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The Scooter Guy · #2071 Post by **The Scooter Guy** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 7:17 pm

Anyone been to Exxopolis yet? It's making its first appearance at WOMADelaide this year.

#2072 Post by **Wayno** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 11:35 am

Sir Terry Pratchett died yesterday. A terrible loss.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett

#2073 Post by **monotonehell** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:43 am

Wayno wrote:Sir Terry Pratchett died yesterday. A terrible loss.

There's a petition on Change.org for Death to return him. Only Pratchett fans will truly understand how touching that is.

Nathan · #2074 Post by **Nathan** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:00 pm

If anyone is feeling generous, one of my photos from Blinc is up on the Adelaide Festival / Bendigo Bank competition shortlist for the final week, and I'd love some votes

$500 + a festival membership is up for grabs for voters.

https://www.bendigobanksocial.com.au/BA ... ype=Branch

Edit: It's been suggested I add some more details about the shot. The image is the piece A-Synchron by László Zsolt Bordos, projected on to the Festival Theatre, shot from the Eastern side above Lyrics. Shot on iPhone, edited with VSCO Cam.

Oh, and you can vote multiple times - it's only restricted to once per day. So more chances to pump up my vote tally, and more chances for you guys to win something too.

The Scooter Guy · #2075 Post by **The Scooter Guy** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:37 pm

Yet another Red Rooster has succumbed!
This time, here in Ingle Farm is where a new First Choice Liquor will take place.

Brucetiki · #2076 Post by **Brucetiki** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:18 pm

The Scooter Guy wrote:Yet another Red Rooster has succumbed!
This time, here in Ingle Farm is where a new First Choice Liquor will take place.

That succumbed some time ago. The First Choice is well on it's way to being built.

A little surprised it didn't become a KFC.

The Scooter Guy · #2077 Post by **The Scooter Guy** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 6:56 pm

Brucetiki wrote:
The Scooter Guy wrote:Yet another Red Rooster has succumbed!
This time, here in Ingle Farm is where a new First Choice Liquor will take place.
That succumbed some time ago. The First Choice is well on it's way to being built.

A little surprised it didn't become a KFC.

A few are having their signages updated.

SA Red Rooster Status (so far)

Edwardstown - In business, new signage
Munno Para/Smithfield - In business, new signage
Blair Athol - In business, new signage?
Kilkenny - In business? New signage?
Harbourtown - Closed, likely to be converted to KFC?
Paralowie - Fashioned into KFC
Seaford - Closed & For Lease, likely to be redeveloped
Ingle Farm - Closed, demolished & redeveloped into First Choice Liquor
Campbelltown - Closed, demolished & redeveloped into Newton Ceramic Centre
Salisbury - Converted into bakery
Elizabeth - In business, new signage?
Golden Grove Village - Converted into bakery
Aberfoyle Park - Converted into funeral agent
Tranmere - Converted into Oporto
Naracoorte - Converted into Noodle Bar
Murray Bridge - In Business? New Signage?
Noarlunga - Converted into HJ

PeFe · #2078 Post by **PeFe** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 3:26 pm

From the 'Tiser reporting on an article in London's Sunday Times

UK’s Sunday Times names Adelaide on list of best place in the world to live

ADELAIDE has made it to a UK newspaper’s list of best places to live overseas..

The list was part of a month-long series on the best places in the world to live, published by the News Corp-owned Sunday Times.

The overall winner of the series was the Spanish city Palma de Mallorca but Adelaide was named first on the list of best places to live overseas.

The City of Churches was described Adelaide as “one of Australia’s best-kept secrets”.

“Small and perfectly formed, Adelaide is one of Australia’s best-kept secrets, full of elegant tree-lined boulevards, homes with lacy verandas and beautiful parks and gardens,” the paper gushes.

“It has the prettiest cricket ground in the world - the locals are obsessed with the sport - and one of the starriest night skies”.

“The central food market will satisfy every culinary craving, while the vine-clad Barossa Valley is on the doorstep.

“It also has the lowest house prices of any Australian main state capital: an average of Aus$52000”.

Other cities on the list include Amsterdam, Florence, Austin, Barcelona, Hong Kong and San Francisco.

Original article : http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/sty ... 533432.ece

Matt · #2079 Post by **Matt** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:38 am

PeFe wrote:From the 'Tiser reporting on an article in London's Sunday Times

UK’s Sunday Times names Adelaide on list of best place in the world to live

ADELAIDE has made it to a UK newspaper’s list of best places to live overseas..

The list was part of a month-long series on the best places in the world to live, published by the News Corp-owned Sunday Times.

The overall winner of the series was the Spanish city Palma de Mallorca but Adelaide was named first on the list of best places to live overseas.

The City of Churches was described Adelaide as “one of Australia’s best-kept secrets”.

“Small and perfectly formed, Adelaide is one of Australia’s best-kept secrets, full of elegant tree-lined boulevards, homes with lacy verandas and beautiful parks and gardens,” the paper gushes.

“It has the prettiest cricket ground in the world - the locals are obsessed with the sport - and one of the starriest night skies”.

“The central food market will satisfy every culinary craving, while the vine-clad Barossa Valley is on the doorstep.

“It also has the lowest house prices of any Australian main state capital: an average of Aus$52000”.

Other cities on the list include Amsterdam, Florence, Austin, Barcelona, Hong Kong and San Francisco.
Original article : http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/sty ... 533432.ece

Haha... my partner's stepmum (in Cornwall) sent me this in the mail on Sunday.
Took a photo, tweeted it to Jay Weatherill, and bang. The power of social media.

Great exposure for Adelaide - while the "#1 rating" was obviously because the list was in alphabetical order (I say 'obviously' - I didn't spot it, Jay didn't spot it, and whoever wrote the initial Tiser article didn't spot it - triple fail), it still means that Adelaide was the first city everyone saw before they kept flicking pages and returned to their Sunday morning fry-up.

Seriously though, it's great to see so many media outlets (around the world) singing Adelaide's praises. Very much doubt it would have happened 10 years ago.
At the very least, people are starting to recognise that Adelaide actually exists.

#2080 Post by **Wayno** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:59 pm

Matt wrote:Seriously though, it's great to see so many media outlets (around the world) singing Adelaide's praises. Very much doubt it would have happened 10 years ago.
At the very least, people are starting to recognise that Adelaide actually exists.

+1

Media coverage begets media coverage.

rev · #2081 Post by **rev** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:11 pm

You can now play pacman on the streets of Adelaide via Google Maps.

stumpjumper · #2082 Post by **stumpjumper** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 5:36 am

It would be remiss of me not to pass on an interesting rumour. As I heard it, there is a second Billy Gordon among the Queensland Labor members, with details due to emerge shortly. Supposedly, the public service is already gearing up for another election within the next few months. Queensland politics has always been excellent entertainment value.

Well, the second Billy Gordon has been exposed in Queensland. It's first time MP for Pumicstone, Rick Williams. He doesn't lodge tax returns, and got out of that one by declaring himself mentally ill. Not too ill to be elected to parliament, though. Now he's up for intimidation and harassment.

I realise that the only thing anyone is interested in here is more construction, any type, any time, any place, but I thought that a bit of news from the outside world might be welcome.

The Scooter Guy · #2083 Post by **The Scooter Guy** » Fri Apr 03, 2015 3:13 pm

rev wrote:You can now play pacman on the streets of Adelaide via Google Maps.

And if I managed to get captured many times by the Street View crew, then perhaps next year we could play 'Where's Ryan?'

Waewick · #2084 Post by **Waewick** » Wed Apr 08, 2015 10:31 am

stumpjumper wrote:It would be remiss of me not to pass on an interesting rumour. As I heard it, there is a second Billy Gordon among the Queensland Labor members, with details due to emerge shortly. Supposedly, the public service is already gearing up for another election within the next few months. Queensland politics has always been excellent entertainment value.

Well, the second Billy Gordon has been exposed in Queensland. It's first time MP for Pumicstone, Rick Williams. He doesn't lodge tax returns, and got out of that one by declaring himself mentally ill. Not too ill to be elected to parliament, though. Now he's up for intimidation and harassment.

I realise that the only thing anyone is interested in here is more construction, any type, any time, any place, but I thought that a bit of news from the outside world might be welcome.

you have to love QLD politics.

its like a soap opera mixed in with a horror flick.

#2085 Post by **Wayno** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:43 am

I heard the Stag Hotel has closed down?

Can anyone confirm?

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