- Apr 26, 2011
- 10,439
- 12,357
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
- Other Teams
- Wimbledon AFC
What a s**t beardPoor old Max Gawn will have to get public transport to the game.
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
What a s**t beardPoor old Max Gawn will have to get public transport to the game.
Doesn't look like it. Which I think is understandable.
I don't understand it at all, makes perfect sense to have ferry's.
Maybe back in the 1920s it would have.I don't understand it at all, makes perfect sense to have ferry's.
Seaplane from South Perth to Burswood?
Haha. That's nice coming from an eagles supporterNeed room to park the chopper and his ego.
Need room to park the chopper and his ego.
I'm married, I have no ego.Haha. That's nice coming from an eagles supporter
buses are great until there is a traffic accident that clogs up the roads.
trains better as harder to cause a shutdown of a track - but a 'police incident' will do the trick.
ferries - eh, just go around, river is wider.
so buy some cataraman ferries like Brisbane has.... and mid week, like, use them!
Ego is not a dirty word.
If you talk the talk, then walk the walk, there should be no complaints, as you have delivered.
I think it's great that they're encouraging more people to use public transport or walk to attend the game. Not that they probably had any other option with the location of the stadium.
I've seen some people moaning on facebook about how its 'too far to walk' and 'no where to park'. It's only like a 20 min walk from the CBD and we have one of the most beautiful rivers that runs through a city in Australia. Enjoy the outdoors people, get off your fat arse and make an afternoon out of it. It's gonna be great!
Its looking goodCan see the "Halo" effect of the roof starting to take shape, will look great at night when it's illuminated.
The cladding reflects well off the dusk sun as well in that shot.
View attachment 302093
They've said from the outset they wanted to change the culture around public transport with this stadium.That's fine unless you've got kids and/or it's 10 degrees and pissing down.
Just about everywhere reachable by ferry would be quicker and more efficient by bus or train. Plus we already own the buses and trains, since most games will be on a weekend it is just using buses that would otherwise be sitting idle in the depot during non-peak times. There aren't spare ferries AFAIK. So having ferry services for the stadium would mean building new vessels that would probably sit idle for the rest of the week.
They've said from the outset they wanted to change the culture around public transport with this stadium.
I didn't grow up here, but where I'm from walking twenty minutes in the snow/rain to a tram as an 8-10 year old alone was just a given and I never bat an eyelid. Or to do the same time by bike over a longer distance just to get some milk for the house. I just did it, nothing special or better. It's just way it was.
However just think it's a right shame that such a quick walk can be seen as a negative in this city, and then further backed up by the 200 odd likes a comment on FB would receive. Basically I'm saying, being lazy is flat out encouraged here and there's such a huge demand for convience that can never be fufilled due to how big Perth is(cue the whinging about how the government doesn't do their jobs properly).
You're probably right, but that doesn't actually change anything. Build a shopping centre and make it hard to get to and people will go somewhere else. It's the same principle with stadiums - and it's true now moreso than ever. Make it difficult to attend, especially when the weather sucks, and people will either stay home and watch the game on TV, or worse (for football) go to a movie or something like that.
People today couldn't give a s**t what you had to go through as a kid. It's not actually going to change their decision making process.