public transport celebrates NAIDOC Week...

Great to see South Australian public transport getting into the spirit of NAIDOC Week...
If only they could keep that spirit travelling... https://t.co/k5kNXsYgMo

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 6, 2021

Melbourne pre-empts NAIDOC Week...
Melbourne's First Nations-designed art trams unveiled as part of new winter festival, Rising. The trams explore a range of concepts from the environment and caring for Country, to personal stories. Visible for 12 months. https://t.co/TD91dN4jnU

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 6, 2021

NSW and NAIDOC Week...
NSW has unveiled a bus and 3 trams with artwork celebrating NAIDOC week... https://t.co/75mbdPTxbj pic.twitter.com/B4TRsalo1K

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 6, 2021

tram in the school grounds...

My school has purchased an old W class Melbourne tram...to be 'revitalised' as a hospitality training unit for students in the school grounds... https://t.co/mh7pliUCq5

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 21, 2021

Melbourne tram conductor...

MELBOURNE'S THEATRICAL TRAM CONDUCTOR 1/3
Warning. Reminiscence incoming. Read on at your peril.
It was around 1979. I boarded an early morning number 3 tram at Flinders Street Station bound for Carlton. I had my coins ready to buy a ticket from the conductor. pic.twitter.com/VH4ZrRF4fP

— Melbourne Snaps (@Melsnaps) August 13, 2020

MELBOURNE'S THEATRICAL TRAM CONDUCTOR 2
Yes, ...coins, ticket, conductor ... positively prehistoric! With one swift movement, he vanquished my coins to the depths of his well-worn leather bag and ripped off a single ticket from one of the many wads expertly swung from his

— Melbourne Snaps (@Melsnaps) August 13, 2020

MELBOURNE'S THEATRICAL TRAM CONDUCTOR 3
shoulder holster. Bewildered, I watched as he raised his arm with an unexpected flourish preparing to present me with my ticket. I held out my hand as the tram rattled along Swanston Street and, unbeknown to me, the eyes of other

— Melbourne Snaps (@Melsnaps) August 13, 2020

MELBOURNE'S THEATRICAL TRAM CONDUCTOR 4
passengers in my direction. And then it happened. Instead of the ticket, the conductor released a yo-yo down into my hand which I instinctively went to grab thinking it was my fare. To conclude, the theatrical conductor of tram #3 then

— Melbourne Snaps (@Melsnaps) August 13, 2020

MELBOURNE'S THEATRICAL TRAM CONDUCTOR 5
blew a whistle, sufficiently shrill for all the passengers to hear. Laughter quickly escaped from the surrounding passengers and, after momentary embarrassment, also from me. True story! He made my day and brought smiles to the faces of

— Melbourne Snaps (@Melsnaps) August 13, 2020

Great story... So glad you shared with us... A smile for you then...a smile for us all now...🙂

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 13, 2020