i don't think many major airports have more than 1 overweight or fragile counters tho Edgar? i may be wrong, but in the days when we took (2) prams and kids on flights there was only ever one counter for this at Madrid, Berlin, London gatwick, Manchester, Palma, Milan... all big european airports, a...

hi piggylai, welcome to South Australia 8) 10-30 mins by public transport suggests to me you keep in mind somewhere on the metro train or tram networks. Check Adelaide metro site for maps/suburbs and station locations Train times are actually often faster at peak times as many run express, eg. Halle...

altho this shows a 4 way intersection not a roundabout, but its marked Oct 06 so it could've changed, i 'll seek to find out. http://www.marion.sa.gov.au/Web/webmar.nsf/3168e9beb47a00ace9256aa80007c829/e8e9710f1b8b9302e9257236007e3652/$FILE/Connector%20Road%20Update%203.pdf I believe the shopping ce...

Work started here end of last week with the demolition of the Mitre 10 area, which stood in the way of the major part of the extension which will stretch out to the NW corner of the site. Due to open Sep 08 i believe. I also saw site engineers at the Sheidow Park end (Berrima Rd) of the proposed con...

Owner-occupier of house in Sheidow Park. If wife wasn't at Uni would definitely invest in property in similar central southern suburbs, the demand for rentals round here is astronomical! Possibly Seacliff/Kingston Park, tipped to be next on Holdfast Bay's redeveloment list...? When I sold up in hall...

I'm sure you're right stelaras, it must be something to do with Australia's comparatively recent evolution, whereas the various british accents must date back centuries upon centuries so have had longer to evolve. Taking it a step further of course is the english language itself which grew largely f...

There are differences, yet subtle ones. Whereas in UK you can travel 40-50kms and get very different accents. Or travel 100-200 and get vastly different ones. This has always puzzled me as presumably way back when such things developed, communications and distances should have dictated that proximat...

I sympathise Edgar as there's so much slang which I guess doesn't always get taught, altho languages are living, evolving things and its difficult for native speakers, let alone those for whom English is a 2nd language. As regards 'Ta' i can assure you its not just our fair state or indeed Australia...

True guys, but on other hand it could be argued the Hilton is next to the markets, and the Hyatt next to the train station. I don't think the location is too bad, its still in the NW quadrant of the city where a lot of new construction is going on. Besides, a quick walk to Vic Square and the tram wi...

Do i remember right that federal funding for a desal plant was part of Rann's submission to Howard over releasing control of the Murray? I don't see why desal plants should be should a major issue, they're all over parts of the Meditterranean which have similar climates to us, especially spain. And ...

i like Valkanis, he's had a great season with costanzo, i know he had a spray at the end but he'd just been dicked in the GF and whilst not good to see, he'd worked superbly all season to get there and must've felt sick, thats football. He regretted it the next day and said sorry, but the way the FF...

As a relative newbie to Adelaide i didnt realise the look of North Tce was so recent. Its a stunning boulevard and i never tire of walking up there of a morning, even if its a longer route to my bus stop. Its both contemporary whilst complimenting the grand old buildings. Fabulous job by the archite...

Kossie's gone, resigned is the official word

plus Ange Costanzo replaces Aloisi as captain

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 15,00.html

Kossie seems likely to be sacked at a board meeting this morning if you believe the tiser.

2pm press conference

Why should we always take our lead from Melbourne and not consider it if they don't have it... We don't need to live in their shadow, they do some things well and good luck to them. But not everything, and where tourism's concerned they don't have the climate, hills, beaches and vineyards to even co...