Who wants to shop at a construction site?
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
As part of my trip to Melbourne, I had to sort out the purchase of a Mac laptop for my father so that he can continue to work while he is in hospital. While there are plenty of Apple Resellers around, the Apple owned store is located at the suburban shopping centre of Chadstone. The fact that I had a $50 Chadstone gift card given to me at Christmas that would expire soon sealed my fate. That is where I was going.
I jump in the Jeep. Most of you know how feel about driving at the best of times. The most direct route is on the M1 motorway. Despite only being upgraded from an arterial road to a 6 late freeway a little over 10 years ago, it was being widened again, no doubt at great expense. I know that Melbourne’s population has been growing quite quickly, but at a rate that would justify a 33% increase in freeway capacity after just 10 years? Surely this is the wrong way to be going. I digress, this post isn’t about freeways. (more…)