This morning I handed out EcoTransit News at Wolli Creek Station. I was by myself (the station has only one entrance) and I got rid of 350 papers between 7.10 and 8.50. For the very first time I encountered a Metro supporter. A sleek young bloke in a suit who refused a paper muttered "The Metro's alright" as he hurried in. Probably an ALP staffer.

Handing out the paper at railway stations, you can't help but notice the extraordinary amount of informal "park-and-ride" that's sprung up over the last couple of years. Go to any Sydney station where unrestricted parking is available within 400 metres and you'll see what I mean.

I was handing out at Tempe Station this morning. The dust storm lent a biblical aspect to the whole exercise. Excellent response from the public, many of whom were swathed about the face with scarves or wearing dust masks. Yesterday I did Sydenham station where a couple of us handed out 500 papers in just over an hour.

The 'Stop the metro madness' campaign officially kicked off this morning. I was handing out the newspaper at Parramatta station with other EcoTransiters and I can report that we got an entirely positive response ... except for an officious CityRail manager who threatened trouble and directed our people onto Westfield turf where the Westfield security people tried to herd them back onto CityRail property. In the end they just stood on the dividing line ... which seemed to satisfy both sides.

Lots of people asked for a few copies and the usual description of the CBD Metro was "crazy" or "mad" or "nuts".

I personally came across three people who had got the paper at Mt Druitt and thanked us for our effort.