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Hong Kong double decker buses in Australia
How is this for an unusual sight – a Kowloon Motor Bus double decker driving along the shores of Sydney Harbour! The story of how this bus, along with two more from Hong Kong, ended up in Australia is thanks […]
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Tagged Australia, bus, buses, heritage, Hong Kong, museums, preservation, Sydney
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Underground stations – living in the 1970s
I don’t visit Sydney, Australia often, but the last time I did, I spent my time in much the same way I did during my last trip to Hong Kong – riding around on trains and ferries. There I found some striking similarities.
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Tagged Australia, Eastern Suburbs Railway, escalator, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, mosaic tiles, MTR, railway, Sydney
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Skyscrapers on a stick
The shores of Hong Kong Island are lined with massive skyscrapers, and one that stands apart from the others due to the unusual design is the ‘Chinese People’s Liberation Army Forces Hong Kong Building’. So is it a one off?