I'm curious - what do people see as the purpose of bringing back rail services to Roseworthy and the Barossa Valley? Is it so that those areas can lose their "country charm" and become more sprawling suburbs full of detached housing for people who commute further to the Adelaide CBD? Is i...

Three times a week Adelaide to the other side of the planet? We've barely scratched the surface with direct flights to the Asian continent. True, but more Australians visit the US than every Asian country except Indonesia (Bali), so demand is clearly there. At the end of last year, the top destinat...

We already knew back last year that the government was in discussions with Walker regarding the potential relocation of staff from the State Administration Centre to fill a second Festival Plaza tower. Honestly this wouldn't be a bad thing. That whole government precinct bordered between Victoria S...

It's also interesting to hear the media say 'one of the tallest' and not the 'tallest'. Possibly this originates in the government press release. I can see why they would want to avoid bandying about the fact that this will be the tallest, given how controversial the tower already is. Re the commen...

How? Magic (Premier Malinaskus’s economic plan and the State prosperity project) Not really. Malinauskus has been good for PR, but the positive trends were well in place right back to the Weatherill era with increased investment and better image. SA then did really well through COVID under Marshall...

I'm intrigued about exactly ONE direct passenger to Ho Chi Minh City.... I wonder how the "indirect" number is derived. Los Angeles is the on;y North American city on the list - do people really go there as the destination, or do they lly Qantas or Virgin Adelaide-Sydney-Los Angeles then ...

It would be wise to: - Reserve land for a rail corridor - Or, even wiser, halt all further development and rip up the nasty, cheap contract with Walker Corp. Agreed. The issue is that they did not reserve land for a rail corridor, and they are now building on top of all the land that could have bee...

Considering that Balhannah and Hahndorf are at very similar elevations above sea level, that is a very steep railway from Bridgewater to Hahndorf. Bridgewater is at approximately 400m above sea level, and Hahndorf is at approximately 350m. The proposed alignment is at a minimum 5000m between the tw...

Interesting statistics - though a little-bit outdated (pre-covid): Adelaide flight movements.JPG Top 10 cities without regular direct flights from Adelaide, listed in order of point-to-point passenger numbers in 2018: 1. London 2. Delhi 3. Christchurch 4. Ho Chi Minh 5. Los Angeles 6. Tokyo 7. Phuke...

One of the key reasons federal Labor allowed for record high levels of migration over the last two years has been to prevent a recession occurring. Whilst the government was successful in avoiding recession, it has led to a huge shortfall in housing stock and unsustainable prices as abc and others ...

In response to the above, I meant via extending it beyond Port Dock, and connecting it to the OH line somewhere near Peterhead. The current alignment via Commercial Rd and Ethelton would be closed. A new station near Glanville could be built. The issue is it creates a second short working on a line...

They’re sadly mistaken if they think a hypothetical rural train service from Port Augusta is going to run through Elizabeth enroute to Adelaide….. Exactly. Salisbury has far better geography for becoming the hub of the northern suburbs and second CBD of Adelaide than Elizabeth does. Elizabeth's CBD...

So a dogleg is removed, but a new signalised intersection will replace it at Price Street. So there will still be two intersections within 270 metres, plus Furness Ave a short distance south. This might need to go back to the drawing board. Yes, that was my thinking too. Perhaps the Price St lights...

Thought I would start a general thread for development in Norwood & Kent Town - its becoming an important area for infill, but the developments are scattered over a number of threads, despite most of them not being of a scale to warrant their own threads. The Osmond apartment project at 82 Osmon...

False economy of road freight....how do you get your goods, by magic carpet? I'm shocked it's cheaper to go an hour from Mt Gambier to Portland then it is to go four-five hours to Adelaide. Who would have thought. It's cheaper to go anywhere in Victoria from Mt Gambier on the Vline coach services n...