00:00We all know that Goulburn is home to the Big Merino and all those fast food outlets.
00:05But did you also know that Goulburn is home to the highest concentration of Clem Cummins
00:12designed concrete Canberra style bus shelters outside of the ACT?
00:19According to a report just released by the Goulburn Moori Library, at last count there
00:24are at least seven of these brutalist concrete bus shelters on Goulburn streets.
00:29Two are shrouded in controversy.
00:32More about those later.
00:33But first, where are these other five?
00:36Well, they're on Verner Street, not far from the pool, Victoria Street near Leek Park,
00:43corner of Albert and Kinghorn Streets, Rain Street and finally Ross Street near the pharmacy.
00:53Now what about those other two?
00:55Well that's where it gets intriguing.
00:57The shelters on Apex Circuit and also Sydney Road near Gorman Road look like Clem Cummins
01:03designed shelters, but they're not.
01:06They were installed in the late 1970s, just a couple of years after the first of the around
01:12500 Clem Cummins ones started to pop up around Canberra.
01:17Now if you look closely, these cheaper versions resemble an upside down concrete tank with
01:22a few holes hacked in the side.
01:24That's because that's exactly what they are.
01:28Made by a Goulburn tank manufacturer, apparently without any knowledge of the Canberra shelters.
01:35Oh, and if you do make a trip up to G-Town to check out these Fab 7, why not extend your
01:41trip up the road 30 minutes or so to the village of Tallong, where at the railway station you'll
01:46find yet another out of place Canberra bus shelter.
01:50One of half a dozen or so randomly dotted around the state rail network.
01:55When it was first installed, it was somewhat comically behind a fence.
02:00Some joke it was to prevent vandals from getting to it.
02:04But now, thankfully, it's accessible in all its glory.
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