"The next train to Flinders Street station via the city loop will be departing at five” The recorded voice was played when I pressed the information button at the station. There was still time. I went and sat on the near by bench inside the safety zone. There had been incidents of Indian students getting attacked and harassed in public places. They are tipped as soft-targets for crime and advised to stay within the safety zones at railway stations. Although I am from Sri Lanka, little difference it would make if I tell it to someone with a knife threatening to stab me.