Z3s in St Kilda Rd

[Mal Rowe]

A nice sunny day in Melbourne attracted me to StKilda Rd to get some
snaps of Z3s while they are still numerous.

First pic shows 151 and 180 passing just south of the Arts Centre tram stop.

Second pic catches 176 at the same location.

I had never taken much notice of the statue visible at left.

Turns out it is Edmund Gerald Fitzgibbon who was Town Clerk of Melbourne
from 1856 to 1891 and then went on to be first chairman of the Melbourne
& Metropolitan Board of Works from 1891 to 1905.

The statue was "Erected by public subscription" in 1908.

Mal Rowe - who should take more notice.

[Mal Rowe]

On 13/06/2025 14:26, Mal Rowe wrote:
> A nice sunny day in Melbourne attracted me to StKilda Rd to get some
> snaps of Z3s while they are still numerous.
>

Melbourne's new series of Art Trams will come into service over the next
few weeks as part of the Rising Festival.

See: https://rising.melbourne/wormhole/art-trams-guide-2025

The first one was out today.

The description is: "The legacy tram this year honours Beruk (William
Barak) (Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung) and features a work from 1897 called
Corroborree (Women in possum skin cloaks). "

Mal Rowe on the land of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin
nation

[Malcolm Miles]

> A nice sunny day in Melbourne attracted me to StKilda Rd to get some snaps of Z3s while they are still numerous.

And looking so much nicer than the old battleship grey livery Z's used to wear.

mgm

[Malcolm Miles]

> Melbourne's new series of Art Trams will come into service over the next few weeks as part of the Rising Festival.

At least the driver can still see out the window.

mgm