Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Like most cities, Melbourne is famous for many things including heritage buildings and cuisine. But unlike most cities, we're also famous for a particular road rule - hook turns!
Join me in this video as I kick off this mini-series where I answer questions about transport planning. If you have any to ask, let me know in the comments below!
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Music: CC-BY-SA User: Migfus20 freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/560452
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MORE INFORMATION
My website: philipmallis.com
Supporters Portal: members.philipmallis.com
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SOURCES
'Performing a Hook Turn', VicRoads. 20 April 2017. youtube.com/watch?v=Yh92LirlCf8
'Melbourne in the late 1930s - Looking south down Russell Street from the Bourke Street corner' https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9916773213607636
'Sydney', Cinema and Photographic Branch. 1928. National Film and Sound Archive. youtube.com/watch?v=UleX9uVf8zQ
NEW SYDNEY TRAFFIC RULE (1939, May 4). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 18. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243367566
Report Soon on Centre Turn (1951, March 10). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 6. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206385588
Centre Turn Impresses Mr. Galvin (1953, January 21). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 3. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206118373
Victorian Road Safety Plan (1954, July 12). The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), p. 2. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163295957
And centre turn soon (1953, May 15). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 3. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23244561
Duty Police Cannot Make Centre Turn (1954, November 13). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 3. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205440210
This centre turn is a real puzzle (1956, February 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 11. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72537198
MINISTER DEFENDS NEW LAWS ON SPEED LIMITS (1954, August 5). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 7. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248332682
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
Like most cities, Melbourne is famous for many things including heritage buildings and cuisine. But unlike most cities, we're also famous for a particular road rule - hook turns!
Join me in this video as I kick off this mini-series where I answer questions about transport planning. If you have any to ask, let me know in the comments below!
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Music: CC-BY-SA User: Migfus20 freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/560452
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MORE INFORMATION
My website: philipmallis.com
Supporters Portal: members.philipmallis.com
-------------
SOURCES
'Performing a Hook Turn', VicRoads. 20 April 2017. youtube.com/watch?v=Yh92LirlCf8
'Melbourne in the late 1930s - Looking south down Russell Street from the Bourke Street corner' https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9916773213607636
'Sydney', Cinema and Photographic Branch. 1928. National Film and Sound Archive. youtube.com/watch?v=UleX9uVf8zQ
NEW SYDNEY TRAFFIC RULE (1939, May 4). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 18. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243367566
Report Soon on Centre Turn (1951, March 10). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 6. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206385588
Centre Turn Impresses Mr. Galvin (1953, January 21). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 3. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206118373
Victorian Road Safety Plan (1954, July 12). The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), p. 2. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163295957
And centre turn soon (1953, May 15). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 3. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23244561
Duty Police Cannot Make Centre Turn (1954, November 13). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 3. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205440210
This centre turn is a real puzzle (1956, February 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 11. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72537198
MINISTER DEFENDS NEW LAWS ON SPEED LIMITS (1954, August 5). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 7. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248332682
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
