sydney trains – Stilgherrian

21 January 202428 January 2024

Weekly Wrap 712: A new newsletter and an old photo of some trains at Penrith

My week of Monday 15 to Sunday 21 January 2024 was relatively unproductive, although I did kick off The Weekly Cybers newsletter to replace my Friday blog posts.

27 March 202323 April 2023

Weekly Wrap 669: An election and a four-hour expedition — and that was just Saturday

My week of Monday 20 to Sunday 26 March 2023 saw some of my SEKRIT consulting work emerge into the daylight, and a usually straightforward train journey turn into a four-hour expedition.

06 February 202208 February 2022

Weekly Wrap 610: I had an editorial meeting and I saw a coal train and I uploaded some videos

My week of Monday 31 January to Sunday 6 February 2022 saw me slowly returning to productivity after that lurgi. Certain circumstances led to the podcast recording being pushed back, but I got plenty of other things done.

14 March 2021

Weekly Wrap 563: Visiting Newcastle after an eight-year gap

My week of Monday 8 to Sunday 14 March began in Newcastle, paused in Sydney, and ended in Wentworth Falls. It was lovely for a number of reasons, but I’ve already said all that on Twitter.

17 January 202120 January 2021

Weekly Wrap 555: Laughing in Thai as the world burns

A Sydney Trains B-Set train arrives at Ashfield station

During my week of Monday 11 to Sunday 17 January 2021 the “situation” in the United States really was quite distracting. It’s hard to take your eyes off the world’s most powerful nation tearing itself apart. Still, I did get that Quiz livestream happening.

29 December 201914 March 2021

Weekly Wrap 500: Cats, cat-sitting, Christmas, and trains

Monday 23 to Sunday 29 December 2019 was a curious Christmas week, and a week of cat-sitting. I went to an actual Christmas Lunch for the first time in 15 or maybe even 20 years. And then there was… well… you’d better read on.