Melbourne Express: Friday, June 2, 2017

Good news! The missing Staffy has been reunited with his owner.

On Wednesday's blog we reported on a lost Staffy who jumped on an Upfield train bound for the city about 8.30am after milling about Anstey station.

A good samaritan offered to take the dog to the Lost Dog's Home, but when we checked with the Home earlier the Staffy had not been brought in. 

We were a bit worried, but just got some good news via Facebook: "The staffy on the train was reuinted with his owner on Wednesday."

It's nice to wind up the blog for the week with some good news! 

How did you go with today's Mystery Melbourne. I was rather mischievous with this one. 

Today's Mystery Melbourne is a well known Melbourne landmark. Photo: Jason South

The zoomed out version should help you place the location: 

Ah, it was the scaffolding. Photo: Jason South

@a66burga and ianandsiouxzy got the answer first. 

Photo editor Leigh Henningham tells me that this guy has figured out a way to beat the morning traffic. 

Metro says there are delays up to 14 minutes between Frankston and Caulfield because of an earlier faulty train at Carrum and a faulty signal near Seaford.

Presumably the train at Carrum is responsible for seven of those minutes and the signal at Seaford the other seven. It's interesting that Metro are getting so precise with the number of minutes in the delays - normally they go up in multiples of five. 

There are also delays on other lines. Metro says passengers between Dandenong and Cranbourne are facing delays of eight minutes, while in the Altona Loop buses are replacing trains. 

It's our resident weatherman Mic Looby's last weather report this morning. He is leaving The Age today. 

He finishes with an undefeated 1-0 record against the Bureau of Meteorology when it comes to calling the day's weather. (They tipped it would rain one day last month, he said it wouldn't, it didn't rain, Mic won and the bureau slunk away to lick their wounds). 

He has also had the unenviable task of checking through the blog most mornings and making sure I haven't committed any crimes against proper spelling and grammar in my 6am uncaffeinated haze. (In one memorable exchange he said to me "you have spelled shepherd in different ways twice in once sentence, and both spellings are wrong"). He will be missed. 

Check out his weather report here. 

There are delays of up to 15 minutes between Dandenong and Caulfield because an overhead power fault. 

The weather channel was not happy with Donald Trump pulling the US out of the Paris Climate Accords. 

Just look at their homepage at the moment (via Patrick Hatch)

The Weather Channel homepage Photo: Craig Butt

Police are appealing for assistance to help locate missing Melton man Steve Siljanouski who was last seen at a business in High Street, Melton yesterday morning at 9am.

Family and police have concerns for his welfare as his disappearance is out of character.

Anyone with information about Steve's whereabouts is urged to contact Caroline Springs Police Station on 9361 4700.
 

On Wednesday's blog we reported on a lost Staffy who jumped on an Upfield train bound for the city about 8.30am after milling about Anstey station.

Reader Ryan La Roche saw the whole thing unfold and told us a woman on the train offered to take the pup to the Lost Dogs' Home and got off at Macaulay Station with it.

Well, it looks like the pup never made it. According to the Lost Dogs' Home, the Staffy girl was never brought in.

Needless to say, we're keen to know what became of the pup with the watermelon bandanna and speak to the woman who took her. Has she been reunited with her owners? Is she safe? 
 

I've posted in the blog about a boat that was left on the road. Meanwhile, a rather distinctive chair has been left on a median strip in Albert Park.

People seem to be having some trouble with today's Mystery Melbourne. 

I thought that was rather surprising given this photo is of one of Melbourne's most recognisable landmarks.

Let me know if you've solved it. 

Route 48 trams towards North Balwyn are delayed because of a collision on High Street, Yarra Trams reports.

Reviewer Jake Wilson rather enjoyed Wonder Woman and has given it three stars. That might sound quite lukewarm, but he is a rather harsh marker, so three stars is positively glowing. 

He writes: "What's best about the film can be summed up in two words: Gal Gadot. This much could have been predicted after Gadot's brief but attention-grabbing appearance as Diana in Batman V Superman, where she had no trouble stealing attention from the dour leads."

Read the full review

This photo was sent to me by mum as something to use in the blog. She was driving along the Western Port Highway last weekend when she came across this boat, which had been left in the middle of the road. She said police had to be called to tow it away.

So if you were driving along the Western Port Highway last weekend with your boat in tow, and found the boat had gone missing by the time you reached your destination, this might be your boat.

The 7:00am Frankston to Flinders Street has been cancelled because of a faulty train. 

Let's take a look at the front page of The Age today: 

The front page of The Age on June 2. Photo: Craig Butt

Here are the top stories: 

• Police have been questioned over the decision to leave hundreds of Malaysian Airlines passengers trapped on the tarmac for 90 minutes after a bomb scare forced a flight to return to Melbourne. 
• Treasurer Scott Morrison has begun preparing the ground for weak or negative economic growth as the NAB marks down its forecasts. 
• Australian women have overtaken their daughters when it comes to risky drinking, the National Drug Strategy Household Survey found. 

Inbound traffic on Alexandra Parade in Fitzroy is at a standstill after resurfacing works closed three lanes between Smith Street and the Eastern Freeway.

The lanes were reopened just before 6.30am but we're hearing reports traffic is very heavy as it comes off the freeway.
 

It's a busy morning for environment news. US President Donald Trump has just withdrawn the US from the Paris climate accords. Environment editor Peter Hannam has filed his take on what this will mean for the world. 

And in case you missed it yesterday, here is economics editor Peter Martin's take on the Adani Coal Mine. 

A Bundoora home has been destroyed in a massive blaze overnight which threatened two other properties.

Firefighters were called to the Cheadle Crescent house about 8pm after fire broke out in the garage and spread to the home. They were unable to save it.

"The fire was so intense that the second storey of the house collapsed during firefighting operations," MFB fire service controller David Rankin said.

There's some clarity from Metro on the delays on the Werribee line. There are delays of up to 10 minutes because of a signal equipment fault near Newport.

Werribee services are running direct between Newport and Laverton, with replacement buses on the Altona loop. 

Metro had earlier stated buses would "supplement trains" on the Loop, which made it sound like buses and trains would be sharing the passenger load.