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Anything goes here..
Now with Beer Garden for our smoking patrons.
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AtD
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by AtD » Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:38 pm
rhino wrote:AtD wrote:Here's a question. What does the OG in OG Road, Klemzig, stand for?
Osmond Gilles, first Colonial Treasurer of South Australia. Glen Osmond was on land he owned. Gilles St in Adelaide is also named after him, as is Lake Gilles on northern Eyre Peninsula. When the SA Commission was established, Gilles advanced 1000 pounds to meet preliminary expenses and, in due course, became Colonial Treasurer. He arrived in SA on The Buffalo. He was also a foundation member of the South Australian Literary Association, and introduced Saxony and Merino Sheep to South Australia. He was also involved with the erection of Trinity Church and paid off most of the construction costs.
In Pike's
Paradise of Dissent, Gilles is described as having "an unbounding confidence in his own opinion, but no courage to act upon it alone and unassisted".
Unusual character.
Thanks for that.
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by The Scooter Guy » Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:48 pm
Very heavy rain today! Some roads were flooded out like a dugout bush!
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by iTouch » Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:30 pm
The Scooter Guy wrote:Very heavy rain today! Some roads were flooded out like a dugout bush!
the corrosive chemical warehouse I work in as a casual was flooded by the Torrential downpour yesterday and my supervisor told me off for wasting water
I was like "it wasn't me, I was Jesus!!!"
Don't burn the Adelaide Parkland (preservation society)
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by Isiskii » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:59 am
It's 30c and it's only 9am in the morning! Standing in the shade is very hot right now! And I've been waiting at the tram stop for half an hour because they keep coming by "Full, sorry no pickup"!
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by AtD » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:03 am
Sounds like it's going to be fun with the strike tonight.
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by AtD » Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:01 pm
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by AtD » Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:03 pm
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by The Scooter Guy » Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:12 pm
For starters, my avatar is the well-known Adelaide Aquatic Centre insignia from 1989.
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by monotonehell » Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:39 pm
LOLZ
I saw that in person recently. I swear it wasn't there like an hour beforehand. Ninja art installers?
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by jk1237 » Sun Dec 12, 2010 2:27 pm
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by crawf » Sun Dec 12, 2010 6:12 pm
Cleaned up.
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by Wayno » Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:35 am
Metrodome collapses due to heavy snow
This was sent to me by a work colleague based in Minnesota.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2K53bkzX2I
Boom baby!
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
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by metro » Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:12 pm
Adelaide was very busy today for a **wednesday. I suppose because it was good weather, it's school holidays and christmas shopping. But the number of people and the traffic too felt more like Sydney or Melbourne, than Adelaide.
If only it could be like that all the time
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by Will » Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:50 pm
metro wrote:Adelaide was very busy today for a **wednesday. I suppose because it was good weather, it's school holidays and christmas shopping. But the number of people and the traffic too felt more like Sydney or Melbourne, than Adelaide.
If only it could be like that all the time
I too was in the city tonight, and share your observations. Adelaide is getting better each year. I remember even a few years ago, even with the mixture of nice weather, school holidays and Christmas, it was never like this.
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by Omicron » Thu Dec 16, 2010 12:06 am
The weather has a lot to answer for - being particularly stunning as it has been, there's no longer a mad rush to Glenelg as the sun sets and people try to escape the blazing heat, for example, but instead there's a steady crowd all day.
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