I believe the story is that the large Teddy was left behind at the Airport some years ago (would be nearly 10 now) and he along with his suitcase were never collected. The airport staff located him airside and he is said to be waiting there for his owners to pick him up, but he has essentially been...

Photos taken on the 22/07/2009. The first excavations made on the new footpath alignment have now been filled in and capped over. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/sar409/Entertainment%20Centre%20Extension/125_2276.jpg http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/sar409/Entertainment%20Centre%20Ext...

I appologise for the delay but I have got a few more photos of the project. These were taken 2 weeks ago (11/07/2009 to be precise). Photos from last week will be coming as well. North Terrace - Trenches dug out where the new, realigned footpath is likely to go. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u1...

The DTEI website has been updated with some extra information about the overpass which includes a 3D flyover video, just need to follow the link. http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/south_road_upgrade/content/glenelg_tram_overpass/news Design updates Many of the design elements remain the same as th...

I got a few photos today at South Road despite the weather. I'll let the photos do the talking. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/sar409/125_2215.jpg http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/sar409/125_2216.jpg http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/sar409/125_2217.jpg http://i167.photobucket....

Despite the at times miserable weather, I took a few photos along the Belair line today. Spare ballast hopper at Belair between the station and the railcar depot. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/sar409/125_2152.jpg Ballasted track at Belair. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/sar409/125...

The DTEI website has been updated with some additional information as well as an artists' impression of Blackwood station. http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/RR/rail_revitalisation/belair Renewal of the Belair line (between Goodwood and Belair) is one of the first stages of the State Government’s $...

I got a few more photos of the tramline extension work yesterday during the only dry part of the day. Work has really progressed since I last walked down the eventual route. Looks like grading along the northern lane extensions along North Terrace is nearing completion. In addition, it looks like th...

Got some more photos of the extension work today. Looks like work is now in full swing along North Terrace and Port Road right upto James Cogdon Drive intersection, the whole section being worked on in one form or another. North Terrace http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/sar409/Entertainment%20...

I have found some additional information about the new Citadis fleet in a public press release from the SA State Premier, Mike Rann. I have highlighted a couple of points of interest from the press release. http://www.ministers.sa.gov.au/news.php?id=4893 New trams a massive boost to Adelaide network...

the DTEI webpage has been updated in regards to the construction work around North Terrace/West Terrace/Port Road intersection. http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/coast_to_coast_lightrail/coast_to_coast_light_rail/construction Construction of the tramline extension to the Adelaide Entertainment Cen...

I have found a link which includes a floor plan as well as full specifications for the Madrid/Adelaide Citadis fleet. Beware, all of the text is in Swedish but (thanks to Google translate), I have had the main specifications translated into English. The floor plan and specifications are on the secon...

Got a few photos of the bridge work on Port Road today. Because of the light rain today, I only got three photos of the bridge work to prevent damaging the camera (it stopped raining long enough for me to get the shots). Road works along North Terrace are still continuing with grading work now being...

Just a bit of a numbers game now to put into perspective what the final fleet will be like. These extra 14 budgeted for railcars will go ontop of the original 50 announced in last year's State Budget bringing the total of new EMUs to 64 units. This is all ontop of the conversion of 58 current 3000/3...

http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/south_road_upgrade/content/glenelg_tram_overpass/construction_information Stage one of our construction program is scheduled to commence May / June 2009. These preliminary works are associated with the temporary relocation of the tram tracks outside of the tram co...