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Geek. Photographer. Roller derby tragic. I do web things as my day job. Naarm/Melbourne AU. she/they. 🏳️‍⚧️

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The saga of Waverley Park — Melbourne's car-dependent suburban AFL stadium with a planned seated capacity of over 150,000 (not a typo!)

A really good run down by @philip on the plans by the AFL (and its predecessor, the VFL) to build the world's largest stadium in outer-suburban Melbourne.

Unfortunately, a planned railway line past the stadium to Rowville was never built. That meant a massive 25,000-spot car park as the only real means to get there.

While most of it has been demolished and redeveloped for housing, the oval itself still used by Hawthorn Football Club as a training and administration centre.

https://youtu.be/LvvLwiRCx4s?si=x2QvxepgPtBtJZfx

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nictea ,
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@ajsadauskas @philip @fuck_cars Caribbean Gardens now a victim of the same problem, with them attempting to make it an event space suitable for music festivals. Thousands of people trying to catch buses up and down Stud Rd to Dandenong or Ringwood.

nictea ,
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@ajsadauskas @philip @fuck_cars And in my mind the "Smart Bus" is useless enough they may as well not exist. On more than one occasion my partner or I waited until we had missed not one, but two of the connecting trains we intended to connect with. So walked home and drove into the city instead.

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