CRAIGIEBURN!!!!

I travel in to work by train most mornings (unless I miss it and then the joys of the #19 tram beckon). The line I travel on intersects with quite a few other lines at one point in the journey, at North Melbourne station.

As the train approaches North Melbourne, the nice Connex lady's dulcet pre-recorded tones come wafting across the intercom, telling us that the next station is North Melbourne, and that we should change there for the Sydenham, Williamstown, Werribee and Broadmeadows lines.

Until recently that is.

A few weeks back the Broadmeadows line (otherwise known as 'Broady' to the nasty-abbreviation-obsessed locals) got longer, extending past Broadmeadows to the new identical McMansion suburb of Craigieburn [aka, middle of effing nowhere but cheap as chips and very prestigious in an aspiring nouveau riche kind of way ~ check out www.delfincraigieburn.com.au for more information about the exciting opportunities offered by Craigieburn].

This is clearly the most exciting thing to have happened to the pre-recorded Connex lady for some time, cos' the amended message now goes: "The next station is North Melbourne, change here for the Sydenham, Williamstown, Werribee and [insert little dance of unmitigated joy and excitement here] CRAIGIEBURN! lines."

It is very exciting.

I am excited.

In addition to my excitement, it also makes me snicker every time I hear it, just another of the many perks of public transport I guess.

I have a spalling teas tomow :)

Just got back from a Noo Zulland (me and the missus had popped over there for a mate's wedding). For me, heading back home is always a welcome opportunity to catch up with the smallest members of my wonderfully post-modern whanau ~ my little sisters, aged 6 & 8.

They are both gorgeous kids, the sort that are prone to leaving misc notes around, making pictures for you or, in my case this time, making a fabulous bracelet which spelt my name in plastic letters ~ I was the envy of all my mates while wearing THAT bling.

This artistic/linguistic gem also caught my eye on my last day, a note left by my oldest little sister for my dad on the office whiteboard. She rocks :-)