It's the 8th anniversary of the NYC attacks! God bless America & our firemen!
During the attacks, I was on a holiday in Queensland and I saw it on Sky News only 7 days after my 11th birthday!

Also on top of the Dazzleland floors are the 'Musical Fountain' and probably a sign which says 'WARNING: Extremely unstable flooring'

I've drawn a great section of O-Bahn track on Google SketchUp!

HOT WATER BOTTLES FAIL COMPLIANCE TESTS: THREE types of hot-water bottles which could leak and cause serious burns are being recalled. NSW Fair Trading Minister Virginia Judge said the products were being recalled after compliance checks across Sydney. The three products are Home Master Brand two-li...

It's my official 19th BIRTHDAY THREAD!
And has been 3 years since we lost Steve Irwin!
Where were you when he was killed? I was at the 2006 Royal Adelaide Show on my sweet 16th birthday!

How about a dedicated thread for some photos of South Australia's buses!
For a start, here's an old Beeline bus taken in the 1970s: (courtesy of Stephan Lucas)

Here's a better shot of the Volgren Scania at Tea Tree Plaza. Taken in 2002, courtesy of The Phonj

Courtesy of North Shore Times: SAFETY experts are investigating a children’s scooter which shoots out a trail of blazing sparks amid fears it could start a bushfire. Fire authorities have expressed concern about the Razor Spark scooter which will be examined to see whether it should be supplied in N...

The PC I currently use is a Dell Inspiron 9300 on Windows XP. Looking forward to using Windows 7!

What was your first PC? Mine was a 1996 Gateway 2000 with Windows 95 until in 2007, it was trashed!
I still currently have the keyboard however...

completion will be late 2010 early 2011 supposedly I've noticed that both Tea Tree Plaza and the back of Tea Tree Plus are now being repainted with brown colours! Just noticed that the Optus store & Medibank Private have relocated. Also, I predict Caffe Bongiourno will be relocating to Golden G...

Like Brisbane's version, the Myer centre could have cinemas rather than Dazzleland sitting vacant like a lemon! The escalators to the top levels have been 'glassed up', rendering entry near impossible. A few signs of Dazzleland remain however for example:

No such thing as simple when talking about OBahn buses. On a normal bus the rear wheels track the front ones well enough, put it on a concrete track and things need to be tweaked to prevent the rear wheels scrubbing (side walls of tyres rubbing against the concrete guide). Plus the suspension setup...

From a defunct bus enthusiast's site, here's a Scania Volgren body bus being tested on O-Bahn. Taken in 2002, courtesy of the Phonj.

Here's a better view of the development site: