of 1975, during one of my former lives, living in Melbourne shortly after arriving in Australia.

It was good fun. Except when I was battling the peak hour traffic, or when it was boring, like on the late night shifts. Or when I was having little accidents with the cars that stopped dead just in front of me.


We came upon this one in Luna Park in St Kilda. Luna Park's still going strong, and looks like lots of fun, in a run-down quaint old way.

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