The final major ptmapmelb.com update is LIVE: The Inner Suburbs insert is done, meaning that the map now covers all metropolitan Melbourne.

Dandenong is the most linguistically diverse suburb in Australia. Full breakdown and more!: open.substack.com/pub/adambain...

Top 10 activity centres by public transport connectivity:

🧵1/3 Some thoughts on the government's activity centres: It’s great they’re being built next to public transport. But there’s a big gap in the plan: non-radial connections. Most trips aren’t to the CBD www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

🧵1/2 Melbourne's railways traverse vastly different areas, from semi-rural Wattle Glen to the dense CBD. I thought it would be worth finding out which stations have the densest catchments.

🧵1/2 This passenger information display says "via Metro Tunnel" Well, I'm on the platform at Town Hall, of course it's going via the Metro Tunnel! If only there was a more relevant station to put after "via"...

New blog post up: open.substack.com/pub/adambain...

New bus route in Croydon

I'm an atheist but every now and again I think God is real because Celibidache never bothered with butchering Mahler like he did ... everything else

Finished watching LOTR: Rings of Power. Season 2. Very enjoyable series with a great ending. Honestly was smiling the whole way through episose 8. Score: 7/10

I have the Sibelius Karelia Suite stuck in my head but its not even my favourite Sibelius. I would rather the lemminkainen to be stuck in my head or one of the symphonies