SA The Adelaide Thread

[Thegibbsgamble]

That's absolutely mad, especially when you loop it.

 

[NSWCROW]

99.98% of all SA servo robberies perpetrated by the servo

South Australia has the highest service station robbery rates in the nation. However, largely due to our Peregrine overlords, it...

www.adelaidemail.com

Evidence shows that customers are the ones being robbed each time they pay $1.70 a litre, fork out $5.50 for a meat pie, or even one of those New York Yankees hats that every OTR has, but nobody seems to buy.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

I'd like to know why Colonel Light thought it was a good idea to establish a colony east of the Nullabor, south of the interior and trapped by hills. What was wrong with Port Lincoln or Mount Gambier as the main centre?

 

[NSWCROW]

I'd like to know why Colonel Light thought it was a good idea to establish a colony east of the Nullabo, south of the interior and trapped by hills. What was wrong with Port Lincoln or Mount Gambier as the main centre?

Was originally meant to be Goolwa

 

[footyfan1978]

I'd like to know why Colonel Light thought it was a good idea to establish a colony east of the Nullabo, south of the interior and trapped by hills. What was wrong with Port Lincoln or Mount Gambier as the main centre?

Fair question.
Who wants to establish a city with that water they drink ?
Surely Mount Gambier would be way more nice?

 

[MatthewB]

I'd like to know why Colonel Light thought it was a good idea to establish a colony east of the Nullabo, south of the interior and trapped by hills. What was wrong with Port Lincoln or Mount Gambier as the main centre?

when they landed in Port Lincoln, it was too windy and there was a big swell, so they found it unsuitable and may be dangerous to ships not expecting the weather

 

[Cuzz09]

I always heard Port Adelaide was meant to be the main city.

That channel down port road was meant to be a shipping channel or something.

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[PoppedCorn]

Funny u say that
Las time we headed to the port market the mrs said the very same thing about the medium strip.

 

[MatthewB]

I always heard Port Adelaide was meant to be the main city.

That channel down port road was meant to be a shipping channel or something.

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Port Adelaide area was prone to flooding back in the day and had limited fresh water, dont know if it was suitable for a new colony

have heard the same thing about port road shipping channel

found this

Was there ever a plan for a canal on Adelaide's Port Road?

It's one of the rumours almost every South Australian seems to have heard of but can never verify. Did Colonel William Light plan to have ships run between Adelaide and Port Adelaide along a canal?

www.abc.net.au

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

when they landed in Port Lincoln, it was too windy and there was a big swell, so they found it unsuitable and may be dangerous to ships not expecting the weather

I did know that. More referring to the climate, a few dead sailors in the 1830s or relief from the heat? Short-term pain for long-term gain I say.

 

[MatthewB]

I did know that. More referring to the climate, a few dead sailors in the 1830s or relief from the heat? Short-term pain for long-term gain I say.

The lack of fresh water was a big concern aswell

 

[Cuzz09]

If they made all the capital cities in the middle of the Country would we have droughts?

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[MatthewB]

If they made all the capital cities in the middle of the Country would we have droughts?

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i dont know, but water would be a hell of a lot more expensive then it is now

 

[RolandF1]

I did know that. More referring to the climate, a few dead sailors in the 1830s or relief from the heat? Short-term pain for long-term gain I say.

Water is more plentiful near the Adelaide Hills as well. They barely have enough to sustain the Port Lincoln population as is.

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

I'd like to know why Colonel Light thought it was a good idea to establish a colony east of the Nullabor, south of the interior and trapped by hills. What was wrong with Port Lincoln or Mount Gambier as the main centre?

They started building the capatil at lyndoch. Lyndoch was lights commanding officer at a battle in Spain at barrossa, against napoleon's forces.

Problem was light was told by the indigenous that it was an area prone to flooding and not build there. But he did and it wasn't long before a flood chased them away. So they settled on where the cbd is now. They couldn't maintain a city at the port because it of all the copper wheat wool ect being shipped out to England for the war effort. The shops would come in full of poor people wanting a chance, who paid. Then leave with millions of stolen recources. They needed to disperse the colonists as no room for everything at the port.

The first attempt at settling port Lincoln failed as the indigenous fought back and pushed them into the sea. The next effort they spread yellow fever amongst the indigenous, so they couldn't fight. This is a common story across Australia and first started in Jan 1789 when Phillip was told to leave.

Port Road use to be a bulluck track, hence so wide. The trade had to get to where it was needed from the port and the goodies stolen from the indigenous needed to get to the ships. It would take a day to get to the cbd, if you were an immigrant and hired a bulluck.

 

[Richard Cranium]

So this has probably been the craziest day of weather we've ever had, right?

 

[PoppedCorn]

Yeah be close
Work got evacted during Pinery fire and i got evac during kersbrook/one tree hill one
But today was kinda shithouse
The old girl was told to get out today from hillier..they lost a house up the road but everyones fine

Said to the mrs thats it
We are trippling our water storage if not more, and upgrading pumps, going roof sprinklers etc.

 

[MatthewB]

So this has probably been the craziest day of weather we've ever had, right?

the statewide blackout would be close

 

[Rotayjay]

Adelaide is surely the 'bizarre' capital of Australia. The Somerton Man, the Beaumont children, the Family, the 'tidal wave psychic', the bodies in the barrell, the one-way reversible expressway, the state-wide blackout and the day where we had both catastrophic bushfires and hail in the metropolitan area.

 

[TimmeT]

Adelaide is surely the 'bizarre' capital of Australia. The Somerton Man, the Beaumont children, the Family, the 'tidal wave psychic', the bodies in the barrell, the one-way reversible expressway, the state-wide blackout and the day where we had both catastrophic bushfires and hail in the metropolitan area.

then there are the other oddities such as the craziesaround lizbefffff for example

 

[PoppedCorn]

Lived in the east for a while
Was mainly older poms etc
Could only imagine now, be full of nuffies

 

[NSWCROW]

Got a mate who runs a dairy farm near Lobethal , said they were surrounded yesterday.

Hope he's ok

 

[JW Frogen]

I love Adelaide, it is like stepping back into a better time.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Hope all our friends in the Hills are safe from the fires

 

[PoppedCorn]

Friend who is coming over xmas day has a brother and SIL in lobethal
Last i heard they weren't allowed in and reckon the chances of the house being gone are high


I heard Melbas was close but they saved it?