Thu 21 August 2008 - I recognise that!
I almost did a double-take when I saw this on the news last night.
Why? Because I recognised it as being this, snapped by me on my phone, and originally used on my blog:
…plus a little bit of this, snapped by me and originally used on the PTUA web site…
It looks like a part of another picture has been added to the very bottom left, but I don’t recognise it.
Most amusing. And not entirely surprising — both pictures are in the top five if you search Google Images for crowded melbourne train.
Glad they found some good pictures to get the message across!
(The first pic has also been used in The Age print edition a few months ago.)
And the story? Well, lots of extra people using public transport is good. But them having to squeeze in because there are hardly any extra services… that’s not so good.