Gumleaf
June 18th, 2008, 01:25 AM
Wednesday 18th of June 2008 - Herald Sun
BY the time most Melbourne commuters were pushing their way on to peak-hour trains yesterday, Kensington's Heath Tully had already boarded six.
And it didn't stop after that.
The 25-year-old, who normally drives to his Port Melbourne digital marketing job, was still expected to be riding the rails at 11pm.
He set himself the challenge to travel the entire Melbourne train network in one day -- just one of 183 goals Mr Tully wants to achieve by the time he's 30.
But while a day on the rails might sound easy, navigating Melbourne's 714km of train line was occasionally a rough ride.
"I had the whole schedule worked out well in advance, but a couple of two- or three-minute delays made me miss a couple of connections. And I had to sprint for a few, too," he said.
One of his trains encountered a rock thrower, while getting lunch required the help of a support crew who got on at Flinders St.
He sometimes had only two minutes to swap trains.
But Mr Tully found plenty of time to document his 18-hour journey via a blog on the Connex website.
Connex paid for Mr Tully's taxis to get to his first destination and home again, but he paid for the $10.10 daily zone 1 and 2 ticket.
Since last year, Mr Tully has also been documenting his achievements, collectively called Project 183, on his own personal blog.
Mr Tully hopes yesterday's train experience will set him up for his next big challenge -- moving to London with his girlfriend, Nat.
"I should have no worries riding the Tube now, although those trains come a bit more regularly than Melbourne ones," he said.
Success stories to date include making a cake from scratch and getting his motorbike licence. But he said timetabling the day-long train ride, and getting up at 2.30am to make his first 4.32am trip, was one of the tougher challenges.
Yesterday's achievement was the 32nd tick on his list of 183.
Other items are having a child and buying a home. Watching all the Rocky movies could be slightly less challenging.
"There's so much I want to do, and writing it down is the only way to achieve all the goals," he said.
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Reference: Herald Sun
Date: Wednesday 18th of June 2008
BY the time most Melbourne commuters were pushing their way on to peak-hour trains yesterday, Kensington's Heath Tully had already boarded six.
And it didn't stop after that.
The 25-year-old, who normally drives to his Port Melbourne digital marketing job, was still expected to be riding the rails at 11pm.
He set himself the challenge to travel the entire Melbourne train network in one day -- just one of 183 goals Mr Tully wants to achieve by the time he's 30.
But while a day on the rails might sound easy, navigating Melbourne's 714km of train line was occasionally a rough ride.
"I had the whole schedule worked out well in advance, but a couple of two- or three-minute delays made me miss a couple of connections. And I had to sprint for a few, too," he said.
One of his trains encountered a rock thrower, while getting lunch required the help of a support crew who got on at Flinders St.
He sometimes had only two minutes to swap trains.
But Mr Tully found plenty of time to document his 18-hour journey via a blog on the Connex website.
Connex paid for Mr Tully's taxis to get to his first destination and home again, but he paid for the $10.10 daily zone 1 and 2 ticket.
Since last year, Mr Tully has also been documenting his achievements, collectively called Project 183, on his own personal blog.
Mr Tully hopes yesterday's train experience will set him up for his next big challenge -- moving to London with his girlfriend, Nat.
"I should have no worries riding the Tube now, although those trains come a bit more regularly than Melbourne ones," he said.
Success stories to date include making a cake from scratch and getting his motorbike licence. But he said timetabling the day-long train ride, and getting up at 2.30am to make his first 4.32am trip, was one of the tougher challenges.
Yesterday's achievement was the 32nd tick on his list of 183.
Other items are having a child and buying a home. Watching all the Rocky movies could be slightly less challenging.
"There's so much I want to do, and writing it down is the only way to achieve all the goals," he said.
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Reference: Herald Sun
Date: Wednesday 18th of June 2008