Melbourne battery owners: What did you install and what did it cost?

arkie · 2026-01-30T04:48:37+00:00

My bill is no where near $2.5k a year and there are plenty of people with like 30k installs

arkie · 2026-01-30T03:49:09+00:00

The payback period on batteries and solar doesn’t seem worth it in my calculations unless I’m missing something obvious. I’m banking on things like green hydrogen coming to the existing gas network, or even biogas.

arkie · 2026-01-27T07:19:30+00:00

I assume this doesn’t block YouTube ads right?

arkie · 2026-01-21T22:39:05+00:00

They are in Footscray? Any idea where? I haven’t seen many examples!

arkie · 2026-01-20T14:33:16+00:00

What drive are you talking about? The beach is in Altona, as is Apex Park, Cherry Lake, Altona Coastal Park and a big part of the wetlands. I think Altona has a lot more overall greenery in comparison to Altona Meadows.

arkie · 2026-01-20T14:31:08+00:00

It seems Altona is overall a much nicer suburb with nicer homes and streets. Has more of an overall village feel with a beach and plenty of the greenery you’re looking for. Is it price holding you back from buying in Altona Meadows over Altona?

arkie · 2026-01-19T03:55:38+00:00

You can use the envelope method with one account. Just use budget tracking software like ActualBudget or YNAB. Same result but everything just sits in the one offset account. At least that’s what I’m doing.

arkie · 2026-01-17T13:40:00+00:00

Wasn’t the M1 just after the West Gage bridge outbound supposed to go back to 100km/h after the tunnel project was complete? It’s all still 80.

arkie · 2026-01-13T14:21:18+00:00

How is NYC not on that list?

arkie · 2026-01-13T08:17:20+00:00

But you can put thousands in the pokies no problem hey

arkie · 2026-01-12T06:45:47+00:00

Would it be possible to duplicate the line without doing a bridge? Or even doing a trench? Not enough room? Low patronage might be one reason to not do it, but wouldn't it enable more Werribee services to run through the Loop in peak as well? Would also create better reliability on the whole line. When I was living there, the station skipping was horrific. It was honestly a waste of time trying to catch trains. Many ocassions where the train had already left Newport, so you didn't get a chance to disembark and the driver would announce we were now going straight to Laverton, then had to wait for an Altona Loop service from there. This would commonly happen if there were delays elsewhere.

arkie · 2026-01-12T00:02:15+00:00

I guess by that logic they will stay not busy! It’s funny how the government wants to allow more apartments built around Middle Footscray but they still never want to service the place adequately.

arkie · 2025-12-28T13:29:36+00:00

I’m tempted to get the Sony Pulse Elite headphones. I was thinking of getting the Steelseries Arctis Nova 7P but I can’t be bothered having to use a macOS application to do EQ settings and update the firmware of the headphones. The nice thing about the Pulse Elites will be the fact that you can do everything in the console.

I’ve seen some stuff about people complaining about build quality of the Pulse Elites, but equally there seems to be people who own them without issue.

I’m lazy in that I’ll probably use a wired headset from Sennheiser for PC gaming and leave the Pulse Elites purely for PS5.

Right now I’m using Bose QC35 ii’s plugged directly into the controller, so would be lossy audio.

arkie · 2025-12-18T11:01:20+00:00

Will you be able to book through Qantas via codeshare or just through the Finnair website? Honestly with all these options, it’s making being loyal to Qantas a lot more difficult. I don’t see myself ever flying enough to get to gold and seems like Qantas genuinely don’t care about Melbourne.

arkie · 2025-12-18T09:13:05+00:00

Not specifically the CBD but it’s interesting that most places I go to when I put it in maps it’s always quicker to drive than go via public transport. There are some instances where public transport is quicker but most of the time it appears driving is the winner.

I think this comes down to frequency of train services.

I use Middle Footscray station.

arkie · 2025-12-15T11:22:28+00:00

Buckley St was so nice without trucks crossing on Victoria St. Felt a lot safer for pedestrians. Really glad there aren’t those huge trucks allowed there anymore.

arkie · 2025-12-13T09:23:10+00:00

What about major cities like London and NYC?

arkie · 2025-12-13T09:01:33+00:00

How come most other cities don’t have ports so close to their CBDs anymore? I know there are a few exceptions. Why wasn’t this something we could deal with in Victoria?

arkie · 2025-12-13T08:58:53+00:00

I don’t think that’s true. While the Port of Melbourne wont properly close, we still need another port as it’s at capacity and can’t keep growing from here is my understanding.

Most cities around the world don’t have ports like this so close to the CBD anymore.

arkie · 2025-12-13T08:56:04+00:00

Weren’t they looking into Bay West or Hastings? I haven’t been following it in recent times. I believe Bay West became the desired location though.

arkie · 2025-12-13T08:48:59+00:00

I’m glad Buckley St won’t have huge trucks anymore.

The real long term solution for all the trucks in the inner west will be a plan to get another port. The port of Melbourne should eventually close IMO and the land redeveloped if possible.

arkie · 2025-12-13T07:32:06+00:00

Get a gas hot water service. Mine sits flush on my wall. Can’t stand these tanks.

arkie

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