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Jamie Roche
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Hot chocolate lover, transport enthusiast, studying IT, working in IT

Enjoy some of my transport and aviation posts :)

📍Melbourne, Victoria
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Might as well do a quick little intro

Hey fellas. I’m Jamie, an IT and transport enthusiast from Melbourne

You’ll probably see me talk about IT or transport related news or topics, particularly public transport and software dev

Hope to see you around Bluesky :)
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"The Department of Transport says it is investigating ways to improve bus links between the rail network and destinations such as the Avalon Airport."
-- This isn't complicated. We're not inventing teleports. It needs our politicians to see the benefits and agree to fund it. www.abc.net.au/news/...
Jarrod lives 13km from work. His commute often takes more than an hour
About one in five people in this suburb are unemployed, while a nearby employment precinct is almost unreachable without public transport links.
www.abc.net.au
March 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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The 800 bus upgrade is nothing short of a complete Peter Parker victory. The thing is though there's lots of route 800's around Melbourne, 40-50 lines with no sunday service. Every transport advocate needs to adopt their nearest bus with no sunday service and then just start harping on about it
November 12, 2024 at 12:09 AM
New #Melbourne flights we'll be seeing over the next few weeks for #aviation enjoyers
- China Airlines seasonal service to Auckland (seasonal, starts 4th December)
- China Southern Airlines to Beijing-Daxing (seasonal, starts 14th December)
- Juneyao Air to Shanghai-Pudong (starts 20th December)
November 23, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Fiji Airways spreads its wings to Australian cities

Following the launch of services to #Canbera, Fiji Airways will begin services to #Cairns on April 10, 2025 every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday using the Boeing 737-MAX 8

www.executivetraveller.com/news/fiji-ai...
Fiji Airways adds non-stop flights from Cairns to Nadi
The new connection lifts off the same three days as Fiji Airways’ Nadi-Dallas flights.
www.executivetraveller.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:56 AM
It also feels like you're in more control of what content you want to see, rather than the application controlling it all the time.

+ less toxic (for now), so that's another plus
The cool thing about the 21 million people here is they are active, and mostly REAL.
There's no forgotten 10-year old accounts, and fewer of the sock puppets + bots that give twitter it's supposed 300m users.
November 23, 2024 at 4:13 AM
My favourite aircraft (highest to lowest) in terms of appearance

- Airbus A380
- Boeing 747
- Airbus A321NEO
- Airbus A220 (both variants)
- Boeing 787-9
- Boeing 777-300
- Fokker 100/Boeing 717
- De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400/Saab 340
November 16, 2024 at 12:31 PM
An old icon of #Melbourne ‘s streets

Commonly referred to as bubbles, these units spent a good amount of time servicing CBD services to the eastern suburbs.

This pic was taken 1 week ago with bus 643 on route 906. As of Thursday, this bus has now been decommissioned

#ptv #victoria
November 15, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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November 10, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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Upgrades to #Myki including bank card payment options and weekly fare capping are essential to make public transport easier to use - especially for new and occasional users, including both locals and tourists. www.abc.net.au/news/...
Victorian government denies company on the verge of walking away from myki upgrade
Trouble is reportedly brewing with the US-based company responsible for upgrading Victoria's myki ticketing system, raising fears of delays and cost blowouts.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Finally logged out of X on all my accounts, yipee
November 11, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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just another Magnificent Meteorology Monday in Marvellous Melbourne
November 10, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Last weekend was the end of an era for #ptv route 380, operated by Kinetic.

Since Sunday, this route now falls under routes 668 and 669

📍Ringwood Station Bus Interchange

#transport #melbourne #victoria #ptv #kinetic #ptua #melbournebuses
November 11, 2024 at 10:15 AM
The Queen of the Skies at YMML (Melbourne Airport) departing on runway 34
November 3, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Was about a week ago when I visited Melbourne Airport to do some plane spotting

Here’s Air New Zealand’s ZK-OKU coming in from Auckland as NZ121 on 27th October
November 3, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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Every night, ABC News Victoria pays tribute to the humble #Melbourne Z-class tram 🚋👍
October 28, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Might as well do a quick little intro

Hey fellas. I’m Jamie, an IT and transport enthusiast from Melbourne

You’ll probably see me talk about IT or transport related news or topics, particularly public transport and software dev

Hope to see you around Bluesky :)
October 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Might use this more. A lot less toxic than its rivals, particularly the bird app
October 20, 2024 at 6:25 AM