Little ideas for a big city

[Will]

What about buying a old H type tram and converting it into the pie cart. Dont know how transporting it would go, maybe put it in a semi permanent position like Hindmarsh sq.

That's a great idea, however I feel Victoria Square would be a better home for such a venture.

[Wayno]

What about buying a old H type tram and converting it into the pie cart. Dont know how transporting it would go, maybe put it in a semi permanent position like Hindmarsh sq.

That's a great idea, however I feel Victoria Square would be a better home for such a venture.

Yep - agree.

[cruel_world00]

It's a simple idea but hard to push through.

Get pokies out of our pubs.

[monotonehell]

It's a simple idea but hard to push through.

Get pokies out of our pubs.

But what will all the morons do for "entertainment"?

[rhino]

Back 30 years or so ago, when we had to go to NSW to play the pokies, they were only in clubs. The money made went back into the club, creating better facilities, employing more local people. If you couldn't afford to be a member of the club, you couldn't get in to play the pokies, unless you were a traveller. I would like to see that at work here in SA, where our clubs with members seem to be struggling by comparison, while publicans rake in big profits.

[Vee]

What about buying a old H type tram and converting it into the pie cart. Dont know how transporting it would go, maybe put it in a semi permanent position like Hindmarsh sq.

That's a great idea, however I feel Victoria Square would be a better home for such a venture.

Like this idea too and the Victoria Sq. option or perhaps incorporate it into the rejuvenated riverbank precinct or the sterile area that masquerades as the Festival Centre plaza.
The pie cart and the H type tram both reflect a significant part of our heritage and would inject some interest and appeal into a revitalised precinct.

[mattblack]

What about the council developing an area of the parklands of international gardens. This could be where the Hemeji Gardens are at the moment between Hutt and Pultney st. The japanese gardens could be expanded and a traditional english garden, water garden (with water from the new pipeline used), rock garden, rose garden and maybe even hanging gardens incorporated. Get in designers from overseas that know what they're doing. Would be a major tourist drawcard and utilise new infrastructure like the pipeline and cycle path to great effect.

[Will]

What about the council developing an area of the parklands of international gardens. This could be where the Hemeji Gardens are at the moment between Hutt and Pultney st. The japanese gardens could be expanded and a traditional english garden, water garden (with water from the new pipeline used), rock garden, rose garden and maybe even hanging gardens incorporated. Get in designers from overseas that know what they're doing. Would be a major tourist drawcard and utilise new infrastructure like the pipeline and cycle path to great effect.

Indeed, that is a great idea.

In fact Sensational Adelaide incorporated such an idea for its 2008 submission to the council.

Now that the city pipeline is in place, I hope the ACC looks at this concept again, because it would be an amazing tourist attraction.

[Will]

After having read the article below from The Advertiser, and after having visited Queensland earlier this year, it got me thinking that instead of seeing the boom in koala numbers as a problem, we should see it as an opportunity.

I think we should use part of the wasteland that is the southern parklands, particularly the block bounded by South Terrace, KWS, Sir Lewis Cohen Avenue and Greenhill Road (because its close to the tramline and judging from google earth, it has no sporting facilities of note) and turn it into a koala sancturay and Australian wildlife park.

Judging by how popular anything to do with koalas is, with foreign visitors, such a venture could become one of our biggest tourist attractions. The great thing about this plan, is that the Southern parklands have that 'natural bush' feel, thus such a wildlife park could be advertised as seeing our native animals in their natural environment.

Why we need fewer koalas

Miles Kemp
From: The Advertiser February 03, 2010 12:00AM

KOALAS are overpopulating the Adelaide Hills and may have to be relocated or sterilised, as has been the case on Kangaroo Island.

Environment and Heritage Department officials have warned there is a "looming issue of overpopulation in the Adelaide Hills", in advice made public yesterday by the Australian Koala Foundation, which disputes the findings.

Adelaide Hills and foothills residents have reported increasing numbers of the animals this summer as they search for water in yards and swimming pools and cause a hazard on roads.

The Environment and Heritage Department would not say how it planned to tackle the "considerable increase" in numbers.

In a statement department regional conservator Dr Laurence Haegi said: "There has been a marked and sustained increase in calls to assist with incidents involving koalas in the Adelaide Hills and adjacent urban areas."

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Australian Koala Foundation chief executive Deborah Tabart has demanded the scientific basis of the department's claim be released because it was being used by the Federal Government to argue that no additional protection for the animal was needed.

"There is a growing concern that the koala is in the way of the Rudd Government's very large infrastructure program such as new roads," she said.

Queensland University Professor Hugh Possingham, the architect of the koala population control on Kangaroo Island, said there was anecdotal evidence the Hills population was increasing and he warned something should be done.

"Most people were interested in Kangaroo Island (a decade ago), nobody was interested in the Mount Lofty Ranges issue but we were aware it was going to be a big issue," he said. I

nquiries by The Advertiser have also revealed that experts from the University of Adelaide, Cleland Wildlife Sanctuary and Adelaide Zoo fear kidney failure in one in 10 Hills koalas has been caused by water shortages.

[iTouch]

After having read the article below from The Advertiser, and after having visited Queensland earlier this year, it got me thinking that instead of seeing the boom in koala numbers as a problem, we should see it as an opportunity.

I think we should use part of the wasteland that is the southern parklands, particularly the block bounded by South Terrace, KWS, Sir Lewis Cohen Avenue and Greenhill Road (because its close to the tramline and judging from google earth, it has no sporting facilities of note) and turn it into a koala sancturay and Australian wildlife park.

Judging by how popular anything to do with koalas is, with foreign visitors, such a venture could become one of our biggest tourist attractions. The great thing about this plan, is that the Southern parklands have that 'natural bush' feel, thus such a wildlife park could be advertised as seeing our native animals in their natural environment.

Thats not really a little idea it should be relocated to Ideas on how to attract more people to SA. I love the idea though

[olliepee]

I love this thread... here's a simple, much needed (imo) idea for Hindley Street:

Gilbert Place is a little lane that runs right up from Hindley St around to King William Street, map is here:

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&cl ... CAcQ8gEwAA

It's already partially closed off to traffic and there are already a couple of little known pubs/cafes there, and also the pancake kitchen.

I'd love to see it filled with tables, chairs, music and local food stalls. Hindley Street doesn't really have many nice places to eat (I also work on it) and I'd like to think this would not only add to the character of the Hindley Street area it would also add to the community of the west end too.

[Will]

I love this thread... here's a simple, much needed (imo) idea for Hindley Street:

Gilbert Place is a little lane that runs right up from Hindley St around to King William Street, map is here:

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&cl ... CAcQ8gEwAA

It's already partially closed off to traffic and there are already a couple of little known pubs/cafes there, and also the pancake kitchen.

I'd love to see it filled with tables, chairs, music and local food stalls. Hindley Street doesn't really have many nice places to eat (I also work on it) and I'd like to think this would not only add to the character of the Hindley Street area it would also add to the community of the west end too.

That's a great idea! Out of all the laneways in the CBD, Gilbert Place is definately one of the ones with the most potential.

[victorious80]

I was just thinking that the tram extension means the tram would go from the Grand at Glenelg to a stop right outside HQ. Could there be a possibility of using an H-class as a "party tram" on Saturday nights? Some modification would be required - put in a small bar and some tables perhaps. People could hire it out for functions/parties. It could sit outside the Grand from 7ish to 8.30ish to allow patrons to have a few drinks/nibbles (in the tram) by the sea, then make its way to the city (serving drinks the whole way) and ends up at HQ around 9.15 to drop patrons off for a night out.

The tram could also be used as a restaurant on other nights. Probably better in this case to pick up passengers in city, then make its way to the Bay serving drinks. then dinner could be at the Glenelg end, near the sea??

[Nathan]

I was just thinking that the tram extension means the tram would go from the Grand at Glenelg to a stop right outside HQ. Could there be a possibility of using an H-class as a "party tram" on Saturday nights? Some modification would be required - put in a small bar and some tables perhaps. People could hire it out for functions/parties. It could sit outside the Grand from 7ish to 8.30ish to allow patrons to have a few drinks/nibbles (in the tram) by the sea, then make its way to the city (serving drinks the whole way) and ends up at HQ around 9.15 to drop patrons off for a night out.

The tram could also be used as a restaurant on other nights. Probably better in this case to pick up passengers in city, then make its way to the Bay serving drinks. then dinner could be at the Glenelg end, near the sea??

Given the kind of crowd that goes to the Grand and HQ, I can't see the H-Class holding up too well as a "party tram".
And do you really need more drinks, for the relatively short journey between two bars?

[rhino]

I've just returned from the unveiling of the fantastic life-sized statue of Roy Rene on the footpath in Hindley St (near the corner of Leigh St). Roy Rene (better known as "Mo") grew up in Hindley St, so it's a fitting place for the statue, and it really looks like it belongs there. I would like to see more art like this, both the imortalising kind and the quirky (like the pigs in the mall) around Adelaide - it's quality stuff and shows that we are a city that respects culture, IMO. Kudos to Robert "Alf" Hannaford, who spent the last 2 years creating it.