Cityrail Havoc MKII....and my first Bridge Walk!

As the SMH reports, Cityrail services between Wynyard and Gordon were halted today after a section of roofing from a train carriage was blown off while travelling across the Harbour Bridge. The flying debris brought down power lines, causing rail delays.

This is not the first time that rail services have been cancelled on the north shore line, preventing commuters from crossing the harbour by rail. An earlier incident occurred a few months ago, creating huge delays as people had to wait for buses to replace trains.

I was at work in North Sydney today, and rather than join the crowd/mob of people (stretching around halfway down a city block) waiting for a train, a few workmates and I decided to go for a walk across the bridge. How exciting...it was the first time I'd walk across the harbour bridge.
We bypassed North Sydney station as well as Milson's point, taking only 30mins or so to walk from my building to Wynyard. I bet those poor souls waiting for buses at North Sydney were still standing in the cold by the time I was on a train.

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Record Shootings

Let's all stand in silence for a minute for the brave man who got shot and died in Melbourne for trying to help a woman who was being harassed by a man. (Read here if you don't know what I'm on about).

I was reading mX (my trusty source of "accurate" information) about this shooting, and mX reckons it was the worst shooting in the last 5 years in Australia. Compared to the Virginia Tech in the US, where there were "at least 33 dead", I guess US needs to rethink their gun rule a little more seriously.

Yes, arguably, Australia has had its own really bad shootings with the mass shootings of 35 people by Martin Bryant, before "better" gun laws were put into place.

I was talking to mum about this yesterday, and I guess it's sad, but she's right when she says that American government would never change the laws on guns as it would just anger the entire gun industry, and make some big money players very angry. And there are just too many people out there who support having guns. I guess that means, no living in America for me for sure now.