The Connector Road is now under construction. There are large earthworks on both sides of Lonsdale Highway as well as running down the creek side towards the Sheidow Park end. Work has also started on the Gledsdale/Zwerner roundabout with Shakes Cres now fenced off from the shopping mall. Residents ...

SA House Prices Surge
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Sorry guys, but with respect how much of the world have you really seen? Theres a serious 'grass is greener' syndrome on this thread... Having lived and worked in many different countries, mainly europe, I chose adelaide when i emigrated here. Thats right i chose it above any other city,,, and why? ...

Apparently SA Water/govt will rebate you $400 off a water tank.... but only if its plumbed into the house, eg. toilets. So for me who planned on putting 2 or 3 into my backyard to source the maintenance of my garden, I just can't afford the expense without subsidy given the current high price of wat...

The N-S traffic isn't so much a problem for me as it doesnt cut the square in half like wakefield-grote. In fact severs would be a better word. I'd love to see an east-west tunnel, failing that reroute E bound traffic to the north & vice versa... make Vic Square whole again. Its such a large are...

I'm no civil engineer either SJ but check out the 45 storey towers in london docklands, built literally on the thames never mind the mud. There's obviously ways & means to sink large stable concrete footings for such towers. In fact thinking on, never mind london... check out Dubai, 'scrapers bu...

There do exist skills assessment schemes as part of the Skilled Migration visa tho guys, precisely to address these sorts of issues... my quals weren't recognised but once my documentary evidence & certs were examined by the relevant trade body (for me the ACS in sydney) I was granted degree-equ...

stumpjumper wrote:The tunnel is quite small, and appears to be lined in some sort of continuous metal sheathing.

The tunnel also seems to be filled with water, which has continued to pour out from it.

You sure it wasn't a water main?

You can see I'm obviously as bored at work as you are Stump!

And Sydney didnt even make Old Kent Road, who'd have predicted that!

Are you a marion resident Jimmy, as I have seen the news Will mentions only I cannot remember where I saw it. It was either in the Marion area messenger or the council newsletter stuff that come with your rates demand. I also seem to remember (Mayor of Marion) Felicity-ann Lewis apologising for the ...

When last in Berlin they had the same sort of system Melbourne trams have, or day ticket purchase we have here, although a vastly impressive modern underground & surface train system, far superior to anything else I've seen in europe. But Smartcards are the way to go and given the general high s...

I still see this as a separate isue to public transport, which should be looked at as the desired means of getting most people to work in the future. Well, don't. A freeway network is going to detriment any possible public transport network, especially in an environment of many councils each with t...

Article in the tiser today raising the topic of tolls for such as a N-S freeway, southern expressway, Victor etc. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21810193-5006336,00.html I'm sure no-one likes tolls but the reality of traffic-choked roads in some countries is that it costs industry ...

stump, Are you fishing?! The tram extension was planned because it was a big fat glaring hole right in the middle of Adelaide's public rail network, embarrassingly right in the heart of the CBD...isnt that enough! The casino is a private concern and nothing for the state govt to comment upon or even...

I have to agree with how_good_is_he thats its a bit of a naive view.... have you worked elsewhere in the world stumpjumper? With all due respect this is how commerce and governments oil the wheels the western world over. Practicalities. If they didnt, then nothing would get built anywhere, ever. If ...