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I’ve always been a bit of a gunzel, growing up just past the terminus of the Lilydale Line meant that as a youngster, the train network was my access point to the Greater Melbourne area.  Before the internet gave us easy and immediate access to Melbourne’s train network map, it was found towards the back of the Melway directory - a pre-Google maps necessity for any Melburnian.  After the completion of the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop - more commonly known to most as the underground sections the City Loop and the city’s first subway-style sections of the network - in...

  Anyone who’s opened up the Lord of the Rings books will know the famous map of Middle Earth.  Back in 2001 I was reading these books for the first time, and in my English workbook I was drawing a simpler version of the map as it is today.  Growing up in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, both the hobbit homeland and my old stomping ground having the title of “The Shire” in common, was enough of a trigger for me in creating this map. Beyond the title though, something about that part of the world feels very “Shire-like”, the...

Hi map loving people! Welcome to the Admaps shop, Day 0.  I'm in the midst of finalising the set-up process, but I'm starting off with 3 products, which you can have a look at in the shop section.  Lots of exciting things coming up around the corner, including some online content and custom maps.   Enjoy your stay, looking forward to seeing you around. -Ad.